I have 500 bucks to upgrade my rig.

[shilala]

The rig is in my sig, Rigalingus.
I'm parting out a socket 754 rig and I'll have about 500 bucks to burn.
What are some good upgrade options?

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Is there something that it's not doing well enough now?

 

[GuitarDaddy]

Mach I prommie


Your rig is pretty stacked, I can't think of much else

Maybe sell the GTO2 for $200, and SLI a couple of 7800gtx's

 

[shilala]

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
Is there something that it's not doing well enough now?

Hell, no.
Does that really factor?

How's about a sound card? Anything better than the Turtle beach to drive the Klipsches?

 

[shilala]

Originally posted by: GuitarDaddy
Mach I prommie


Your rig is pretty stacked, I can't think of much else

Maybe sell the GTO2 for $200, and SLI a couple of 7800gtx's

I swear to God I have no idea what that thing is you showed me. :embarrassed;
A couple 7800's would be nice, wouldn't they?
I just finished cod2 and it looked great.
I would like to have a little more ass for FEAR, but 700 bucks is kind of painful for a touch more eye candy.
I could swing it if I sell the gto2 and throw the 500 bucks at it...

 

[Wall7486]

I suggest if you want two gigs get faster RAMS that are 2 DIMM as oppose to 4. Get 2GB (2x1GB). Either OCZ or Corsair.

 

[eXx08]

Mac Mini.

 

[GuitarDaddy]

Originally posted by: shilala

Originally posted by: GuitarDaddy
Mach I prommie


Your rig is pretty stacked, I can't think of much else

Maybe sell the GTO2 for $200, and SLI a couple of 7800gtx's

I swear to God I have no idea what that thing is you showed me. :embarrassed;
A couple 7800's would be nice, wouldn't they?
I just finished cod2 and it looked great.
I would like to have a little more ass for FEAR, but 700 bucks is kind of painful for a touch more eye candy.
I could swing it if I sell the gto2 and throw the 500 bucks at it...

Thats a phase change cooling unit, which allows you to run sub-zero CPU temps and increase your overclock substantially, you can get some mad overclocks with one of those. 3ghz or better most likely on your 3800+. But if gaming is your thing, dual 7800's would make for a bigger performance increase.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: shilala

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
Is there something that it's not doing well enough now?

Hell, no.
Does that really factor?

How's about a sound card? Anything better than the Turtle beach to drive the Klipsches?

Does it matter? To me it would.

Soundcard - yeah, you could get a basic X-Fi card for around $100 or less.

 

[Some1ne]

Hm...an X-fi Elite Pro plus a WD raptor to serve as the new system drive?

Or also better cooling to get the clockrate on your CPU higher (as in the Mach I thing that was linked to...it's a phase-change CPU cooling unit).

 

[shilala]

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello

Originally posted by: shilala

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
Is there something that it's not doing well enough now?

Hell, no.
Does that really factor?

How's about a sound card? Anything better than the Turtle beach to drive the Klipsches?

Does it matter? To me it would.

Soundcard - yeah, you could get a basic X-Fi card for around $100 or less.

Any suggestions on a model or brand?
I have wanted to upgrade my ram to two 1gb sticks.
I could do that and a new sound card.
Storage is always an option and a raptor (which I've never owned) is a nice idea.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Unless you need the special connections the higher end models have, the basic X-Fi Xtreme Music seems like the best bet right now. I think Best Buy might have the best deal on it now for under $100.

 

[ribbon13]

Phase Change is a pretty awesome idea. It will definately still be useful if your ever overclocking a dual-core chip.

 

[yosuke188]

New mouse/mousepad? Headset? I don't know... your rig seems pretty complete.