Mid-range system

I'm looking for a perfect mid-range build to play most of the latest PC games. My current system:

Motherboard: AsRock Conroe 1333-D667 (Not looking into upgrading this)

CPU: Intel P4 2.6 Ghz (I need to upgrade this real bad. Because of my motherboard, I'll only be able to have 2 cores at most)

Memory: 1GB RAM

Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce 8500GT (Probably upgrading this as well)

OS: Windows XP (looking forward to getting 7 sometime)

Not so sure about my sound card but I don't really care much about it

What I really need to upgrade would be the Processor and I'm thinking of Core 2 Duo...

Thanks :D

I'm looking for a perfect mid-range build to play most of the latest PC games. My current system:

Motherboard: AsRock Conroe 1333-D667 (Not looking into upgrading this)

CPU: Intel P4 2.6 Ghz (I need to upgrade this real bad. Because of my motherboard, I'll only be able to have 2 cores at most)

Memory: 1GB RAM

Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce 8500GT (Probably upgrading this as well)

OS: Windows XP (looking forward to getting 7 sometime)

Not so sure about my sound card but I don't really care much about it

What I really need to upgrade would be the Processor and I'm thinking of Core 2 Duo...

Thanks :D

lance435

I think you might be interested in the E6300 45nm chip, great if you're on a budget :)

http://www.madshrimps.be/?action=getarticle&number=1&artpage=4200&articID=945

Just make sure to check if your socket 775 motherboard supports it and is flashed to the latest BIOS.

He doesn't need a whole new rig... He can upgrade to an e8xxx, e7xxx, maybe e5xxx... Get a new GPU and CPU, add a gig or two of RAM, and you have new life for not a lot of bux...Captain__Tripps

[QUOTE="Captain__Tripps"]He doesn't need a whole new rig... He can upgrade to an e8xxx, e7xxx, maybe e5xxx... Get a new GPU and CPU, add a gig or two of RAM, and you have new life for not a lot of bux...UltimateGamer95

He can upgrade (lets say, to an E6300) and still be able to keep the same power supply (P4's demand much more) So that can give him some time to save up as well :)

Thanks for the comments. How bout these:

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E7300

Graphics Card: GeForce 8800GT 512MB

Memory: 2 GB

Then add it up with Windows 7 Home Premium and that's a little bit less than $500. Is this okay?

yeah id prep to huck the gpu cpu and mobo and ram altogeather. (or at least set them aside for a legacy build like i did)

didn't you check out the link i sent you? The E6300 is a much better option than the E7300, in fact the E6300 and E7400 go toe to toe with one another. It's also cheaper.

Not worth it. Buy a whole new rig. Duckman5

He doesn't need a whole new rig... He can upgrade to an e8xxx, e7xxx, maybe e5xxx... Get a new GPU and CPU, add a gig or two of RAM, and you have new life for not a lot of bux...Captain__Tripps

Since I wasn't the one that fixed my power supply, I really don't know much about it except that there's a B500E code in it. I opened it up a little then saw lotsa numbers so wasn't really sure what I was looking at. I saw 230, 422 and 500W and well... I'm not sure which I should follow. Anyways that's all I got sorry if it's really not enough

Not so sure about what I see here but I think it'ss 18A. The code is LC-B500E