| theprof00 said: I have a question regarding upgrading. I have an intel E6420 and I want to get windows 7 64bit. What should I do? Upgrade the chip, and if so, to what? Or, upgrade the motherboard ad chip? |
The E6420 is more than powerful enough to run Win7 64-bit. It is, however, pretty weak for games. You could easily upgrade to a mobo + CPU combo that would blow that one out of the water for about $150 if you wanted to - just wait a few days for the Athlon II X3 440 to show up and grab an AM3 or AM2+ mobo that supports your RAM along with it (I'm assuming that you're using some flavor of DDR2).
Either way, I wouldn't buy another LGA 775 CPU. The standard is pretty much dead by now, and any CPU that uses it is overpriced for what you'll get. AM3, by contrast, will let you upgrade to a new mid-range CPU in two years without replacing your mobo.
@ jefforange88: Good idea on the PC gaming misconceptions! I'll add that in the next major revision.
"'Casual games' are something the 'Game Industry' invented to explain away the Wii success instead of actually listening or looking at what Nintendo did. There is no 'casual strategy' from Nintendo. 'Accessible strategy', yes, but ‘casual gamers’ is just the 'Game Industry''s polite way of saying what they feel: 'retarded gamers'."
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