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ArcadeSeeker962:


--- Quote from: AlanS17 on April 30, 2012, 04:37:01 pm ---
--- Quote from: ArcadeSeeker962 on April 30, 2012, 04:02:30 pm ---What's a PSU? I apologize, I just don't know all of the technical terms.

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PSU = power supply unit. It's what converts the electricty from the wall into something that the computer can use.

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Okay, thank you for the explanation.

Brian74:

Before I upgraded my pc I was running a 3.0ghz Pentium D (Dual Core) with 2 gigs of ram running a 9500 gt video card. I would run things for the most part but there was lag and shutter. So a few months back I upgraded the cpu to a intel core 2 duo e8400 wolfdale 3.0ghz. I got this one because I read that it was good for overclocking. I did notice a big difference. So this past weekend, I dropped just over 300.00 and upgraded ed my ps and video card. I bought a corsair 700 watt ps and a nvidia geforce 550 ti. All I know is, my pc kicks ass! It runs this now that it would not before and Im still not done upgrading. It has a 775 socket so I can still upgrade to the Intel Core 2 Extreme. It also has sli to run 2 video cards. All I know is, I wouldn't be happy buying a off the shelf pc when you are limited to upgrading them. Just my .2 cents

not_so_handy:

also remember when considering the amount of ram your putting into the machine that if your using XP as the operating system that it will only read 3.2gigs as a max.  No need to waste money on buying more then it will support.

smalltownguy:

Sorry I'm late to the party here, but I'll try to help.

All your talk about getting into a 'Dell' or 'core i3' tells me you might be shopping out for a new desktop PC for this? Don't! You'll spend a ton of money on something you don't really need.

Aside from the aforementioned Soul Calibur III, which we've already discussed may not be playable in anything other than a playstation, what other games are you trying to play?

Let me steer you towards something with an intel e8400 or e8500 in it. You'll get really good bang for your buck if you get into one of those Core 2 Duo's and overclock it to 4.0ghz.

If you  don't want to roll your own on the overclocking thing, then fine. Spend 3x more money, and buy into a core i5 2500k or core i7 2600k. Just be sure you get the 'k' versions of the processors, because once you get a taste of a fast processor, you'll want to make it go faster....faster.....faster.... :D

Tell us what games you want to play, and I'll build a rig for ya ;)



ArcadeSeeker962:


--- Quote from: smalltownguy on May 03, 2012, 01:50:11 pm ---Sorry I'm late to the party here, but I'll try to help.

All your talk about getting into a 'Dell' or 'core i3' tells me you might be shopping out for a new desktop PC for this? Don't! You'll spend a ton of money on something you don't really need.

Aside from the aforementioned Soul Calibur III, which we've already discussed may not be playable in anything other than a playstation, what other games are you trying to play?

Let me steer you towards something with an intel e8400 or e8500 in it. You'll get really good bang for your buck if you get into one of those Core 2 Duo's and overclock it to 4.0ghz.

If you  don't want to roll your own on the overclocking thing, then fine. Spend 3x more money, and buy into a core i5 2500k or core i7 2600k. Just be sure you get the 'k' versions of the processors, because once you get a taste of a fast processor, you'll want to make it go faster....faster.....faster.... :D

Tell us what games you want to play, and I'll build a rig for ya ;)



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I'm back, I just needed some time to study the Project Arcade Book Version 2, but I understand how this all works more now. Thank you for the advice. I don't know how to overclock Core 2 Duo, but thank you for the advice though. For the games I'll be playing, here's the list:

Centipede
Crazy Kong
Donkey Kong
Dragon Buster
Frogger
Galaga
Galaxian
Gaplus
Gyruss
Jump Bug
Millipede
Ms. Pac-Man
Pacman
Street Fighter II: The World Warrior
Super Street Fighter II: Turbo
Super Breakout
Scramble
The Glob
Time Pilot
Xevious

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