New Gaming PC suggestions

hi guys

i am planning to buy a new CPU and Motherboard for my new gaming rig.

if i have to chose between E8400 and E8500, which one should i choose? the price difference is very very small. just 10 bucks.

also how many years of gaming can i expect from E8400 or E8500, 2 GB RAM 1066 MHz and ATI HD4870?

thanks in advance :)

or i should spend some more and go for Q9450?

and does 800mhz or 1066 mhz ram make any difference to gaming?

Agreed...

10 Bucks is no big difference... I'll buy E8500 and would always go for Nvidia instead of ATI.

Lucky if you can play for next1 yearwithchanging technology and game engines.good luck :)

As your processors will not run over 1333FSb unless OCd like mad and that is quite possible withC2Q processors ,MB's diff wont count much.... P43 can be OCd to 1600Mhz... so c2Q with p43 is not a bad combination...

As far as ram is considered i will spend some more and go for 8GIGs and if you dont want to spend alot then 2nd one is a good combination considering 12MB Cache and 1333 Mhz for the peocessor. You will definatly have some good gaming experience....

hi guys

i am planning to buy a new CPU and Motherboard for my new gaming rig.

if i have to chose between E8400 and E8500, which one should i choose? the price difference is very very small. just 10 bucks.

also how many years of gaming can i expect from E8400 or E8500, 2 GB RAM 1066 MHz and ATI HD4870?

thanks in advance :)

polya

damn this is getting more and more confusing -__-"

now i am confused between Palit 4870 Sonic Dual 512 mb and Palit GTX 260. which one should i get?

again the price difference is like just 10 bucks

[QUOTE="neatfeatguy"] Don't believe the hype from people that say you need to spend money upgrading your computer every year. As long as you play games at medium or better settings, you're going to be getting console performance or better out of your PC.polya

well my PC was high end that time. i don't remember what the config was, but it was better than what most of the people i knew had at that time. then i moved to AMD dual core + 8600 GT, then a Q6600 + 8600 GT. but i want a second gaming rig. after three years i will be moving out for education. so want to buy a PC just now that can play games atleast for the next 3 years on medium.

damn this is getting more and more confusing -__-"

now i am confused between Palit 4870 Sonic Dual 512 mb and Palit GTX 260. which one should i get?

again the price difference is like just 10 bucks

polya

anything above these 2 cards is way out of budget for me

someone please suggest me a good SMPS for the system. will a Corsair VX550W be sufficient?

I'd go for the corsair hx620W. It's certified 80plus efficient and it's modular.

Sigh_han