Nearing Upgrade Time...

[ShadowBlade]

This is a pretty cheap upgrade, I've got about $150 to spend. Which of the following should I get?

1. Antec P180 from Aspire X-Dreamer II
2. OCZ Powerstream 420W from the PSU that came with my case
3. Gigabyte 6600GT (the 1120MHz mem clock one) from Apollo FX5200
4. Another 512MB of RAM to add to current 512MB (and save the rest of my money til the next upgrade)
5. WD Caviar 200GB from 40GB 5400RPM drive (if you suggest this, where can I get good ghosting software for as much as $50?)(Note: I also have a 120GB drive for storage)
6. Something else. All specs are in sig.

 

[Azndude2190]

Get a 6600GT and than sell your FX5200 and get another stick of 512MB RAM

 

[ones3k]

Get the WD caviar and and another stick of ram. 40gig at 5400rpm is downright laughable.

 

[Azndude2190]

Originally posted by: ones3k
Get the WD caviar and and another stick of ram. 40gig at 5400rpm is downright laughable.

but he has an additional HD...a 120GB Maxtor 7200RPM

 

[ones3k]

How much faster will the 6600GT be than the FX5200? If you get a 50%+ framerate boost, then get the new card. Otherwise get a fast drive for your windows boot and another stick of corsair.

 

[Azndude2190]

Originally posted by: ones3k
How much faster will the 6600GT be than the FX5200? If you get a 50%+ framerate boost, then get the new card. Otherwise get a fast drive for your windows boot and another stick of corsair.

yeah i guess your right...btw ShadowBlade...what are you using your computer for?...if its not for gaming than get a stick of RAM and a good drive...

 

[CraKaJaX]

Do you game? Do you edit videos? Depends what you do on it... really.

 

[ShadowBlade]

Gaming and internet mostly, I need all of these upgrades at some point, I just dont know what to get now.

 

[w00t]

what is your current specs? your my rig link doesnt work it looks like it does for your but it really just goes straight to ours.

 

[ShadowBlade]

AMD Athlon 64 3000+ winchester
Chaintech VNF4 Mobo
Corsair VS 512MB PC3200
Apollo GeForce FX5200
WD 40GB 5400RPM (from Dell)
Maxtor 120GB 7200RPM
Samsung DVD-ROM Drive (from Dell)
Liteon DVD Burner
Aspire X-Dreamer II Case
Power Supply that came with case
Stock CPU Cooling (I think I scratched the bottom when removing the thermal pad 🙁 )

 

[HamburgerBoy]

6600GT, and if you can, get a cheap Antec as well.

 

[fibes]

6600GT

 

[ShadowBlade]

Originally posted by: fibes
6600GT

or I could go with 500MHz core/1120MHz RAM and has gotten a better egg rating

 

[fibes]

Originally posted by: ShadowBlade

Originally posted by: fibes
6600GT

or I could go with 500MHz core/1120MHz RAM and has gotten a better egg rating

but that's $174.00.

 

[Anubis]

for 150$ you coudl damn near get 2 gigs of ram, if you went that way

get the ram, and save for vid card

 

[Hacp]

Ram def.