1. | Aug 5, 2013

If you fly with Intel, then the Socket 775 is the way to go. If you have the AMD side of the house, then I would recommend at least a Dual-Core setup stargety. Also, If you have a proprietary setup (HP, Compaq, Dell, Microsoft, etc.) you may as well not even try overclocking. Period. Proprietary Systems like the ones that were listed, are designed from the ground up to be the most efficient at giving the most basic user a happy little Graphic User Interface to romp in .however what you want to do is get a decent setup as far as new board, cpu, a heatsink good enough to cool the beast you unleash when you fire it up, at least 2GB+ of memory, anywhere aroung the 120GB-250GB SATA sector should prove enough to be sufficient for the gaming stargety listed in this question, around 600W PSU to give this beast some life (in Dr. Frankenstein's eyes) and for scalability(upgrading), a decent OS like XP (tried and true) even though Techs like to call it Windows (X)tra (P)roblems, the associated updates and drivers from the hardware that you have installed into your new beast, a few reboots later, and wham! you have a basic budget gaming rig thanks to one of the gaming communities' people spilling the beans hope this helps you in the quest in gaing groung in the custom (re)build sector Good Luck!!!

2. | Apr 25, 2013

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