What would you do....

[tjpark1111]

I really am wondering what that rig of yours actually can't do, for your needs, doesn't seem like you're doing super-intensive work. It all depends, if you want more FPS in games, or just want more computing power for multitasking. I understand some people just like to upgrade just for the heck of it, not because they needed it. I could have stayed with a P3 and 256mb of ram and I would have no problem, but obviously I am a techie and just had to follow the crowd, with the new technologies. Don't get swayed, you have a very good rig there. Upgrading the monitor to an LCD *might* give you a better picture, but it will definitely reduce eyestrain and save your eyes, and space. If the HDDs are really enough storage, then you have no reason to buy new ones right now, unless you feel like it's time that they'll crap out on you. From my point of view(there have been at least 1.5 million debates about this - no right answer), getting faster hard drives ain't worth it, like raptors, since I DO NOT care for stuff loading 10 seconds faster, I can wait. Ask that to yourself. BTW, if you are planning to overclock, get a scythe ninja(scnj-1000)and some arctic silver 5. Stop doubting your PSU btw, because 350w really is overkill even for that system. Some have 200w seasonics w/ 3200+ and a rig similar to yours and it works fine at full load. Could you report the amps on your PSU just to make sure anyways? Make sure you change your sig to 1.8GHZ because 1.8mhz seems impossibly slow to me.
EDIT: is the case you have the Antec Sonata II? Get an intake fan if you don't have one already.

 

[CLohre]

Yes this is a rig for gaming mainly. I don't do that much multitasking if having MSN, XFIRE Steam a bunch of Webpages open counts 😉 then yes.

I really don't NEED to upgrade but Hey I love computers.I Love taking them apart, putting them back together the works.. and I have recently started OC'ing. But all I really want is what to do next.

My case is this SLK3700-BQE it has room for 2 120mm (1 rear,1front) fans which I have both.

My OC settings as of right now are..

CPU Clock - 2250.0 MHz (original: 1800 MHz, overclock: 25%)
CPU Multiplier - 9.0x
CPU FSB/HTT - 250.0
DRAM:FSB Ratio - CPU/11 MHz (original: 200 MHz, overclock: 25%)
Memory Bus - 204.5 MHz
Memory Timings - 2.5-3-3-7 (CL-RCD-RP-RAS)

The Vcore is at 1.450, but in CPU-Z and EVEREST it fluxuates from 1.408 v to 1.424 v

Here's my current Voltage's from my Antec 350Watt

CPU Core 1.42 V
+3.3 V 3.14 V
+5 V 4.95 V
+12 V 12.34 V
+5 V Standby 5.03 V
VBAT Battery 2.74 V

Also its temps are runnig at 33-35 idle and 43-48 full load

 

[alimoalem]

2 gigs of value ram (2 x 1gig kit) ~$160
7800gt ~$300
epox ultra board (i think) ~$110
fortron 450w psu ~$50
250gb Western Digital SE16 ~$120

this all adds to like $700 so you have a good cushion (i added a few bux to each item) for tax and shipping. your cpu isn't your bottleneck. if you game, you'll want a better card and you'll need a better psu. your hard drive is probably ide and slow so SATA 300 should help a bit. and you always need ram. sell everything being replaced (80 and 40 gig drives, old ram, 6800gt, current mobo/psu) and you should have a few more hundred to spend on the cpu, etc. later. your cpu upgrade won't help much so save it for a few more months

 

[Icepick]

The first thing I'd do is get rid of the CRT and get a 20" LCD.

 

[dclapps]

if your going to get a new video card it makes sense to get a new monitor too, so you can *really* see all those bells and whistles you're paying dearly for.

 

[Tostada]

Originally posted by: cKGunslinger
Yes, I'm telling him to get a new MoBo, because the one he has has practically no upgrade path, video-wise.

You're joking, right?

You don't buy a new motherboard now for no other reason except to be able to upgrade the video card at some undetermined point in the future. Wait till you want to get a new video card (or something which justifies a new motherboard) and then see what the best deal is on a motherboard.