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As you can see in my signature, my rig is getting older by the day and it becomes a snail if I put Vista anywhere near it. I think it is time I decide on a new rig.
A few months ago I was going to shell out 1000s of £s on a new rig, well I went away and thought to myself about what I do on an everyday basis and what I am going to need.
What I do everyday on my PC seems to be music, surfing, email, instant messaging, downloads, watch videos, Garry's Mod and an MMO (Guild Wars or World of Warcraft now and again).
I do a lot of multitasking on my PC but I now seem to be gaming on my consoles then on my PC with the odd exclusive PC game like Garry's Mod going into use.
After all of this I don't think I am going to need an 8800GTX or Ultra, I think an 8600 or 8800GTS will be ok for me but I am behind the times with computer parts now, it has been more then a year since I last built one so I am hoping people on the OC forums can put some light on the parts I am going to need for what I do.
I live in the UK so if you want to list stores for the parts please, be my guest. I am going to need 2 new storage drives, after a good 4 years of moving from rig to rig these 2 200GB SATAs are now about full give or take a few MB and one has started to make a noise like a grinder.
Thanks a lot everyone, much appreciated.
A few months ago I was going to shell out 1000s of £s on a new rig, well I went away and thought to myself about what I do on an everyday basis and what I am going to need.
What I do everyday on my PC seems to be music, surfing, email, instant messaging, downloads, watch videos, Garry's Mod and an MMO (Guild Wars or World of Warcraft now and again).
I do a lot of multitasking on my PC but I now seem to be gaming on my consoles then on my PC with the odd exclusive PC game like Garry's Mod going into use.
After all of this I don't think I am going to need an 8800GTX or Ultra, I think an 8600 or 8800GTS will be ok for me but I am behind the times with computer parts now, it has been more then a year since I last built one so I am hoping people on the OC forums can put some light on the parts I am going to need for what I do.
I live in the UK so if you want to list stores for the parts please, be my guest. I am going to need 2 new storage drives, after a good 4 years of moving from rig to rig these 2 200GB SATAs are now about full give or take a few MB and one has started to make a noise like a grinder.
Thanks a lot everyone, much appreciated.