Bush January 27, 2010 Share Bush Member January 27, 2010 Time to do an upgrade. I don't care about being able to upgrade in the future, just need something to get me by for a few years. ATX form factor, and I have a little used 555 watt p/s. What I wanted was to look for a 939 socket mobo with a pci-e slot, but I couldn't find anything at a decent price. Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[LaW]Maverick January 27, 2010 Share [LaW]Maverick Member January 27, 2010 Why a 939 socket, if you don't mind me asking? I would definitely go with a 1366 socket with an i7 were I you, or if you REALLY don't care about upgrades and want to save a little money, go with the 1156 and an i7. Those things are great. As far as saving money is concerned, the nVidia 260 GTX is a good vid card for your buck, but I'd personally spend a little more and go with a GTX 275. You're still saving money, but getting a little more juice. Anyway, hope that advice helps a little. I really like these two boards: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131386R http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131404 I would REALLY go with the first one--killer open-box deal, and the 1366 is definitely the way to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samurai nightling January 27, 2010 Share samurai nightling Member January 27, 2010 939 sockets are a thing of the past i thought, even a couple years ago. My old computer was a 939 and they stopped making them like a year or 2 after i built it. Definitely go with the i7 if you can afford it, or at least some i series CPU. It's the newest and will last you quite some time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushwack January 27, 2010 Share bushwack Member January 27, 2010 If your a gamer put your money in video, $100 on a CPU and $200 on a video card will get you started. If your a little hardcore get a $250 and a $500 video card. So many options right now and hardware is packing a punches for current prices. AMD has a nice quad core for under $100. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bush January 28, 2010 Author Share Bush Member January 28, 2010 (edited) Thanks for the input. After thinking about it more I'm going to wait. Right now I'm on a very tight budget but in three months I get to build a computer for a school project, at which time I'm thinking about a micro atx, only because they have lans at school every Friday so I want something portable. My current rig which only has a few hours on it, I put it on the shelf when I went to China, used it for a little bit when I got back then back on the shelf then back down again. In a nutshell it's going to be a media center, torrent box, and for casual gaming. My biggest gripe is ati doesn't support there agp cards anymore, so instead of going for a medium overhaul I'm going to get this. Oh yeah just playing Wow, Arma2, and this cool web game called Evony. Edited January 28, 2010 by Bush Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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