Wanting a little advice on system: upgrade or not?

[faraxon]

Here is my current system I use for games:

AMD Athlon 64 2800+ Socket 754 Stock HSF non-OC
Abit KV8-Pro
OCZ EL 1GB (2 x 512MB) DDR 400 Dual Channel Kit
Sapphire Radeon X800 XT 256MB AGP
2 WD Raptor WD360GD RAID 0
1 WD Caviar SE WD1200JB
Chieftec Dragon Case Black
Antec TRUE480 480W PSU
LITE-ON Combo Drive SOHC-5232K
Sony Black 1.44 Floppy

Was considering upgrading a few parts with these

AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ AM2
ASUS M2N-E
CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 800 Dual Channel Kit TWIN2X2048-6400C4
Connect3D Radeon X1900XT 512MB PCI-E
Antec P180 Silver

I want to know If it is better to keep current system and just get a 24" LCD monitor OR upgrading and getting a 24" lcd. If its not really a big difference between the 2 Game performance wise then i'd rather save the money. Any advice on a good gaming lcd?

Adding a little more. I kinda want to get an Xbox 360. I might save money on system and get a bigger lcd instead. How much do good 30 in lcd's for gaming and xbox 360 go for?

 

[jajonez777]

I take it that you are going to be gaming on it (accoring to the last line in the post)? If you are you are going to notice a difference in performance. Enough to warrant the price it is going to cost to replace a whole system? probably not. If it was me I would hold of on the upgrade for another 1-2 months until the Conroe situation sorts out or until the price of AM2 chips are dirt cheap. With the upgrade you are talking about there it would make more sense.

 

[Rike]

Originally posted by: faraxon
I want to know If it is better to keep current system and getting a 24 in LCD monitor or upgrading. Also thought about getting an Xbox 360 to play on monitor. Any real difference in games between the 2? Any advice on a good gaming lcd?

Wait and upgrade to Conroe. I'd guess by Oct. the waters will be clearer. On the LCD, you could upgrade to a better monitor now, but you may have a problem running the most current games on a nice big 24" LCD at native resolution with the x800XT.

This is actually a fairly good time to sit on your money. Waiting a few months could be well worth it.

 

[Blain]

Originally posted by: faraxon
Was considering upgrading a few parts...
Antec P180 Silver
If its not really a big difference between the 2 Game performance wise then i'd rather save the money.

I afraid the upgrade to a silver 180 is going to do absolutely nothing for your frame rate...
Did I say "absolutely nothing"? I meant... Zip... Zilch... Zero... Nada... :roll:

 

[acegazda]

What do you want the xbox 360 for? You can get a lot of the xbox games for the pc anyway... as far as 30" lcds, there are only 2: a dell and an apple. The apple is ~$700 more expensive, but looks better and performs a little better. The dell is very good though. I'd wait to get c2d. Are you interested in overclocking? Gigabyte makes a conroe board that has been shown hitting 501fsb!!!!!! With that kind of ability, you could get a modest e6300 to 4ghz no problemo.

 

[1N0V471V]

I'd do the upgrade and get a 24' LCD (Dell..?)

Looks good to me!

 

[faraxon]

Im thinking about waiting a while and just keeping current system and getting a 20 inch lcd is probably a better choice. It would save me 1500 on system and 400 on lcd. And when I do upgrade i could just have 2 full computers and 2 lcd's.