Pushing old hardware to it's limits.

[ANDEbad]

I'm getting back into PC gaming after real life kicked me in the nuts the past few years. So I've dusted off my old gaming tower and threw in some parts I had laying around. Here's what I'm working with so far.

Phenom II x4 965 BE 3.4ghz (overclocked to 4.0ghz, 205mhz fsb x 19.5, 2600mhz NB)
Asus m4a79t-deluxe motherboard
16gb (4x4gb) Corsair dominator ddr3 @ 1380mhz 7-8-7-22
Radeon r7 250x overclocked 1100mhz core 1200mhz memory
Corsair 120gb SSD boot drive
Corsair 120gb SSD for ships and Cs:go
500gb laptop drive I pulled from a ps4 for other junk
Asus DVD burner
Corsair 750w psu
Intel pro1000 CT network card
Antec nine hundred two case

Under full prime 95 load for 5 hours the CPU peaked at 48°c so I think my overclock is good to go.

My plan is to get a used GTX 770 or something along those lines and run it for awhile till something forces me to upgrade.

With the current setup I can get around 100fps on cs:go high settings no AA @ 1080p and 50-60 fps on world of warships high textures rest med settings far view distance @1080p.

Those are really the only 2 games I play and plan on playing for the next year or more.

I just thought I would add a different perspective of gaming on older high end hardware and if anyone has any suggestions on my current build or plan would be appreciated. Thx.

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[ANDEbad]

A pic of that dinosaur.

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[NemoDaFish]

Its awesome you were able to salvage parts like that, not a bad setup... definitely upgrade that gpu with a gtx770 or better, anything below the 1050s are decently priced!

[ANDEbad]

Its awesome you were able to salvage parts like that, not a bad setup... definitely upgrade that gpu with a gtx770 or better, anything below the 1050s are decently priced!

A buddy gave me an HD 7850 to use for a bit I just bought an r9 270x on eBay for 55.00 that's good enough for me pretty close to a 760 performance wise and from the same era. It should be more than enough for warships and Cs go

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[NemoDaFish]

A buddy gave me an HD 7850 to use for a bit I just bought an r9 270x on eBay for 55.00 that's good enough for me pretty close to a 760 performance wise and from the same era. It should be more than enough for warships and Cs go

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I need buddys like yours to save me money! haha, that's dope man.

[ANDEbad]

I need buddys like yours to save me money! haha, that's dope man.

He owns his own computer repair and networking company. He just built a threadripper with 2 RX580s in crossfire to play star citizen so he had it left over. :)

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[AOD_DukeCLR]

I like the dinosaur pic, I have an Antec 1200 the I handed down to my son, he and his friend destroy just about everything in his room except that monster, lol.

[ANDEbad]

I like the dinosaur pic, I have an Antec 1200 the I handed down to my son, he and his friend destroy just about everything in his room except that monster, lol.

If you liked that one here's mine from 2002 lol

Pentium 4c (Northwood) 2.8ghz oced to 3.2ghz
Abit ic7-g motherboard
512mb ram
GeForce4 ti 4400
80gb hdd
Chieftech full tower case.

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[ZED]

If you liked that one here's mine from 2002 lol

Pentium 4c (Northwood) 2.8ghz oced to 3.2ghz
Abit ic7-g motherboard
512mb ram
GeForce4 ti 4400
80gb hdd
Chieftech full tower case.

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That's a beast for 2002!!!

[NemoDaFish]

If you liked that one here's mine from 2002 lol

Pentium 4c (Northwood) 2.8ghz oced to 3.2ghz
Abit ic7-g motherboard
512mb ram
GeForce4 ti 4400
80gb hdd
Chieftech full tower case.

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RIP ps2 adapters! lmao

[AOD_VVoody_87th]

I had that exact case on my last build! Great case!

[AOD_DukeCLR]

I will have to look through my old photos, it's kind of fun. My first case was a lian Li, it was the entry level model but the build quality was amazing.