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My budget for the new computer is: around 1500-1700$

What are the primary uses for this computer (IE: mail, web browsing, programming, games, etc)? Gaming

What software do you intend on using on the computer? Games

Do you play games? If so, what type of games? yes I do Fallout 3 / WOW /

Do you tend to have a lot of programs running at the same time, or do you close every program when you are done using it? Uhm a game , windows media player , and possibly firefox ?

Do you store a lot of pictures or music on the computer? uhm no a whole lot but some .


The current computer that I have is HP media Center PC m1070n ( I upgraded it a bit to 3 GB ram and different 3D card which is ATI Radeon 2600XT - PCI edition .

Now before I buy new PC please tell me is there anything else I can do to upgrade my PC ( as in buying better 3D card ) or will my processor / motherboard be the " bottleneck " if I was to buy new 3D card such as lets say 9800 ?

Also if I was to buy a new computer what should I aim for ? Since I want a computer only for gaming .

With the current computer that I have I could play most of the games that I listed on low or semi low settings ... but when the game becomes graphically demanding ( especially WOW ) I have to lower all graphics and effects to pretty much 0 not to get the " tearing of the screen " effect .

Any help you can give me with this would be very very appreciated .

Cheers

keldron

Well, I'm looking at the specs of your current machine.

Tbh. If you can upgrade now, now is a good time to do it, your machine isn't worth upgrading. It's time to get a new one. And for the budget you listed you can get a very good machine, WOW is not a demanding game for graphics, they actually suck compared to other games, but it is old aswell.

Here is a few computer builds for you in your budget. Now this first one is overkill for you, but it's within your budget so I'll post it anyway.

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Note: This build is missing a Graphics card as the one I want to add is out of stock. But the ATI 5850 would work wonders and it's a top notch DX11 capable card!

Here is another. Cheaper variant. But I think it's perfect for you. Also notice no GPU, just wait a bit and add a 5850 to it, or you can up it to a 5870.

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Lastly here is the AMD version. The way I have these ordered is from worst to best, but please note. They are all amazing computers. This also doesn't have a GPU use the 5850/5870 too.

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Personally here is my opinion for you, go with either the Build 2 or [/u]3[/u], 1 is slightly faster processor. Build 1 is if you wanna go all out and is quite abit more expensive, but it's the best of the best.

Thank you so much I was really wondering if the machine I got now is worth upgrading but hence you say it's not I'll just splurge on some new machine with god mode stats

Thank you very much

keldron

Hey, just a quick question for you. There is some money left over on that budget, if you wanna keep that as is; then that's fine. But maybe if you want you could get some speakers/monitor/mouse-keyboard/ sound card, to make your gaming experience that more pleasureable. I bet you're running on speakers that came with the HP

If you want message back and I'll take a look for you, if not then that's fine!

I actually have decent gaming equipment .

I'm running on Logitech 8 speakers set ( they are perfect for gaming ) G5 Mouse and G11 keyboard as well as fatality headset.
But if I have some money left over I'll see what I can invest it in .

Ah, you have some excellent stuff there! Well then buddy, all I can say is enjoy your new machine when you get it, it should keep you going for years!