So, i'm in a pickle. I don't know if I should upgrade my PC with an HD 5750, and a 1.9 Ghz AMD 3800. Or just buy a brand new system from Digital Storm or ibuypower, any suggestions?
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So, i'm in a pickle. I don't know if I should upgrade my PC with an HD 5750, and a 1.9 Ghz AMD 3800. Or just buy a brand new system from Digital Storm or ibuypower, any suggestions?
you need a new one. that computer is more than 5years old. your videocard however is only 1 year of age. You could build a computer without a video card. You could reuse your operating system.So, i'm in a pickle. I don't know if I should upgrade my PC with an HD 5750, and a 1.9 Ghz AMD 3800. Or just buy a brand new system from Digital Storm or ibuypower, any suggestions?
brawnoverblood
I wouldn't go with iBuyPower or CyberPower PC's. Their Tech support sucks. (Especially Cyberpowers. If you email them, you'd be lucky to get a reply back) (I have not brought from them yet but I am speaking on other's behalf's). I would suggest building one. You get to pick the parts you want and you can easily upgrade it. And then you don't have to pay someone to overclock it for you. There is a GREAT gamespot PC computer building guide on the PC Hardware Discussion section. I don't know about Digital Storm. The only reason I buy a custom built PC is if I need one and if I am in a hurry and don't have the time to pick the parts. Or I guess you could go to a local PC place and have them assemble it for you.
Building a computer is like putting together legos and is very easy. You can even reuse your video card, Power Supple, Hard Drive and DVD drive. That should save you a decent chuck of cash. Give us a budget and we can help you out ;)
Building a computer is like putting together legos and is very easy. You can even reuse your video card, Hard Drive and DVD drive. That should save you a decent chuck of cash. Give us a budget and we can help you out ;)gmaster456You can use your legos as a case. But really, it isn't that hard as gmaster stated. Now its even easier that cases are going away with tools to put the computer together. You could also reuse your previous case if you have one. Or if you want to go with a full-tower, then thats another option.
Provided you can reuse your Video Card, Powersupply, Hard Drive and Disk Drive I came up with this...
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ965FBGMBOX
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders - OEM
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL
GIGABYTE GA-MA78LMT-S2 AM3 AMD 760G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
Rosewill CHALLENGER Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower Computer Case, comes with Three Fans-1x Front Blue LED 120mm Fan, 1x Top 140mm ...
Total is $435
However if you can't or don't want to reuse those parts I can come up with something different
Oh, I'm not worried about assembling it myself, i've built my friend's PC from the ground up and I've upgraded mine twice (550W PSU and the 5750) but I was just wondering if it'd be better to either buy all new parts myself, or go to a site and get one, since they sell the monitor and speaker set aswell, my budget as of right now is 2.1-2.4k, so I'm almost positive I can get a great PC and all the accessories for that much.
2.4K can get you a very kickass PC.Oh, I'm not worried about assembling it myself, i've built my friend's PC from the ground up and I've upgraded mine twice (550W PSU and the 5750) but I was just wondering if it'd be better to either buy all new parts myself, or go to a site and get one, since they sell the monitor and speaker set aswell, my budget as of right now is 2.1-2.4k, so I'm almost positive I can get a great PC and all the accessories for that much.
brawnoverblood
I would say build a new PC. Spend around 1.5k on it. Keep the rest of the money for upgrades or save it.Oh, I'm not worried about assembling it myself, i've built my friend's PC from the ground up and I've upgraded mine twice (550W PSU and the 5750) but I was just wondering if it'd be better to either buy all new parts myself, or go to a site and get one, since they sell the monitor and speaker set aswell, my budget as of right now is 2.1-2.4k, so I'm almost positive I can get a great PC and all the accessories for that much.
brawnoverblood
Here's what you can get for $1939USD
COOLER MASTER HAF 932 RC-932-KKN1-GP Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case
SAMSUNG 2333T High Glossy Black 23" Full HD WideScreen LCD Monitor
EVGA 012-P3-1570-AR GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card x2
CORSAIR CMPSU-850TX 850W ATX12V 2.2 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Active PFC Power Supply
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL
ASUS P8P67 Deluxe LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders - OEM
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I72600K
Plus you'll get a lot of free gifts. Spend the leftover money on liquid cooling and lots of games
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