I bulit my current pc nearly 3 years ago. I'm now looking at putting togeather another system with around $550. My current system is a amd64 3000+, one gig of ddr 3200, geforce 6600gt(supreme commander crawls). I do not have the ability to go above 1024x768 in games, and I don't see me getting a better display in the near future. Bottom line is I want a pc that can do ok with newer games and give me another 3 years of life.
Items I'm looking at:
amd athlon 64 x2 6000
asus m2n-sli deluxe nforce570
2 gigs of corsair xms2 ddr2 800
geforce 8600gts
I figure that adding another 8600gts within a year would keep me playing newer games at a decent pace. I also picked the 8600gts because of the dx10 support. Seems like I will be forced into the dx10 world within a couple of years.
Please give me some insight, on paper the upgrade looks to be double what I have now. My current rig is amd and has been rock solid, which is why I would like to stick with the brand.
Items I'm looking at:
amd athlon 64 x2 6000
asus m2n-sli deluxe nforce570
2 gigs of corsair xms2 ddr2 800
geforce 8600gts
I figure that adding another 8600gts within a year would keep me playing newer games at a decent pace. I also picked the 8600gts because of the dx10 support. Seems like I will be forced into the dx10 world within a couple of years.
Please give me some insight, on paper the upgrade looks to be double what I have now. My current rig is amd and has been rock solid, which is why I would like to stick with the brand.
