I don't even like halo man! :biggrin:
Naah I just forget to do alot of things untill they become problems, after a re-installation of me pc.

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@Crono
I'm really waiting for the low-end Core 2 Duos to drop to around $120-150, but I guess a CPU upgrade makes sense if I'm switching motherboards. Depending on my financial status when I need an upgrade I may spring for a cheap C2D (E6300 probably) and overclock it, as I've read they do that fairly well. Hell I'll probably just save around $700 and build a mostly new system in a few months/maybe fall-ish, my AMD64 is having trouble keeping up these days. E6300, decent mobo, 7950GT, 2GB DDR2, 160-200GB SATA 3Gb/s drive (I'm using two ATA/100 drives now, not exactly ideal =/)...

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E6300, decent mobo, 7950GT, 2GB DDR2, 160-200GB SATA 3Gb/s drive

I'm waiting for pretty much the exact same system to drop in the <700 range, too. I'm quite excited about getting a new HD, too. Nobody mentions HDs but the extra speed/space should make quite a difference.

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Why snark works.

You can run explorer.exe again through the task manager "run" option. If you get that annoying as s**t "file in use" garbage when it isn't, killing explorer and running it again should clear that up.

But to note, some games may need explorer.exe to link to dynamic libraries. I'm not 100% sure, but that'd be my guess. Generally, I think that's one process you may want to keep running.

I don't personally turn much of anything off when I play games ... because I don't have to.

Intel chips will always cost more ... always. I don't know if you'll get away with using DDR2 memory either. It depends on the board. (could be wrong though, but I thought they used even more expensive memory)

Geez $700! That's how much my current computer cost to build from scratch. It isn't weak either and it doesn't sound like you're replacing the case and power supply either. I doubt it'd cost more than $500 (or maybe not even that much) to get the parts you want (unless you're set on an Intel chip, that is), the most troubling part would be the memory. Even 400GB - 450GB HDDs with SATA 3.0GB/s and 5-Year warranties are in the $150 range.

Examples:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148136
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136032

Wow, they have an AM2 X2 4600+ for $126 (those were $210 just a little while ago)

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Blame it on Microsoft, God does.

I need an upgrade hehe, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. only runs real smooth on minimum :sad: :razz:

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