Hello all,
Just built a system with a unlocked Caliisto Phenom II X2 (into 4 cores, at 3.2 ghz), with OCZ DDR3 1600 4 GB's of Ram, and a single slot 16X PCI express Asrock Mobo.
Anyways, I'm a somewhat heavy gamer. I do alot of WoW (Yes, low spec game, but try running above 30-40 in a Wintergrasp match), Will do alot of Diablo 3, want to beat Metro 2033, and perhaps a few other high end games.
I've been slaving away at walmart, so my paycheck should be 500$, but I'm not willing to spend more then half of it (I have to save for some other things when College semester rolls back around).
So Budget is 200$ - 250$
Preferences :
Durable
Overclock-power
Equality in terms to the CPU/RAM (I want to try and make my parts somewhat equal, as to not form a bottleneck)
GOOD drivers (I'm not a honest fan of ATI's drivers, or Catalyst)
I notice that the GTX 260 falls within that range, but I was looking for something a bit more advanced, like direct X 11 for example. Fermi's are simply too expensive for me (unless I could find a cheaper one on Ebay).
Note: I saw a particular 5850 Radeon on Ebay for pretty cheap, would it be safe to purchase from here?
Just built a system with a unlocked Caliisto Phenom II X2 (into 4 cores, at 3.2 ghz), with OCZ DDR3 1600 4 GB's of Ram, and a single slot 16X PCI express Asrock Mobo.
Anyways, I'm a somewhat heavy gamer. I do alot of WoW (Yes, low spec game, but try running above 30-40 in a Wintergrasp match), Will do alot of Diablo 3, want to beat Metro 2033, and perhaps a few other high end games.
I've been slaving away at walmart, so my paycheck should be 500$, but I'm not willing to spend more then half of it (I have to save for some other things when College semester rolls back around).
So Budget is 200$ - 250$
Preferences :
Durable
Overclock-power
Equality in terms to the CPU/RAM (I want to try and make my parts somewhat equal, as to not form a bottleneck)
GOOD drivers (I'm not a honest fan of ATI's drivers, or Catalyst)
I notice that the GTX 260 falls within that range, but I was looking for something a bit more advanced, like direct X 11 for example. Fermi's are simply too expensive for me (unless I could find a cheaper one on Ebay).
Note: I saw a particular 5850 Radeon on Ebay for pretty cheap, would it be safe to purchase from here?