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« Planning to upgrade my Dell E521  
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reply to PhoenixDown
Re: Looking for suggestions on Mobo and Video Card

Your choices aren't bad.
It doesn't sound like you are a heavy duty gamer. For a WoW machine I think you are going overboard in many areas.

The cpu is fine.

You don't need a $200 motherboard with that many pci-e x16 slots.

This gigabyte ds3r p45 based board is 6 phase, has solid caps. It is a solid board at a much more reasonable price.

»www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a···13128344

There are other similar options if you prefer a different brand like asus.

If you want a 260 graphics card I would either get the superior 216 core version for a similar price

»www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a···14130400

or get a less expensive card. This can be had for $200 at the moment.

»www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a···14127361

For WoW this is far more card than you need but it isn't a bad choice. You could move down to the cards I mentioned before for the uses you describe.

A 750 watt supply is far more than you need. A 500-600w corsair in the sub $100 range is plenty.

If you want to use the full 4 GB then you will want a 64 bit OS. 32 bit versions will use 3+GB ram.

None of the changes I mention is going to cripple you or put you in a situation where you won't have anywhere to go because many of your choices are pretty excessive for your needs. I don't however see any problems lurking in your choices.


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