Haven't posted on A/T in a LONG time! Life and priorities changed but at the point that it's time I have to do some upgrading. Been having some problems with my system, lag in simple games, general weirdness overall so I opened up my case, cleaned everything up hoping that would help. In doing so, noticed some expanded capacitors and knew at that point, it was time.
About the only thing I'll be keeping is my case and I have 3 7200rpm drives, one 250GB runs Win 7, one 150GB runs Ubuntu, one 750GB for backup/storage. I'll also keep my DVD/RW just for to have the drive, only use it to install Windows anymore really. Not so sure about the P/S.....it's a 680W Corsair but, everything is about 7 years old now.
I'm in Missouri so all parts will be bought in the USA. I've used Newegg for all my purchases in the past.....are they still "the place to go"?
I'm looking at a very basic upgrade. Not that money is a factor......to be honest, my wife and I only use it to shop, go on FB and forums we both use a few times a week, email, a few simple games, MS Office, pictures and stored music.
Been away from this so long, I don't really even know where to begin......I know from the little bit of reading I've done, I believe Intel is the way to go. I'll probably just use onboard video & sound.
What would be a good, basic setup......Motherboard, chip, etc. just to do the basics I'm needing?
Thanks in advance, hope I didn't leave anything out!
About the only thing I'll be keeping is my case and I have 3 7200rpm drives, one 250GB runs Win 7, one 150GB runs Ubuntu, one 750GB for backup/storage. I'll also keep my DVD/RW just for to have the drive, only use it to install Windows anymore really. Not so sure about the P/S.....it's a 680W Corsair but, everything is about 7 years old now.
I'm in Missouri so all parts will be bought in the USA. I've used Newegg for all my purchases in the past.....are they still "the place to go"?
I'm looking at a very basic upgrade. Not that money is a factor......to be honest, my wife and I only use it to shop, go on FB and forums we both use a few times a week, email, a few simple games, MS Office, pictures and stored music.
Been away from this so long, I don't really even know where to begin......I know from the little bit of reading I've done, I believe Intel is the way to go. I'll probably just use onboard video & sound.
What would be a good, basic setup......Motherboard, chip, etc. just to do the basics I'm needing?
Thanks in advance, hope I didn't leave anything out!