New Gaming Rig

[Vagabond]

Paid less for better, which also had a larger screen. I think you wasted your money getting Professional Windows 7. Most of the features are useless for the home computer user.

Aye. Windows 7 home 64 bit oem was on sale when I bought mine.

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[Ethan]

You could have done better with $800.

Your best bet would have been saving up though.  The rig I just built can run seven(7) instances of Crysis 2 performance test(forgot what its called xD)

I'm interested in your specs. Could you post a dxdiag for me, both first tab and display tab please?

@OP: Lolfail. You could've done waaaaay better for $800. Your GPU is really really really bad, and the CPU is old architecture.
This one kicks your ones ass in CPU power, and has an equal GPU. There is no need for 16gb of RAM with that processor that you have.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883103371
Oh, look at the price.

EDIT:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883229253
Lol.

OP, please ask for advice before forking out $800 for something that's worth $400.

[DrMaxwell]

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Wow Ethan he lost out more than I thought!!! @OP I would definitely return what you got if you can, if not well uhh that sucks :(

Before you build a Gaming Rig I would research but you decided not. You could have done better, but oh well live and learn. First things first RAM does not affect games much. At the moment to run any game you only need 4GB, anything more won't change a thing. Unless you want to run multiple games at once.

[Ethan]

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Wow Ethan he lost out more than I thought!!! @OP I would definitely return what you got if you can, if not well uhh that sucks :(

Before you build a Gaming Rig I would research but you decided not. You could have done better, but oh well live and learn. First things first RAM does not affect games much. At the moment to run any game you only need 4GB, anything more won't change a thing. Unless you want to run multiple games at once.

For any future rigs, I'd suggest 8GB.
4GB is getting a little outdated but for anything under a say $600 to $650 rig, 4GB is fine.

[devildogelite]

For any future rigs, I'd suggest 8GB.
4GB is getting a little outdated but for anything under a say $600 to $650 rig, 4GB is fine.

I've had 4GB for a while now and it is started to feel a little dated.

[DrMaxwell]

For any future rigs, I'd suggest 8GB.
4GB is getting a little outdated but for anything under a say $600 to $650 rig, 4GB is fine.

Well no games recommend 8GB for now, and I doubt they will for another couple years. I think he's fine with 4GB and spend all the rest of his money towards a good motherboard (for future upgrading), GPU, and CPU. He can worry about 8GB of RAM when the time comes for that since it's quite easy to add RAM as long as he has enough slots.

[Ethan]

Well no games recommend 8GB for now, and I doubt they will for another couple years. I think he's fine with 4GB and spend all the rest of his money towards a good motherboard (for future upgrading), GPU, and CPU. He can worry about 8GB of RAM when the time comes for that since it's quite easy as long as he has enough slots.

Yeah, that's what I was saying.

[DrMaxwell]

Yeah, that's what I was saying.

For any future rigs, I'd suggest 8GB.
4GB is getting a little outdated but for anything under a say $600 to $650 rig, 4GB is fine.

I was just disagreeing with this but it's just my opinion. If I was spending $650-$1500 on a computer I'd still get 4GB unless I got to $1500+, then I think I'd get 8GB, unless I wanted to SLI or Crossfire.

[Ethan]

I was just disagreeing with this but it's just my opinion. If I was spending $650-$1500 on a computer I'd still get 4GB unless I got to $1500+, then I think I'd get 8GB, unless I wanted to SLI or Crossfire.

RAM is cheap. If you look around you can find 4GB for about $15 to $20 depending on the sales. Well worth the upgrade.