If you need help building a computer or advice on parts.

[Niloklives]

These days most people buy whole PCs and have no reason to buy Retail copies of an OS. it's better not to assume and tell them they may need it than not tell them at all.

[Nuclearranger]

If I buffed the GPU up..would that help boost the performance rate up or would I just have to get alot of OTHER stuff to compensate for the upgrade?

You would only need a bigger power supply. For instance if you wanted this beast: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814127554

You should get a 600-> 700W PSU like this to compensate:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817152035


The big GPUs require their own power hookups and this PSU has them and can output the power needed.

If you wanted this card : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102913
You would probably not have to upgrade the PSU.

For those wondering AMD cards go like this
Series,Level,Spec

So the 6850 is one step below 6870 which is below the 6950 which is below the 6970

[Hotobu]

They asked me to build a budget PC. I am not going to pull a $1,500 system out! ha.

Except going with a K series processor, a P67 motherboard, and at least 1333 memory would be like $60 more perform a lot better and would make a hell of a lot more sense.

[Nuclearranger]

These days most people buy whole PCs and have no reason to buy Retail copies of an OS. it's better not to assume and tell them they may need it than not tell them at all.

Thanks for pointing that out. I honestly missed it. My bad.

[str898mustang]

I went the easy route and bought a custom built PC. $1600 well spent.

[Nuclearranger]

Except going with a K series processor, a P67 motherboard, and at least 1333 memory would be like $60 more perform a lot better and would make a hell of a lot more sense.

"K" implys overclocking. This isn't a pc enthusiast thread.
1333 ram would be soooooo marginal I doubt even a millisecond would change between tasks.
P67 MOBO not sure about this.

Overall your adding price. That 60 makes it 640 dollars. Then you might as well add a 2nd hard drive for 40 more and do raid 0 for speed and add an aftermarket cooler to the cpu.

ect ect ect untill you have 1200 dollars. lol

Anyone is free to have me "up" the price. Your biggest perf gains are going to be in getting an I7 and moving up the GPU a few notches.

[Nuclearranger]

I went the easy route and bought a custom built PC. $1600 well spent.

Congratulations! I hope you enjoy it!

[Ark22]

I don't need a OEM or a disk. My friend is lending me his xD. So it will still be $577.92 =)

[Nuclearranger]

I don't need a OEM or a disk. My friend is lending me his xD. So it will still be $577.92 =)

Yea, a lot of people have other routes to get one. Good news for you!
I have site licenses and other routes available to me when I construct PCs so I often forget about it.

[Ark22]

Lol if you EVER need a job, I could hook you up with one for DRS and Harris. My job is as a placement personal helps me get people like YOU into high tech jobs =D! Plus my boss would be all happy. But that's least I can do for you if you ever become jobless. Just make sure you have 5 years of more <.< I hate people who send me a resume and they LACK experience D=<