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Old 12-23-11, 02:29 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by BossMark View Post
In the very near future I am looking to upgrade my PC into a better gaming machine any advice as to what to do
Here a the parts I am wanting to upgrade
Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory: 2048MB RAM
Display Devices NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285
Sound Devices Creative SB X-Fi Audio
Had basically the same system and the mother board went out so I upgraded at Newegg with the following. Still using a directx 10 vedio card that I need to upgrade, and using windows 7 64bit.

Item 13-131-604 MB ASUS|P7P55 LX P55 1156 RT 1 $104.99

Item 19-115-220 CPU INTEL|CORE I5 650 3.2G 4M R 1 $174.99

Item 20-145-324 MEM 4Gx2|CORSAIR CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 R 1 $49.99

It runs every game with no problem.
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