Nothing can beat a E8400 at 5ghz

Ok so I just bought a new laptop here are the specs:

• 16.4" widescreen with XBRITE-FullHD™ LCD technology (1920x1080)
• 320GB SATA Hard Disk Drive [7200 rpm]
• ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD4650 graphics card with 1GB vRAM
• Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor P8700 (2.53GHz)
• Blu-ray Disc™ playback
• 4GB DDR2-SDRAM (DDR2-800, 2GBx2)

Now I plan on playing some games on this laptop(not high graphics settings) but the problem is the screen resolution. Since laptops are not good gaming platforms to begin with playing at 1080p would probably be impossible. So this means I will have to play on non native resolution. Since the laptop screen is 16:9 does this mean that 720p would look normal? Also how bad is it to play games without using native resolution? thanks

Booty998

You definitley can do it, you can even overclock the GPU's in it, is it worth it, well no. There is a large amount of heat created, there is mimimal gains and there is a large chance of blowing it up.

Hell yes, those are oldish games that will run fine, its newer games that struggle at that res with that hardware

Hey guys, I was looking to upgrade my computer and had a few questions. I am currently using an HP computer with everything 'stock' except the gfx (9800GT) and the PSU (Thermaltake 550w)-- Q6600 Processor, 4gb RAM, Vista x64

I have no issues running most games, I overclock the video card a bit.... I was going to upgrade and buy a totally new computer (case, mobo, cpu, ram, etc) but decided that I am prolly fine for a while with what I have.

I was now thinking it would be better to slowly upgrade, maybe getting a new part every few months. My first 'part' that I would get would be a case. I would be getting the Coolermaster HAF 932 (Might as well get the best!)

-How hard is it to move EVERYTHING in my computer currently to the new case?(Keep in mind I know generally most of the parts.. BUT I have only installed a graphics card and wireless card before.. Everything else is completely new.. I paid someone to put in the PSU I currently have)

-I noticed the coolermaster has quite a few more fans... That would mean more wires. Do I have to worry about needing adapters, splitters or anything like that or would I be set with what I have?

-My motherboard is an Asus Ipibl... I noticed the case says "Fits XXX motherboards". Would I have any issues with my motherboard not fitting correctly?

**Would I even be better off slowly upgrading to the parts I would have gotten rather than getting them all at once in about 6-8 months?**

Thats all I can really think about now, I might post a few questions later.

Thanks!

Edit: Going with the case first because it would allow better cooling for what I have currently, Possibly allowing me to overclock further but mainly not making me cringe when I see my gfx temp go up to 85c

Skillzero

Moving everything from one caase to the other is easy, all you need to do is make sure you don't fry any of the parts (touch a case while moving stuff) and don't lose anything. The motherboard should fit, i'm assuming its an ATX or mATX mobo, if it isn't HP is one messed up company. Your PSU should be fine for all the fans, just check how many molex connectors your PSU has.

If there is a brand and model no just type it into google with drivers after it, if you have vista or later you will be lucky to get it working if its really old

Getting a usb converter is easy most computer shops should have them.That really is an old joystick so you would be lucky to get it working.

If thas all your playing do what ^ says but if you want to play newer games down the track you are better off getting a new computer. Good parts are getting cheaper and cheaper. You can build a fast computer for under 1000 dollars now.

If you have unlimited money, you can't go wrong with an I7. It is a phenomenal processor, but as was mentioned in this thread, it is highly overpriced. If you don't care to go on forums and say you spend $xxxx buying a gaming PC then I guess the PII 955 will do for you. It will perform the same in games and very close to I7's in compression, encoding etc. Instead of spending lots of $$$ on overpriced X58 mobos you could get yourself a nice quad crossfire 4890, which will, I swear, max any game at 24xAA and 1920x1200. But it is your choice. Spend $1000 on an I7 extreme edition, or spend $1000 on quad crossfire setup that will rape games?

Slig0

Just noticed that you said that Core2Duo's aren't sufficent for newer games. Alot of games and programs still can't use four cores and some people would be offended if you said they were inferior to Quads

I bet my E8400 would beat most Quad cores (4ghzx2 is alot faster that 2.6ghzx4 in most situations

How about you get a Netbook for school and spend the rest on the best parts for a desktop you can get

The most important part is that you build it yourself, all of those companies that sell prebuilt systems rip you off.

Don't spend $2000 for $600 worth of parts.