$300 to spend, what upgrade(s) would YOU do to my current system?

[murphy55d]

Here is my current system.

Looking to do an upgrade on my system, sort of leaning towards a dual format DVD burner, or a new video card, maybe a 9700 Pro or a 9800 Pro if I could find one on the For Sale forums. Maybe you have a better suggestion?

$300 is without question the max cash here. I don't plan to go over that limit whatsoever, and would like to stay UNDER it as much as possible, I see many of the +/- DVD drives are going for ~$225. (NEC and others)

Any thoughts?

 

[Shagga]

Give us some idea of what you use your PC for. Gaming, DTp, Graphics Design etc...

[edit]

You have a nice system there, but for me I think your on the right track, however, if your considering a new graphics card such as the Radeon then perhaps a tweak in the CPU side wouldn't go a miss, that is if your Mobo will take it. DVD burner on the other hand is a must IMO.

 

[murphy55d]

Gaming, some video encoding. Forgot to include that.

 

[thraxes]

DVD burner!!!

 

[nick1985]

a hooker and some booze

 

[Shagga]

Originally posted by: nick1985
a hooker and some booze

Gotta get that Thread Posting up I suppose......as I think while I write.....hey me too....

Sorry about cr@pping on your thread Murphy55d

 

[murphy55d]

That's alright... at least you're trying to help, unlike our friend over there.

 

[chin311]

hmmm, video and games....

i say either video card update or maybe a faster proc....

 

[murphy55d]

If I could get a Pioneer DVR-106D and say an Athlon XP 2400+ T-Bred for $300, would that be a worthy upgrade? Is a 2400+ going to be a big improvement over my overclocked 1800+?

 

[magomago]

Nice rig...

Do you have to add/change something or not? Is it imperative. Was this more of a "Well...lets change it" or "My programs are running slow - I need an upgrade".

By looking at that all I would reccomend would b a epox 8rda+/2500+ combo that will come out to under 200 and overclock to hell


But if you really don't need to modify anything i highly suggest you don't because you have a pretty nice rig as is.


But yeah....I vote NewMobo/CPU and I'm sure you'll notice the speed increase if you can (should be pretty safe...only early bartons didn't oc that great) push that 2500+ to 2.1/2.2Ghz

 

[Czar]

nothing, I would wait a while untill you start to realy need an improvement

 

[murphy55d]

Well of course it isn't imperative.

You may be right though, I don't NEED anything, but I really think I WANT a DVD burner now. The Pioneer A06 looks really nice... maybe I will just pick one of those up.

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Originally posted by: murphy55d
Well of course it isn't imperative.

You may be right though, I don't NEED anything, but I really think I WANT a DVD burner now. The Pioneer A06 looks really nice... maybe I will just pick one of those up.

Anything you plan to start burning once you get the burner? I know DVD's, but what ones? Or it could be data, but for that you can use a bunch of CD-R's since they're so cheap compared to a $1 per DVD disc.

 

[anomaly]

Id personally save up another $300 and upgrade mobo, cpu, and video. Id go 2500+ Barton, Epox 8RDA3+, and 9800 NP. Video encoding is almost entirely CPU dependent, not video card. Gaming on the other hand. With the $300 limit id get a 9800 non-pro.

 

[BurnItDwn]

if it were me I'd stick another 512MB of ram, and then use the rest on Cheap Big Hard drives with 3 year warranties on them (WD SE)

 

[t0mmyb0y]

Buy 30 shares of ATYT and sit on it. With their dominance in the market right now, and possibly getting in with MS on XBOX2, it could buy you a new rig in a year or two...



Or just blow it on a 9800 NP, hell that's what I plan on doing

 

[50]

I'm not sure if you could do this with 300 but...you could look for a hot deal on a dvd burner(I've seen dual format as low as 150). Then sell your ti4200 for about 100 bucks(i think that's what it's worth), then get a Radeon 9700 NP for like 225 or something close to that (is that how much NP's cost? My Pro cost me 300 a few months ago).

 

[newuser]

New Mobo and a faster CPU like the 2500+ AMD

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

Fujitsu 15k rpm scsi drive and a 64MB cache scsi controller.

 

[OverVolt]

Originally posted by: BingBongWongFooey
Fujitsu 15k rpm scsi drive and a 64MB cache scsi controller.

 

[Corporate Thug]

Originally posted by: newuser
New Mobo and a faster CPU like the 2500+ AMD

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: BingBongWongFooey
Fujitsu 15k rpm scsi drive and a 64MB cache scsi controller.

The SCSI syndicate has gotten to you, haven't they? Haven't they!?

I wouldn't upgrade anything right now. Your computer is pretty good. Mine is similar (at least for gaming), and I can play everything I've thrown at it. I'd hold that cash for an emergency or maybe take your wife/gf out on a nice date.

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42

Originally posted by: BingBongWongFooey
Fujitsu 15k rpm scsi drive and a 64MB cache scsi controller.

The SCSI syndicate has gotten to you, haven't they? Haven't they!?

*begins crying* YES!!



Unfortunately I don't have the cash for a 15k drive right now, but I have a 10k drive and a whopper of a scsi controller on the way.

 

[BaboonGuy]

Originally posted by: t0mmyb0y
Buy 30 shares of ATYT and sit on it. With their dominance in the market right now, and possibly getting in with MS on XBOX2, it could buy you a new rig in a year or two...



Or just blow it on a 9800 NP, hell that's what I plan on doing

hey man save your pump and dump schemes for the yahoo message boards

 

[t0mmyb0y]

Originally posted by: BaboonGuy

Originally posted by: t0mmyb0y
Buy 30 shares of ATYT and sit on it. With their dominance in the market right now, and possibly getting in with MS on XBOX2, it could buy you a new rig in a year or two...



Or just blow it on a 9800 NP, hell that's what I plan on doing

hey man save your pump and dump schemes for the yahoo message boards

sorry...