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06-04-2009, 12:45 PM
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Upgrades to my computer
You guys helped me build a computer a few months ago and I ended up with a lot better job than I thought I would have and now have extra cash. I'm buying a new monitor first, but I figured I'd upgrade my video card and/or processor sometime in the near future. I'm just making sure my motherboard will be fine if I do this, and wondering at what point a better power supply and/or fans and cool systems are needed?
Edit: Also, it seems my onboard audio doesn't support surround sound? Does that mean I should just buy a cheap sound card? And btw, I'm not planning on buying the upgrades right away, but is there a usual time or season when its good to buy parts? Like fall, before christmas, after christmas, etc? So I just wanted some advice on what the best things to upgrade would be. I use it mainly for gaming and multi-tasking. The OS is windows XP. Below I have what is currently in it. DVD Burner Pioneer Black http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827129032 $22.99 Case RAIDMAX APEX ATX-802B Black SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811156202 $39.99 HDD Western Digital Caviar Black WD5001AALS 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136320 $74.99 Mobo GIGABYTE GA-M61PME-S2P AM2+/AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 6100 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128383 $49.99 Video card SAPPHIRE 100256L Radeon HD 4670 1GB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102804 $84.99 PSU Antec Basiq BP500U 500W Continuous Power ATX12V Version 2.01 Active PFC Power Supply http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817371004 $54.99 RAM CORSAIR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145184 $54.99 CPU AMD Athlon 64 X2 7750 Kuma 2.7GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache 2MB L3 Cache Socket AM2+ 95W Dual-Core black edition Processor http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103300 $59.99 Total: 442.92 Last edited by Jdorty; 06-04-2009 at 12:50 PM. |
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06-04-2009, 04:48 PM
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Unless your system is lagging with some game, which I doubt it is, any upgrading at this point would be a waste of money. Your hardware is almost new.
Cheap sound cards are just that, they won't be much better than the onboard sound and will fail in no time. Here is a good bug free Sound card for about $50 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16829111002
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06-04-2009, 05:34 PM
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I agree with Khalil. There's not much that makes sense for you to do at this point. In terms of monitors, I believe Samsungs are amazing quality but quite $$$. I have a Hanns-G which I love; they're good units, and a good deal cheaper than the "big name" monitors.
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06-04-2009, 06:04 PM
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Asus makes superior monitors as well and they are going really cheap, I rate them right next to Samsung. They have them at newegg
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06-04-2009, 06:08 PM
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Thanks guys. I just ordered a new mouse and a monitor. Here's the monitor:
ASUS VW224U Black 22" 2ms(GTG) Widescreen LCD Monitor w/ HDCP Support 300 cd/m2 1000:1 (ASCR 5000:1) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824236050 |
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06-04-2009, 06:10 PM
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Eggcellent
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06-04-2009, 06:12 PM
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Honestly the only thing that I thought might be improved on my computer right now would be the speed for multi-tasking. Especially if I decide to use 2 monitors at the same time. But I figured the best way to do that would be ram or processor speed and I don't really want to use vista for 64 bit to be able to use more ram. So I'll just save up money and be able to buy some really good stuff when I need to in the future.
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