Help making my PC good for gaming....

[dreamcast210]

JEMC said:

dreamcast210 said:

OK. Cool. What about the wattage? The current CPU is 65w. Should I stick with that wattage? Because for both of those listed above, there is a "s" version that is 65w.

The S is a designation of "low power", which is why is uses less power, but at the expense of lower frequencies.

But with your new power supply, you should be fine even with the most power hungry processors. Don't worry about TDP when searching for a new CPU.

Thanks for the info. I figured the GPU I ordered says it needs 400w. I got a 500w supply and wasn't sure how a higher wattage cpu would impact things.