Ok, in my college days, I built computers on a regular basis, and was up to date on all the tech of the day. The problem is, the tech of the day was sometihng like 266Mhz Pentium2, so you can see my problem. Life, family etc. has taken me out of the game for far too long, but I am now looking at building a new rig.
From what I gather, I would like a quad core, and I'm thinking AMD for price. I have absolutely no interest in overclocking. I want to build a stock rig that runs Windows 7, does all the basic nifty stuff computers can do, and is at least 2 years future-proof in terms of games. I am leaning towards a Phenom II x4, but I know that the motherboard choice is critical as well.
Can I get some advice as to a good motherboard/CPU combo, and also where we are now with video cards. Keep in mind that Diamond was big in the 3d business back when I was building...ok, it hasn't been that long. But Nvidia and ATI seem to still be battling, and I'm really not up to speed on video card tech anymore. Looking for good price/performance ratio, obviously.
I'm all set for the rest...PS, case, etc. Just need help with the brains. I've been looking on newegg, but there are so many configurations that it just kind of get blurry.
Thanks in advance.
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