Upgrading my Computer, Opinions welcome

DriDDeRz · Sep 25, 2009

Currently useing;

AMD Athlon 64, 3000
1.5gb ram
Graphics card : ATI X600

As you can tell my pc is pretty old, well over 7 years and counting :rofl3:

it does the job for what i need, i dont play many computer games anymore, just web browsing and the odd counter-strike gaming

im looking to upgrading to this below

e7400 - $174
ASUS P5KPL-1600 - $92
512M 8400GS gainward $44
kingston 2gb ram - $38

Pain · Sep 25, 2009

If all you do is web browsing and a little CS, then that upgrade is pointless.

DriDDeRz · Sep 25, 2009

Pain said:
If all you do is web browsing and a little CS, then that upgrade is pointless.

I Was having second thoughts about upgrading if i wasn't doing anything fancy on my computer, i might just stick with what ive got

mvsf1 · Sep 25, 2009

DriDDeRz said:
Currently useing;

AMD Athlon 64, 3000
1.5gb ram
Graphics card : ATI X600

As you can tell my pc is pretty old, well over 7 years and counting
it does the job for what i need, i dont play many computer games anymore, just web browsing and the odd counter-strike gaming

im looking to upgrading to this below

e7400 - $174
ASUS P5KPL-1600 - $92
512M 8400GS gainward $44
kingston 2gb ram - $38

-Pick an e7600, it migh be only 10 additional $.
-Motherboard is just too expensive. A good Gygabyte one would cost you around 55$.
- What about an GeForce9500 1GB? It's only 50-55$.
-2GB RAM... what kind of RAM? I'll pick two modules (1GB 800-1066Mhz DDR2) and put them in a Dual-Channel configuration.

Big04pimpin · Sep 25, 2009

ya, learn from me. Don't waste your money. I have two Core 2 duo's, One Core 2 Quad and don't use them really besides watching 1080p movies. Now if you were going to download and watch HD movies, that would be a reason to upgrade but for what you are doing. Its pointless. I used to run Counter strike on a 233mhz computer.

Hypocrisy86 · Sep 26, 2009

Wait for the new 5800 series chips from ATI, the 5870 is out, but they will have lower end models in Q1 10'
also i'd say get 4gigs of ram for future OS's and other applications, supposedly after WIN7, all future OS's will be 64bit only...meaning more ram usage.
Get a Core i5 CPU as well... mobo i dunno,

Upgrading my Computer, Opinions welcome

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