The Gaming PC Building/Upgrade Thread

[Squilliam]

kiefer23 said:

Squilliam said:

The HD 5970 may be a mite overkill for the size of monitor. Its purpose is for people with 4-6 megapixel resolution display setups, like 2560 by 1600 or 4760 by 1080. However theres no shame in wanting the fastest! Its for your birthday, right?

Nah it's not for my Birthday. I wish I recieved £500 gifts! I'm just thinking a little bit ahead in the future. I passed my Games Development course at College and eventually plan on taking the course at a University. 3D rendering on a 1.6ghz dual-core laptop isn't my type of fun and level creation on the UT3 engine was a nightmare at home, it only just runs Halo 2 Vista on the lowest settings. Again it will mostly be used for max setting gameplay.

Awesome stuff. I say theres no problem in wanting the fastest.

Anyway I think you're missing a PSU. I use a corsair 750W and you can look at this model Corsair HX750W which is very efficient, cheaper than other equivalents and comes with a 7 year warranty. http://www.techreport.com/articles.x/18295/1