Posts by coastalseal17

Timothy Kim60 said:sent you a message

Check out that site, it's basically Best Buy—they aren't just some random online shop, they actually have a physical storefront in downtown Chicago
That GPU goes with pretty much any new motherboard you pick up

thanks

crimsonstag84 said:1 x ASUS M5A97 R2, AM3, AM3+, AMD 970, SB950, 5200 MHz BUS, DDR3
1 x AMD FX-Series X8 8320 3.5GHz, 16MB, 125W, AM3+, FD8320FRHK
1 x Spire Kepler Rev.2 cooler, 1156/775/FM1, 96.5×51×125 mm, 92mm
1 x DDR3 8GB (1x8GB) Crucial, 1600MHz CL11

$763 ADM

What kind of shop is this anyway?
And can I run a GTS 450 on this motherboard?

Robert Rodriguez2 said:so we aren't talking about a quad core then, just a dual core...
Look, if you're trying to be smart, just hunt down some quad cores for LGA 775 if you don't have the cash to overhaul the whole rig

I'm hoping to hang onto my GPU
at least until next summer
right now I've got this AMD Athlon X8 $467
but I really need a new motherboard too
I know for a fact it's just a dual core
but I thought I'd mentioned that the best chip my current board could actually handle was an Intel Core 2 Quad
and I'm definitely looking at bumping up to at least 8GB of RAM

Look, I can play pretty much anything with my GPU without any issues, so it's clearly my CPU that's bottlenecking the whole setup

Operating System
Windows Ultimate 64-bit

Main Processor
Intel Pentium E6600 3.06GHz (total junk)
RAM
4GB dual-channel 398MHz DDR3
Motherboard: ASRock G41M-VS3
And you guys already know what my graphics card is

Hey everyone, what's up?
Look, my GPU isn't actually the bottleneck here,

It’s not even that I think this thing is bad for gaming—it just feels like I'm hitting a wall. I really want to upgrade to a better processor, which obviously means I need to hunt down a more capable motherboard too.
See, the board I'm running right now can handle an Intel Core 2 Quad,
but honestly, everyone I talk to says those things are basically paperweights at this point.

So, does anyone have any solid recommendations?
Just for context, I'm currently rocking a GTS 450 1GB GDDR5.