Upgrading my PC for new games.

[girlyxgamer]

hi everyone I'm new to this forum.

i built this PC in 2008 and I haven't been up to date with computers so I really need suggestions. My EVGA card listed below is gone because it broke. So I NEED a new gaming graphics card but need suggestions. I also need some suggestions with my RAM. Thanks.

I'm trying to play GW2 and D3 with this upgrade BTW.

Will this graphic cards be good and compatible with my computer?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102987

Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128347

Old broken graphic card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130318

Power Supply:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817341012

CPU:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115017


RAM:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145184

One thing to note about my RAM. I only have one stick (2GB) added in. Whenever I add in two sticks (4GB) my computer freezes and makes this noise. Is there any other way I can upgrade my ram to 4GB like buying other brands?

THANKS!

[saphalline]

For the vid card, you should probably take a look at this. Tom's Hardware has a great list that is updated every month, and they have the benchmarks to backup their recommendations. The latest GPU releases have stirred things up again, so the Radeon HD 7850 is hot right now at $260 USD.

One thing to note about my RAM. I only have one stick (2GB) added in. Whenever I add in two sticks (4GB) my computer freezes and makes this noise. Is there any other way I can upgrade my ram to 4GB like buying other brands?

Ok, this we should probably take care of. Your poor quad is suffering from bandwidth starvation! There is no reason that you should not be able to install 4 sticks of RAM into that mobo, so something is wrong.

For starters, see if the other stick of RAM works by itself in one slot. Just swap your RAM sticks and see what happens. Also, should probably do some memtest runs on each stick. Best way to do that is to burn the memtest ISO to a CD, boot your computer from that CD, and let it run overnight (one stick at a time, so two nights). Check it in the mornings for red errors.

My guess is that one of your sticks of RAM is bad, which should be covered by a lifetime limited warranty. Other possibilities include outdated mobo BIOS, faulty RAM slot on mobo, dirty power from wall outlet/PSU, etc. In any case, for a gaming system, we should really track down this issue. Losing a channel of RAM is bad for performance.