http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEzNY0SLUUM

Just built a new comp this month for the 1st time, as a midrange gaming rig.

E6750 Rig (Gaming Rig)

Case: Cool Master Centurion 5 (120mm Cool Master rear exhaust fan, 80mm Antec front intake fan)

Mobo: Gigabyte DS3L

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 @ 2.66ghz

RAM: 2gb OCZ SLI-Ready (2x 1gb) DDR2 800mhz

Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT 512mb (Fitted with a Arctic Cooler S1 w/ Turbo Module Cooler)

Sound Card: Creative SB Audigy 2 SE

Optical Drive: 1x Samsung DVD-RW SATA, 1x Hitachi DVD-RW IDE

Hard Drives: 1x WD Raptor 150gb SATA 10000RPM, 1x Seagate Barracuda 320gb SATA 7200RPM

PSU: OCZ GameXStream 600W

Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 931BF 19'

OS: Windows XP SP1 32-bit

*I plan on going to XP 64-bit to bypass the ram limit and grab 2 more gigs of OCZ ram. also im gonna get another HDD the WD 500gb SATA. i might also get the Creative X-Fi soundcard

Old Gateway 510 Series Rig (Secondary Rig)

Case: OEM Gateway MicroATX case

CPU: Intel Pentium 4 Northwood @ 2.8ghz

Mobo: Intel D865GLC

RAM: Crucial 512mb (2x 256mb) DDR

Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 128mb

Sound Card: Creative CT4750

Optical Drive: 1x Hitachi DVDRW, 1x Pioneer DVDRW

Hard Drives: 1x WD 320gb IDE

PSU: OEM Gateway PSU, 250W

Monitor: Sony CRT (15')

OS: Windows XP SP1 32-bit

*im gonna do a small upgrade to this one as well to "extend the life" of this 5 year old system. im gonna get 2gb ram, Radeon X1950PRO AGP and a new 500W PSU.

first off, i apologise for bumping a 5 month old thread but i didnt want to make a new thread.

i have a similar question. im looking to get the HIS Hightech Radeon X1950PRO 512MB AGP to finally upgrade my aging Gateway Comp from 5 years ago (which has a old NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 128mb). I have a Pentium 4 Northwood Core 2.8Ghz CPU. i dont plan on upgrading my CPU. i also have 512mb of ddr ram in this rig but im gonna get 2 more gigs sametime i get a new vid card. and a new psu cause this rig only has a 250W PSU.

if you suspect that my CPU would bottleneck this GPU then ill consider getting a older and cheaper GPU maybe a NVIDIA 6800GT or Radeon 9 Series card. also i plan on gaming at 1024x768 res.

and dont suggest getting a new comp cause i just did (C2D E6750 2.66Ghz,2gb RAM, 8800GT), im justing doing a small upgrade to this one to "extend the life" of the system and use it as a secondary rig.