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I decided to finally upgrade my pc by selling my xbox 360 and all my things and i'm getting about 350$.

Mid-Tower Apevia BlackBlack X-Plorer ATX Mid-Tower Case with Clear Side, Fan Controller, Front USB and Firewire Port ATXB8KLW-BK at TigerDirect.com

Power Supply and RAM Corsair VX550W 550W ATX Power Supply and Dual Channel TWINX 2048MB PC6400 DDR2 800MHz E.P.P. Memory - 2 x1024MB at TigerDirect.com

CPU Intel Pentium Dual Core E2200 Processor BX80557E2200 - 2.20GHz, 1MB Cache, 800MHz FSB, Allendale, Dual Core, Retail, Socket 775, Processor with Fan at TigerDirect.com

Motherboard XFX GeForce 7150 Motherboard - NVIDIA GeForce 7150, Socket 775, µATX, HDMI, VGA, DVI, PCI Express, Gbit LAN, Recertified RB-MG63MI7159 at TigerDirect.com

Video Card XFX GeForce 9600 GSO Video Card - 768MB DDR2, PCI Express 2.0, Dual Link DVI, SLI Ready PVT96OSDFH at TigerDirect.com

I was wondering if this is all compatible.

that all works but you can get this

Newegg.com - Computer Parts, PC Components, Laptop Computers, Digital Cameras and more!

for cheaper with much better parts including a better cpu and a better gpu, just add a psu, that corsair psu is good but at 550w and being a corsair its way more then you need to spend, you can easly get away with 400w psu looking around 50$ would get you a great one.

here this psu
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6817153023

this case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6811129042
the best low end case on the market nothing beats the antec 300 at that price.

grand total of all this including tax and shipping (not including rebates)

Grand Total: $349.27

Cool I already got a 550 watt and found a cheaper case but thank you this will probably be my buy.

Compatible yes, "all good" ? - no.Motherboard is "re certified" and the video card uses DDR2 memory (slower),yet the price is ~80$.
When a similar (model) card is going for 59 CAD (and if u do the mail bate,it goes to 39$). Cheaper card with better performance.Can probably find even better deals.


link to the card

http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php? ... omoid=1192

Is that card better than the 4650? I'm lookin for a card to play crysis on high not maxed but at least arma 2 maxed since i cant play bf2 pr

my res is 1024 x 768

My guess both (cards) are on the same level.That 4650 also uses DDR2.

ARMA 2 says (in the readme.txt) it needs at least a 4850/8800 or better as well as
a quad core cpu .The higher the visibility (setting) - the more cpu power needed.

I've seen 4850 (512mb) for $90 and less,I have 3 and the gigabyte's version
is the best (out of the 3)

Newegg.com - GIGABYTE GV-R485ZL-512H Radeon HD 4850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards


runs very cool (under 50C) at full load and overclockes to 750 -at least my sample does.The stock 4850 runs too hot (~90C idle) and OC too little.



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add these 2:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813136056
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6819103648

and it's what I typing at atm

What about this? Its cheaper and ddr3 EVGA GeForce 8800 GTS Video Card - 512MB, PCI Express 2.0, SLI Ready, (Dual Link) Dual DVI, HDTV 512-P3-N841-TR at TigerDirect.com

I am selling my xbox and I think im only gonna get 250 max out of it with everything with it and then I'ma sell my pc i have now so I need to keep it in 300$ range

Its ok if it plays crysis on high or normal or other games on normal

Psycho wrote:What about this? Its cheaper and ddr3 EVGA GeForce 8800 GTS Video Card - 512MB, PCI Express 2.0, SLI Ready, (Dual Link) Dual DVI, HDTV 512-P3-N841-TR at TigerDirect.com

I am selling my xbox and I think im only gonna get 250 max out of it with everything with it and then I'ma sell my pc i have now so I need to keep it in 300$ range

Its ok if it plays crysis on high or normal or other games on normal

Good one

I was in a similar situation a couple of years ago - had enough to get a motherboard and a CPU or a video card,but not both..... so after some researching and calculating ended up getting a mATX board
(DFI RS482) with built it gpu (IGP) + CPU (athlon64 3000),then a few months later got the video
card (ATI 800XL) .That was before Crysis however.


That power supply+memory combo is not a good value - should get at least 4GB of RAM
for the 100$ they're asking.

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As far as the motherboard and cpu go: socket 775 does not have much left as far as upgrades go,
Afaik there will be no more (new) cpu's introduced for that (socket) since Intel has (finally) moved
away from the Front Side Bus architecture.

It's "somewhat" similar with AMD,except that the new AMD cpu's (45nm AM3 DDR2/DDR3) are backward compatible with the AM2+ socket.Which means I can buy an AMD AM2+ motherboard
"today" and put the new AM3 cpu that would comeout "tommorow".
That's in fact what I did:two AM2+ motherboards are running AM3 cpu's (Athlon 2 250 and Phenom X3 710)

I can use these cpu's now with DDR2 based motherboard and also use the same cpu's
with AM3 board (when/if Iget one)
I do like that kind of compatibility options,that's for sure.
Love all my sockets

atm im selling more things of mine on ebay so ill decide on new items which most likley will be am2 or am3 for the motherboard but idk yet but ill make a new topic when the time comes