Gaming Gaming PC set-ups.

[Bluestainedroses]

Hey, i'm trying to compose a decent gaming pc set-up for myself. The games i want to play are mostly

-Call of Duty modern Warfare 2
-Team fortress 2
-Left 4 dead 2
-Batman Arkham Asylum

and i want to have a system that has power for games to come.

My current set-up is.

Sapphire Video Card ATI Radeon HD 5570 1 GB
Western Digital Internal Hard Drive 640GB 7200rpm
ThermalTake Case DH202 HTPC. Desktop
Kingston Memory Ram SODIMM DDR3 2 Gigabytes (x2)
Asus Motherboard P7H55 Socket Type 1156
Intel Processor Core i3-530, s1156 2.93GHz,1333MHz
LG optical Drive DVR 22X

i was going for something 670-700$

 

[Originality]

In your case, I think you should get a good graphics card (Radeon HD5770-5870 or a nVidia GTX 460, although I wouldn't recommend the 465 or 480... of that selection, the HD5870 is the best), save up for a little while more (because that should be enough to sort you for gaming) then upgrade the CPU to a Core i5 750, with an after-market HSF like the Gelid Tranquillo, which should set you for a good 1.5-3 years.

Double check that you've got a good power supply. You'll want around 550-650W to keep a stable output for a high end graphics card (theoretically at least - in practice, there are many weak power supplies out there no matter what wattage it claims, so you should always stick to good manufacturers like Corsair, OCZ, Antec, etc).

One more thing - I very much doubt you've got Kingston SODIMM in your PC, unless you're describing a laptop in your setup. the "SO" part basically means it's short, used for laptops, and will not fit inside a PC.

 

[playallday]

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