Alright so back in the day when twistedmods was around... I kept up to date on hardware like a madman. I built a new machine last year and upgraded. At this point... it suits my needs. However, by the standards of today it is now "slow".... f course, technically speaking, it would have been a month ago, right? Hah.
Anyway... I am still a huge PC gamer but I still have a difficult time understanding all these new hardware pieces. Last time I built a machine I asked the shop how big of a hard drive it would support with my IDE drives and he gave me a puzzled look and laughed and said "IDE???? Who uses that crap anymore?" and I had no idea what "SATA" was.
If you ask me about how to hook up and create a megasquirt EFI system for a trackday car, ok, cool, I can do that.
If you ask me presently about new computer technology, I'm as lost as fred flinstone in the Jetsons.
So here's the thing... I play a LOT of starcraft 2. It's smooth... MOST of the time. I also play other games like .... ok mostly Starcraft 2.
However, i still do some drafting and 3D work, so rendering faster is always a plus. I also like HD movies, however, at full screen, even on my PC it lags..
So with today's standards, what is a good idea? I read up on SLI, it sounds pretty awesome. My fear is.... I do NOT want to reformat my computer. However, if i need to, i'm willing to if I can move up to Windows 7 since it seems a lot of games are moving that direction.
I do a lot of media with my dvd drive, and play a ton of games. I also do rendering and drafting as mentioned. I also use it for editing HD movies for all my automotive events and motorcycle trips... so editing speed is good.
My current system is my listed profile computer. What would you guys recommend for a media/gaming/editing machine that will last me now and a few years into the future. I'm going to take the old machine and turn it into my media machine for the wife for her ubuntu machine since it's using a single core and she is complaining it is "Really super damn slow."
Regards,
-"D"