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You have 100 $. What you upgrade first in this system?

R

ROcHE

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My computer :

Abit NF7-S Rev.2
Athlon Barton 2500+ at 3200+
Kingston Valueram 512MB PC3200
Western Digital Caviar SE 8MB Cache 120 Gigs
LG 16X DVD-ROM
LG 52/32/52 CDRW
Floppy Drive
Full Tower ATX Case
Nspire 300Watts PSU
ATI Radeon 8500 64MB
Dell P1110 21" Trinitron Monitor

What you upgrade first with 100$ ?

Possibilities :

- Better videocard (9600pro maybe? I can sell the 8500 for the difference)
- Another 120 gigs (mine is almost full)
- Another 512MB or ram
- DVD-R drive


I do mostly gaming and homeworks on this PC. I play all the recent games (Colin Mcrae 4, BattleField Vietnam, etc) and they run pretty well.

The only game I tried and was very slow is farcry. I'm not sure I feel like upgrading for one game only.

Opinions?
 
Save it there isn't anything you really "need" to upgrade. Put it in the bank, pay off your CCs, buy some groceries, take your GF out for a great date, etc....

Thorin
 
Originally posted by: thorin
Save it there isn't anything you really "need" to upgrade. Put it in the bank, pay off your CCs, buy some groceries, take your GF out for a great date, etc....

Thorin
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I think you are right on that one.
 
Originally posted by: ROcHE
Originally posted by: thorin
Save it there isn't anything you really "need" to upgrade. Put it in the bank, pay off your CCs, buy some groceries, take your GF out for a great date, etc....

Thorin
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I think you are right on that one.
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What they said. But if you must spend money (not on your GF 😉) I would buy a new Fortron PSU.

-Por
 
Put it away, save up another $100 and get yourself a 9800 Pro.

Otherwise, leave it as it is, and go take your GF out 🙂


Confused
 
Originally posted by: Confused
Put it away, save up another $100 and get yourself a 9800 Pro.

Otherwise, leave it as it is, and go take your GF out 🙂


Confused
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Yeah save up for a 9800 PRO. Who knows how far the prices drop when R420 is released. You could snag one for less than 150.
 
I can't believe all of you guys suggesting wasting money on a PSU. If it's not broken don't "fix" it. What a waste of $

Thorin
 
Originally posted by: thorin
Save it there isn't anything you really "need" to upgrade. Put it in the bank, pay off your CCs, buy some groceries, take your GF out for a great date, etc....

Thorin
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Spot on
 
Originally posted by: txxxx
Originally posted by: thorin
Save it there isn't anything you really "need" to upgrade. Put it in the bank, pay off your CCs, buy some groceries, take your GF out for a great date, etc....

Thorin
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Spot on
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Yep, that sounds pretty good. Dont spend a meager 100 dollars at a time on your computer. I like the take the GF on a great date idea, that might pay off more than a slightly better hard drive.
 
don't buy psu if it's working fine. I have a dell 8300 with the stock psu which has 305w max power. I have a 9800 pro, a dvd-rom, a dvd+r, 160gb hd. yet it's working fine. don't plan to upgrade it.
 
I would save the money for a video card of atleast 9800 Pro power if you really don't wanna do that then RAM.
 
Take her (GF- or better yet WIFE) out on the town!:wine:😉

It's better to build relationships....







computers can sometimes be close...



Come to think of it - relationships are MUCH better.

🙂
 
get another stick of 512mb PC-3200, that will give you a gig of fast ram that you can use again in a future system
 
Hmm, well I think if you upgrade ram or vidcard(the 2 most important upgrades for your current setup IMO) you may run into power problems. I recently added 512mb of ram to WOWZA(see sig) and had to turn off my case light as I began having power issues. So I'd suggest saving another $50, then buy 512mb ram or a 9600 Pro and try it out. If your power supply proves to be too weak, buy a good 350 watt or better for $50ish. You don't want to blow all your money then end up with an unstable system, it sucks.
 
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