Dimethyl-tyrone
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I'd like to upgrade an ASUS P5N-D motherboard I've got. The graphics card on it (8600 GT) had 5 capacitors rupture, so it's toast. I can't hook up a monitor to it now so I don't know what CPU is in it without pulling it out. However my guess is its an Intel Core 2 Duo E7500 or something similar. My plan is to replace the hard drive, graphics card, CPU, and max out the RAM (card maxes at 8Gb). I'd like to keep everything around $220, so as of now I was going to replace the previously mentioned with:
- 1Tb hard drive (older one was 250Gb)
- 8 Gb RAM with 4x2Gb (previously had 2x1Gb)
- Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 (will be way better than whatever is in there now)
- a GeForce 1050 2Gb graphics card
I'm having some problems deciding on the graphics card. I have no intention of playing new games at all. Basically the system will be for: MS office, web browsing, watching videos, and playing older games. What I've found so far is I can get everything except the graphics card for ~ $100, which leaves about ~ $120 left over. Any ideas or suggestions you guys have would be greatly appreciated!
- 1Tb hard drive (older one was 250Gb)
- 8 Gb RAM with 4x2Gb (previously had 2x1Gb)
- Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 (will be way better than whatever is in there now)
- a GeForce 1050 2Gb graphics card
I'm having some problems deciding on the graphics card. I have no intention of playing new games at all. Basically the system will be for: MS office, web browsing, watching videos, and playing older games. What I've found so far is I can get everything except the graphics card for ~ $100, which leaves about ~ $120 left over. Any ideas or suggestions you guys have would be greatly appreciated!