Upgrade-a-go-go

[imported_Zeke]

Got a $150 newegg gift certificate, need somthing to buy
What I have right now:
Asus A7N8X
AMD 2100+
512mb pc2700 generic
Radeon 9800 pro 128mb
80 gig 7200rpm ata 133 maxtor
120 gig WD, currently RMA'ing it
Samsung CDRW
Pioneer DVD 16x
7.1 Crystal Sound
Soyo raptor ajustable PSU
Tsunami Dream window black

I multi-task alot, do some gaming. Any ideas?

 

[S0Y73NTGR33N]

Get a DVD burner and DVD encrypter. Then get a subscription to netflix and.. well arrrrr! ahahah just kidding.

 

[imported_Zeke]

Yo Ho Ho! and a bottle of rum

 

[Budman]

Just blow it on strippers & beer.

:beer:

 

[imported_Zeke]

yeah cause strippers and liquor stores take gift certificates

 

[Budman]

Originally posted by: Zeke
yeah cause strippers and liquor stores take gift certificates

Yes didnt you know there's a bar right in the back of the main store?

Ooops it was supposed to be a secret...

 

[imported_Zeke]

oh, my bad

 

[Porter21]

Maybe another stick of RAM. 512mb.

 

[naruto1988]

dvd burner. i would get a NEC3500A. since i love my NEC2500A (flashed to NEC2510A)

 

[imported_Zeke]

any ideas if ram or cpu upgrade would do more for multitasking? I.E. : Morrowind, firefiox,overnet,msn,icq at the same time

 

[imported_Zeke]

dvd burner would be nifty, but I'm out of ATA room, and not sure if I want to go throught controller card hassel

 

[imported_Zeke]

do the peter griffin bump.........

 

[S0Y73NTGR33N]

Originally posted by: Zeke
any ideas if ram or cpu upgrade would do more for multitasking? I.E. : Morrowind, firefiox,overnet,msn,icq at the same time

I'd say with $150 get some RAM. You're not gonna be able to buy a good enough chip to make a major difference.

 

[imported_Zeke]

would I get a greater boost just buying more pc2700, or biting the bullet an stepping up to say pc3200?

 

[MDE]

You could try selling your current RAM and get some PC3200 and a Mobile XP.

Also, if you get a DVD burner just drop your CD-RW or DVD-ROM and slap it in.

 

[Kabob]

I'd probably upgrade the CPU. He can get a Sempron 3100+ for under that price (I think) which really works pretty good for gaming etc (check the Anandtech's guide to budget computer builds...I just saw it today) Of course, then he'd have to get a new mobo...so scratch that idea!!

I'd go for a better CPU though. Dunno if an Athlon XP-M will run in that mobo (anyone know?) but from the looks of it, that's your biggest setback at the moment (200 gigs of storage...yeah, ya don't need all that...unless you happen to have TONS of junk on your computer...)

So yeah, go with the CPU. If you can, throw a few bucks extra in and buy a s754 mobo and A64 CPU (which probably defeats the entire purpose of this post!!)

-Kabob

 

[imported_Zeke]

I do have tons of junk and I run out of space, mostly mystery science theater videos

 

[Corporate Thug]

mobile barton and 512 of ram

 

[Gamingphreek]

Dont get a sempron the only SCKT A processor worth getting right now is XP-M and OCing the hell out of it! I would sell your CPU and get Athlon XP-M along with a SLK-947U and a panaflo cooler. Then depending on how much you want to spend of that gift card (all right ?) sell your memory and get some Corsair Value or something in 3200.

-Kevin

 

[imported_Zeke]

Which XP-m you recommend? Semprons scare me anyway because everyone keeps refering to them as AMD Celerons, and the word celeron makes me pyshically ill

 

[Kabob]

Originally posted by: Zeke
Which XP-m you recommend? Semprons scare me anyway because everyone keeps refering to them as AMD Celerons, and the word celeron makes me pyshically ill

Generally this is true, but the 3100+ is actually pretty sweet. Runs Doom 3 faster than almost all P4's.

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuch...oc.aspx?i=2149&p=7

BUT, it's built for a socket 754 motherboard, which you don't have. So I'd go with an Athlon XP-M like they say. I think 2500+'s are pretty nice for OCing, but I'm not sure. Never used one.

-Kabob

 

[imported_Zeke]

2500+ looks mighty nice for the price, now just have to decide between a burner and ram.......

 

[imported_Zeke]

or both!