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06:25 PM

A good vid card will net you big improvements in gaming. I run the same processor at 3.8ghz in my "Black Ice" machine. I won't get into OC here, but its something not to take lightly as you can easily ruin your equipment if you don't know what your doing.

How much are willing to spend max for a video card? It will also depend on your PSU as 450watts is "average" for gaming PC usage, and I highly doubt that PSU is going to reliable put out 450watts under a high load considering it came with a budget Fry's case.

Here's my gaming setup, let me know if you need help. I've been building my own gaming PC rigs for years now

*Black Ice* Gaming PC
|| Core 2 E8500@3.8ghz || || ASUS P5E-VM HDMI || EVGA GTX 260 192 || 4gig G.Skill DDR2 800
|| Audigy 2 5.1 || WD 640gig AALS || ASUS DRW-2014LT1T Lightscribe
|| Antec TruePower New 550w || Antec mini P180 || Xigmatek "Black Knight"
||Viewsonic 20" VX2025VM || Logitech Z5300e 5.1 || Logitech MX518 || Saitek Eclipse 2 || Win7 Home Premium 64bit

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Freezebyte Guest Posts: n/a	01.10.2010, 06:23 PM A good vid card will net you big improvements in gaming. I run the same processor at 3.8ghz in my "Black Ice" machine. I won't get into OC here, but its something not to take lightly as you can easily ruin your equipment if you don't know what your doing. How much are willing to spend max for a video card? It will also depend on your PSU as 450watts is "average" for gaming PC usage, and I highly doubt that PSU is going to reliable put out 450watts under a high load considering it came with a budget Fry's case. Here's my gaming setup, let me know if you need help. I've been building my own gaming PC rigs for years now Black Ice Gaming PC \|\| Core 2 E8500@3.8ghz \|\| \|\| ASUS P5E-VM HDMI \|\| EVGA GTX 260 192 \|\| 4gig G.Skill DDR2 800 \|\| Audigy 2 5.1 \|\| WD 640gig AALS \|\| ASUS DRW-2014LT1T Lightscribe \|\| Antec TruePower New 550w \|\| Antec mini P180 \|\| Xigmatek "Black Knight" \|\|Viewsonic 20" VX2025VM \|\| Logitech Z5300e 5.1 \|\| Logitech MX518 \|\| Saitek Eclipse 2 \|\| Win7 Home Premium 64bit Last edited by Freezebyte; 01.10.2010 at 06:25 PM.