decent mobo/cpu

kennebell347

kennebell347

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I used to post on here awhile ago but haven't been around in awhile. My pre-built comp is decent as it plays crysis on high with a 1.8ghz 9150e phenom cpu, sparkle gts250 gpu and 550w psu.

Id like to swap out the stock mobo and cpu for something more gamer freindly and has a good amount of overclock ability. But, I dont wanna break the bank. Id like to stay under $250 for both the cpu and mobo. Ill buy ram also, so any ideas for that are welcome too.

Also when going from a stock mobo/cpu in a pc thats currently running do I have to reinstall windows? Will I lose my files at all? Can i Switch from an amd mobo and cpu to an intel?

Im not having any trouble for the most part playing my games on very high settings. But now and then I get annoying "stutters" and "slow-downs" which I do not like. I play ALOT of games; crysis, bf2, stalker, fallout 3, sims 3, cod5, cod5, killing floor, americas army 3, world in conflict, age of empires 3, team fortress 2, company of heroes, civilization 4 and many many more.

I want fluid gameplay on high settings with all of these games, minus crysis of course.

If i could just upgrade my cpu to a better cpu on the stock mobo that would be great. I wouldnt think it would take alot more power to get the random stutters to go away. Any help would be very appreciated!!
 
Here are some decent components for you to look at total $271 (without shipping costs):

Phenom II 720 Triple-Core (2.8 gigahertz) Processor - $119
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ..._Triple-Core_Processor-_-19-103-649-_-Product

GIGABYTE GA-MA770T-UD3P Motherboard - $80
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...28392&Tpk=GIGABYTE GA-MA770T-UD3P Motherboard

PNY Optima 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model - $72
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...cm_re=DDR3_4gb_240-pin-_-20-178-238-_-Product
 
kennebell347 said:
Those all look good. I might have to get a new case to fit a new board though as my stocker is a micro atx and its tight.

how do you guys like this processor?
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4695459&CatId=3496
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There is no way I would pay 210 bucks for that.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103471

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103696

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103674
 
ok so im going to have to install a fresh copy of vista. how do i reinstall vista if i bought a prebuilt computer? thanks for the info
 
Ok thanks for the links. As I feared.. this is heading in the direction of building an entire new computer. It starts as a cpu upgrade. Then I want a mobo also which leads me to new ram. Then cause of space issues I need a case. Then I want more hard drive space and a better gpu.

Lol this is gonna be a problem with the girlfreind.
 
Pre-built computers are very hard to upgrade. The reason for this is in my opinion is because original equipment manufacturers just want you to buy a new computer from them rather than upgrade. More $$$ for them.

Oh Bodaggit23, Zipzoomfly has free shipping on the Windows operating system as well.
 
If you can't upgrade without changing a bunch of components, then build new, and donate the clunker
to someone who needs it. :good:
 
I was having issues with my gpu overheating running games after an hour or so. Rivatuner says its shutting it down at 80 degrees Celsius. So i bought a Antec Nine Hundred Two case and swapped everything over to it.

Temps at idle were roughly 55 degrees Celsius in the gateway case at IDLE. Now they are 36 degrees at idle in the Antec. I'm gonna play a game now and see what happens.

So now I can move on to getting a new mobo, cpu and ram now that I have a bigger case!
 
After playing left 4 dead maxed out for a few levels, Rivatuner said the gpu never went above 56 degrees Celsius. Thats a GREAT improvement over the gateway case.
 
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