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I'm going to ask anyone out there who is knowledgeable to please take the time to give me some advice on my gaming rig I want to build/upgrade. I bought a dell inspiron desktop already assembled about 6 months ago. It came with an e7400 intel processor, and along the way I bought a radeon 4850 and a new case. Well, now this decision to buy a prebuilt computer haunts me and I feel ignorant because I now know how to build my own rig. So I made up my mind to do so. I was planning on ditching my intel e7400 and going AMD, i.e. buying this combo http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboD...t=Combo.212203
Consequentially I was going to buy another 4850 and crossfire those until the new 5000 series comes out and I get some more money I can spend. Along the way I'd have to buy a brand new PSU. So all in all, I am going to be spending at least 500 dollars. I want to ask though, can anyone think of a better alternative? Should I keep the e7400 and hope it won't bottleneck down the line, or should I go for a good AMD combo like that one and basically rebuild the whole thing? Any comments would be greatly appreciated.
Consequentially I was going to buy another 4850 and crossfire those until the new 5000 series comes out and I get some more money I can spend. Along the way I'd have to buy a brand new PSU. So all in all, I am going to be spending at least 500 dollars. I want to ask though, can anyone think of a better alternative? Should I keep the e7400 and hope it won't bottleneck down the line, or should I go for a good AMD combo like that one and basically rebuild the whole thing? Any comments would be greatly appreciated.