What would you guys improve with my system?

[EmoshBZ]

OK I had this baby since JUne 2001 and I need an upgrade but what first?


here is my current system.........

Case: Voodoo Widebody Monster ll

Power Supply: Shine Horner 340 watt psu

Motherboard: Asus A7M-266 (ver 1.04a)

CPU: Tbird 1.4 athlon

CPU Fan: AMD approved fan

RAM: 512 megs crucial pc2100 DDR

CDROM/DVD: asustek 50 speed

CD Writer: Lite on 52x24x52

Hard Drive(s): 20.4 IBM 60GXP 7200rpm ---->13 gigs of free space left

Video Card: Evil Kyro2 64 megs (16.055 drivers)

Video Cooling: Globalwin CAF12 120mm

Modem: cable modem (com21)

Ethernet: SMC EZ Card PCI 10 adapter (SMC 1208)

Soundcard: Hercules GTXP 6.1 (latest drivers)

Speakers: I use headphones and don't want speakers

Keyboard: Microsoft Internet keyboard Pro

Mouse: Logitech wheel Mouse (3 button)

OS: Windows 2K sp3

Monitor: 19 inch Viewsonic P95f+ ultrabrite

Joysticks: CH F16 combat stick

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Ok so if you guys had a system like that what would you upgrade and in what order of priority to handle any games today?

 

[XeonTux]

well for me, the OS would be the first to go... but linux and games don't mix so well...

Hardware-wise, maybe a GF4 Ti4200 and a faster CPU (that board supports XPs?)

 

[EmoshBZ]

I could add an XP if I do a bios upgrade first.

I am happy with my OS and won't change it


Looks like video card upgrade must be first but I want the best meaning ATI 9500pro or 9700pro for me.

 

[pillage2001]

Definitely the Video card in this system.

 

[DaveSimmons]

1. Replace the kyro with a geforce 4 or (slower) 5, unless you want the dustbuster-XL to terrify your pets

2a. Faster mobo / CPU
2b. XP Pro is a slightly better gaming OS than 2k, and if you're replacing the mobo and vid you'll probably want a clean OS install anyway.

3. another 512 MB RAM for memory pigs like SimCity 4 and BF1942

 

[Gibson12345]

Having a high-end video card doesn't do a horrible amount of good if the CPU's holding it back.

I'd grab something like the GeForce4 4200 (a little more than $100) to tide you over for a few months, then do a major upgrade, as the rest of your system isn't too bad at all.

 

[EmoshBZ]

But what MB brand? what type of ram speed and brand? what cpu speed?



eg. asus Nforce2 with 512 or more pc3100 crucial ram at 2.8 ghz (xp) ?

 

[EmoshBZ]

should I wait for the new Intels coming this may?

 

[newbiepcuser]

oops my bad, i would do the mobo and cpu.

Definetly the video card is you're a gamer.

You can probably do it under 200

 

[sandorski]

Video card for sure, cpu is optional(wouldn't hurt), bigger hard drive is recommended, motherboard not really necessary.

GeForce 4 (whatever, except MX) or Radeon 9500Pro(could go for a 9700 Pro).

 

[Insidious]

I'd start with the video card.
(Probably a 128MB Ti4200, or if you have lots of $$, that speedy lil' ATI)

then MoBo/CPU, but they really aren't bad as is