Soooo I have been working my pc pretty hard for a few years Building games with the UDK. working with 3ds max ZBrush. talking on vent & streaming my desktop to the world..
she was holding up just fine, but I think Tera pushed her over the edge. that & maybe me streaming & chatting & playing tera & running a build all in the UT3 level editor all at the same time..

This is my baby right now . she is on her last leg =/

COOLER MASTER V8 RR-UV8-XBU1-GP 120mm Rifle CPU Cooler Intel Core i7 compatible
Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

GIGABYTE GA-EP45T-UD3LR LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard

EVGA 896-P3-1255-AR GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card

XCLIO STABLEPOWER 500W 500W ATX SLI Ready Active PFC Power Supply

Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 Yorkfield 2.66GHz LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80580Q8400

G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL8D-4GBHK

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3500418AS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

SAMSUNG CD/DVD Burner Black SATA Model SH-S223C - OEM



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I have refined my upgrade list with your help. just hope I got it right this time

EVGA Z68 SLI Micro 120-SB-E682-KR LGA 1155 Intel Z68 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Intel Motherboard

CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX750 V2 750W ATX12V v2.31/ EPS12V v2.92 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC High Performance Power Supply

Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 3000 BX80623I72600K

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9Q-16GBXL

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit - OEM
Model #:GFC-02050

Subtotal: $714.95

Replace that psu immediately with a better quality one.

While more memory will definitely help, 1066 MHz is quite slow (slower than your current RAM), especially considering 1600 MHz and higher is the growing norm for DDR3 and gaming.

http://amzn.to/Pnc3B8

so more power then ?

Okay I replaced my ram in the cart with
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9Q-16GBXL

At this point you might as well build a whole new rig, the BEST upgrade you can possibly purchase right now for that PC is an SSD and for the love of god a new PSU.

I didn't say a higher wattage psu (I'm assuming that's what you meant by "more power"). I said a higher quality one. XCLIO is a crap brand that likely buys it's psu design from no-name chinese manufacturers that cheap out on quality components. Go with an established brand like Antec, Corsair, Seasonic, Enermax, etc. Ram speed doesn't really matter anymore. DDR3-1600 is the norm, but going slower or faster doesn't give you dramatic differences in performance.

To be completely honest I don't know what PSU top buy

you WANT a psu of at least 800 - 1000 if you intend on ever getting better components. My current PC is 5 years old and is still running like a champ, every game that has come out has been played at max graphics with little to no problem. Like BarbeQQ said, ram speed really doesn't matter much anymore, also why get a refurbished board and deal with a flaw when you can just get a new one and not have to worry about it. If I were in your shoes, i'd just buy a new PSU and save up money to build a whole new rig.

Would

OCZ ModXStream Pro 700W Modular High Performance Power Supply compatible with Intel Sandybridge Core i3 i5 i7 and AMD Phenom

Still be crap ?

or should I just get

XION XON-1000P14F High Performance 1000W Power Supply, compatible with Intel Sandybridge Core i3/i5 /i7 and AMD Phenom ,SLI/Cross Fire Ready, ATX 12V, EPS 12V v2.91 and SSI v2.91, Six 12V Rails & 8 x SATA

Quote: Tentrus on 06/19/2012, 03:46 PM - view

You should visit a few hardware forums and look around to see what's good and what's bad to buy so that way you have an idea of what you would want to get. How much are you looking to spend on a PSU? one tip when buying one also is to look at the feedback from customers that have purchased the product and read the con's they post to see if it's consecutive with each post. Newegg for example has a nice set up at reviewing these things. As for hardware enthusiast sights you can try sites like Guru3d, overclock.net, Extremeoverclocking.com, there are more out there too.

Edit: You can try these 2 companies, Silverstone or Corsair. Also I mentioned earlier 800 - 1000 PSU if you intend to have lots of components in your set up like dual or 3 way video card and such.