12-26-2014, 04:42 AM
(12-25-2014, 05:01 PM)kandrathe Wrote: As a Christmas gift my youngest wanted an upgrade. His rig is ATX standard cheaper build we acquired about 5 years ago, and it came with an HD6450 GPU with a 300W power supply. I moved him to a pretty affordable overclocked ASUS GeForce GT750ti. I was pretty sure the 300W would not be sufficient, so rather than upgrade to just enough I wanted to get one big enough for a yet to be determined future (mobo/cpu/ram or faster ssd+raid sata next time). I went with a very flexible 750W single rail power supply. We also gave him a new 27" wide screen HD monitor and a gaming mouse/keyboard.
I also spoiled my son with computer gaming stuff. I got him a new gaming keyboard/mouse combo, an Xbox360 Windows gamepad, and a 7.1 surround headset (which I am slightly jealous of).
The 750ti is about the performance/price spot I want to hit. I haven't pulled the trigger on parts yet because Christmas, but I'll be tracking prices over the next little while and try to convince my wife that a new gaming computer for me is more important than a bathroom renovation.
My wife did buy me a G502 Proteus Core mouse, which is super awesome.