Thread: My first computer build

Yes my parents are cheap.. they opt for the 8GB ram upgrade with good for the time processor, and get teh sheetiest gpu. We dasn't even haz hd and our computer is a year oldz!

Originally Posted by matt5112

is a 310?

I think they discontinued it, it was like the worst one you could get for a Dell Studio XPS computer.. Every PC needs good graphics.

I wanted dark green sleeving but I couldn't find any, I might just go with black.

Originally Posted by matt5112

I didn't even recall a 300 series.

I thought they skipped it.

Looking into it... All entry level products.

Apparently it was just a renamed older card, that no one liked. meh.

Originally Posted by matt5112

Ask your buddy what his GPU usage is at compared to yours.

That might tell you whats going on.

PSU issues typically result in freezing and restart issues.

Dual cores are useless now anyways.

I love my Dual, does everything I need it to do, I don't need a quad but I made sure my board is capable of upgrading to a AM3 6-core for when the time comes, until then I'm rocking a $80 cpu

I need to do a full benchmark to his, and see, but we swapped his card and his wifes card(which is better) and hers did the same thing and his card was fine in her tower. It glitches on both monitors unless a video is playing, but usage is little to none. Its like at idle it craps out, but hits a wall when you try and really use it, his frames are like 10-15 on moderate setting on all games. Thus why I said either his PS is lacking or his mobo is bugging out.

Originally Posted by matt5112

Did you play Deus Ex: HR?

Never played any of them actually. Between SCII, WoW, and the Mass Effects I didn't get time for any other games until recently and I got into skyrim and stopped WoW