Personal computing discussed
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halt wrote:Welcome to the Tech Report!I am looking for advice as to what to upgrade...
halt wrote:Your existing case and power supply are fine for any new build. Your existing DVD-RW drive is probably good enough to re-use unless you want to play Blu-ray movies. Your existing hard-drive can be re-used for storage.
JustAnEngineer wrote:If you're really desperate to run stuff under Windows XP that won't run on Windows 7 or Windows 8 64-bit (we're talking about really old 16-bit programs), then just keep your old system running with Windows XP. You don't want that ancient operating system on your new hardware.
Techgoudy wrote:The only thing I could really disagree with is the 7850 and the reason is that by the look of your gaming selection you don't need something so powerful and you could save a few bucks by going to something a little cheaper like a $110 Radeon HD7770 GHz edition. However to make sure you can run all games and any potential games you see that you might want to run the 7850 is probably the better card.
JustAnEngineer wrote:With a $1000+ budget, for a primarily-gaming PC, shouldn't you be aiming for GTX670 or Radeon 79xx performance? ┐(‘~`;)┌Since we're talking about a $1000+ budget, I recommend spending the extra $70 to get the Radeon HD7850 2GB. This will let
you enjoy the beauty of Tyria with the graphics options near maximum.
auxy wrote:That's why I offered the GeForce GTX660Ti 2GB or Radeon HD7950 3GB as alternatives to the Radeon HD7850 2GB.With a $1000+ budget, for a primarily-gaming PC, shouldn't you be aiming for GTX670 or Radeon 79xx performance?
JustAnEngineer wrote:auxy wrote:That's why I offered the GeForce GTX660Ti 2GB or Radeon HD7950 3GB as alternatives to the Radeon HD7850 2GB.With a $1000+ budget, for a primarily-gaming PC, shouldn't you be aiming for GTX670 or Radeon 79xx performance?
Welch wrote:I guess I don't see the benefit of xp mode. I personally used VMware workstation which is free. You could load your xp via that and run your games. If you can use does box, it works well in windows 7. I think windows 8 sucks personally and feel its a horrible change of ui that is pointless for a desktop or anything without a touch screen. I'd go Win 7 Pro and use VMware or dual boot and not look back.
Techgoudy wrote:Welch wrote:I guess I don't see the benefit of xp mode. I personally used VMware workstation which is free. You could load your xp via that and run your games. If you can use does box, it works well in windows 7. I think windows 8 sucks personally and feel its a horrible change of ui that is pointless for a desktop or anything without a touch screen. I'd go Win 7 Pro and use VMware or dual boot and not look back.
VMware Workstation is not free, however VMware Player is: http://www.vmware.com/products/player/overview.html