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BlackArcher101 · 05-07-2008, 10:03 AM

I agree on the CPU sentiments here. Intel over AMD (at the moment and near future) and faster duo-core over quad core. I myself just built/upgraded a rig with the E8400 duo-core running at 3.0 GHz. Runs anything I put at it. Most games I run see no performance increase with a quad-core.

If you get a motherboard that supports 45nm, I don't see why you couldn't upgrade to a quad-core in the future (if you ever see fit to do so). That way you can get the performance and cost efficiency you want now and still have the upgradeability later once software supports the quads a little better.

However, I cannot say much about the video card. In my process of upgrading, I was contemplating having SLI in the future, but I found I didn't like the intel motherboards that supported sli. So I'm stuck with using a single card (I don't like ATI, so no crossfire). However, one 8800GT (512mb) runs my games just fine.

What do you plan on doing for Ram? I don't recommend cheaping out on it too much.

05-07-2008, 10:03 AM	#9
BlackArcher101 Such a pretty girl! Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Calgary Exp:	I agree on the CPU sentiments here. Intel over AMD (at the moment and near future) and faster duo-core over quad core. I myself just built/upgraded a rig with the E8400 duo-core running at 3.0 GHz. Runs anything I put at it. Most games I run see no performance increase with a quad-core. If you get a motherboard that supports 45nm, I don't see why you couldn't upgrade to a quad-core in the future (if you ever see fit to do so). That way you can get the performance and cost efficiency you want now and still have the upgradeability later once software supports the quads a little better. However, I cannot say much about the video card. In my process of upgrading, I was contemplating having SLI in the future, but I found I didn't like the intel motherboards that supported sli. So I'm stuck with using a single card (I don't like ATI, so no crossfire). However, one 8800GT (512mb) runs my games just fine. What do you plan on doing for Ram? I don't recommend cheaping out on it too much. __________________ Last edited by BlackArcher101; 05-07-2008 at 10:11 AM.