have fun: What would you upgrade in my system?

[LOUISSSSS]

Lian Li V1000B Plus
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R Rev 2
Intel Q6600
Crucial Ballistix DDR2 800 2 x 1gb
BFG 8800GT 512MB
2 x WD 150gb Raptor
Seagate 320gb 7200.10
Creative Audigy 2 ZS Plat.
FSP FX-600GLN Epsilon
SONY DRU-810a DVD-RW
Viewsonic VX2025WM + NEC LCD1715
M-Audio LX4
Razer Copperhead + G7
XP 32

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Sony Vaio T350P/L


identical to my signature btw

 

[nineball9]

Upgrade for what reason? Personally, I'd keep my money in the bank.

 

[Blain]

Originally posted by: LOUISSSSS
What would you upgrade in my system?

Like nineball9 said...
"Upgrade for what reason"?

You've given us absolutely no information about HOW this PC is to be used.
If your desire is to be as vague as possible, you've succeeded. :roll:

Please post future vague threads in the "Off Topic" forum.

 

[LOUISSSSS]

I use it for encoding videos and playing cod4 and crysis
my bad guys

 

[Blain]

What is it not doing that you want it to do?

 

[Pollock]

You could always get a nice, comfortable chair. Don't bother with an X-Fi, IMO. You may as well pick up another 2x1GB for ~$30 AR, if those deals are still around. If you don't mind spending more on a better graphics card in the future, a 24" LCD would be nice (although triple monitors introduces lots of problems, so YMMV).

You are probably best off just saving your money, though.

 

[Denithor]

Ok, you're just bragging here.

Granted, you have a lot to brag about...

 

[LOUISSSSS]

Originally posted by: Denithor
Ok, you're just bragging here.

Granted, you have a lot to brag about...

okay im' clearly not bragging. if you feel that way please explain

no i understand my system is relatively complete, was just seeing if i was missing something.

 

[Slugbait]

Originally posted by: LOUISSSSS
no i understand my system is relatively complete, was just seeing if i was missing something.

TV tuner.

Man, I wish I had your sound system. Are you running 2.1, or have you already upgraded to 5.1? If 2.1, there's something else that's missing...

 

[jkresh]

go to 4gigs of ram, (even though xp will only see around 3), then consider going penryn in January and selling your q6600, (or maybe selling the 8800gt and getting 3870's in crossfire?)

 

[Blain]

Originally posted by: LOUISSSSS
What would you upgrade in my system?

Originally posted by: LOUISSSSS
I use it for encoding videos and playing cod4 and crysis

You need a good 15k SCSI setup with a 64bit controller.

 

[LightningRider]

Personally I would get an X-Fi, preferably the Auzentech Prelude if you want to burn money which is what I think you want. Or new speakers would be a good choice too.

Other than that, I would probably get Vista x64, and another 2GB of RAM.

 

[cozumel]

More memory, Vista x64 and the Auzentech Prelude

edit: our rigs are pretty damned similar.

 

[secretanchitman]

speakers? the logitech z5500s are nice, if you wanted true 5.1 via optical or coax. you can also go with a higher resolution monitor (one that does 1680x1050, 1920x1200), a nice mousepad, a comfy awesome chair...another 8800GT 512MB for sli, another 2GB for more ram (but you need xp or vista x64 to see 4GB, but xp 32 sees around 3 - 3.2GB max), buy a larger hard drive for more storage (500-750GB are really cheap now), mod your case with some lights or whatever...buy a blu-ray reader or writer to playback movies....upgrade your soundcard to an auzentech or something.

that should give you SOME ideas, haha!

 

[Slugbait]

Originally posted by: LightningRider
Or new speakers would be a good choice too.

Um...the LX4 remained on MaxPC's "best of the best" list until they were discontinued. Probably the only real "upgrade" here would be the Audioengine5, but they are exclusively a 2.0 speaker system...no surround capabilities for gaming.

Originally posted by: secretanchitman
...another 8800GT 512MB for sli...

That would require a new mobo. The Gigabyte uses an Intel chipset, and Intel does not support SLI, they only support Crossfire...not that this matters anyway, since this board only has one 16x PCI-e slot...

 

[secretanchitman]

Originally posted by: Slugbait

Originally posted by: LightningRider
Or new speakers would be a good choice too.

Um...the LX4 remained on MaxPC's "best of the best" list until they were discontinued. Probably the only real "upgrade" here would be the Audioengine5, but they are exclusively a 2.0 speaker system...no surround capabilities for gaming.

Originally posted by: secretanchitman
...another 8800GT 512MB for sli...

That would require a new mobo. The Gigabyte uses an Intel chipset, and Intel does not support SLI, they only support Crossfire...not that this matters anyway, since this board only has one 16x PCI-e slot...

ah...you got me there in both speakers and video card. forgot that he had an intel chipset and not nvidia!

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

RAID controller.

 

[GenHoth]

You should start using that computer power to crunch!

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