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Unsullied_Spy · 11.20.2009, 06:52 PM

Keep it the way it is until it can no longer handle what you need it to, then replace the motherboard, CPU, RAM, video card, etc. all at the same time. I typically do this every 4-6 years and it works fine. I don't usually spring for the best of the best though, I find a good deal on something nearly as good as the best but a fraction of the cost. My last rebuild was 1.5 years ago and I got a quad core CPU, 4 GB of DDR2, 8800 GT, 10k RPM Raptor, 400GB and 500GB storage drives, etc. all for about $700 and it runs everything I can throw at it just fine. Far Cry 2 is so far the most intensive game I've put it through and it can run that maxed out perfectly smooth, and Sins of a Solar Empire is tough on the CPU at times and it still chews it up.

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Unsullied_Spy RC-Monster Titanium Offline Posts: 1,609 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Bozeman, Montana	11.20.2009, 06:52 PM Keep it the way it is until it can no longer handle what you need it to, then replace the motherboard, CPU, RAM, video card, etc. all at the same time. I typically do this every 4-6 years and it works fine. I don't usually spring for the best of the best though, I find a good deal on something nearly as good as the best but a fraction of the cost. My last rebuild was 1.5 years ago and I got a quad core CPU, 4 GB of DDR2, 8800 GT, 10k RPM Raptor, 400GB and 500GB storage drives, etc. all for about $700 and it runs everything I can throw at it just fine. Far Cry 2 is so far the most intensive game I've put it through and it can run that maxed out perfectly smooth, and Sins of a Solar Empire is tough on the CPU at times and it still chews it up. All I ever wanted was an honest weeks pay for an honest days work.