I am thinking about building/upgrading a new PC and need some suggestions on what hardware to get. I am only wanting to spend about $500-$600, so more than likely I'll just upgrade. these are my Specs: motherboard: Aopen ak77-8xn Processor: AMD Athon XP 2600 Memory: 1.5 GB HD: Seagate 160 GB Video: GForce 6600FX 256MB AGP Sound: SB Audigy2 DVD: LG DVDRW GSA-4166B CD: Aopen CD-RW CRW5232 I use this PC mainly for gaming, But I do a little Video and Audio editing and building. Any suggestions would be helpful.
core 2 duo http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819115004 mobo http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813130051 ram http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820144326 7600gt pci-e http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150185 well its 665usd but they r well spent some people r gonna say well just buy a new proc and stick with the old ddr ram and agp card but MY opinion is why stick with something old when u could buy something new or y buy a new motherboard with old tech when u could have a new with newer tech 4 same price conclusion buy new parts and just stick with ure old case hd, sb, and dvd burner
go for a better card, like the X1900GT of 7900GS http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150184 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102022
nissan a good card isnt gonna hurt anybody but his pocket so he said 500-600 so pushing it to 665 is already over his limits unless of course he says otherwise
personally I prefer AMD And NVidia, But I am Open to at least considering the alternatives, although I am hesitant to use a Pentium.
Ballyphon to be hounest mate so did everyone until this new core duo architecture came in. A new top of the range core duo procesor kills anything amd can provide at the moment. Just a lil imput
core 2 and the 6600 gt is a very good card still it will run 90% of games out on maxumin but the x1900xtx or the new comming x1950xtx are better
the core 2 will beat every cpu on the market its a MASSIVE 40% quicker then the its predescesor pentium 4
1st dazila edit ure comments 2nd i believe this is the 2nd time i warned u about ure sig the userbars must be stacked 1 below each other like mine not next to each other 3rd core 2 duo 40% quicker than the p4 dont u mean 40% qicker than pentium d? and i have 2 6600gt and they can run every game but not in high
I am getting confused about how they are measuring the speeds of the processors these days. I have always been under the impression that they were measured in gigahertz (the faster the better). I know that my processor is out dated, and the fact that it is 2.13 gigahertz, so why is it that newer processors are so much faster?
well more ghz doesnt determine the speed in these days well a intel core 2 duo runing at 1.86ghz can beat my pentium d overclocked to 4ghz any day what is determining the speed these days is the manufacturing process the core 2 duo is built with 45nm (the lower nm the better) and my pentium d is built on 65nm thats y altough the core 2 duo is clocked at 1.86ghz it can beat my pentium d also dnt buy amd intel core 2 duo has the lead
Just to make this clear. The new intel processor that is beating every other processor out there isn't the Core Duo or anything. It is the Core 2 Extreme Edition. It is the fastest processor on the market, but costs a cool grand. @ballyphon What exactly are your plans? Upgrade? Or new build? And if just upgrading what parts are the most important?
@ PeaInAPod I have decided that i am going for a Complete Rebuild excluding DVD/CD RWs. I am probably keeping the sound card as I am happy with it, and don't need to hear a pin drop during a firefight (it's a SB Audigy2). Most importantly I would like to Upgrade the Processor, Motherboard, Video Card, and HD. Obviously I am going to go with PCI-e on the video, and would like to upgrade to a SATA HD around 250 Gigs, give or take a few. I currently have an Ultra ATA Drive which I plan to continue using mainly for storage of DVD rips, MP3s and older games that have less of a demand on the system. I would like to build a PC that is easily upgradeable. Also, what would you recommend as far as cooling goes (nothing pricey if possible)? In the past I have had burnouts on Video cards and my system tends to lock up more frequently now than before. I am assuming it is due to high Processor temps for extended periods of time (125°-135°). Other than that I dont need much more. Also, a good low price case. I am guessing that a 450W power supply is sufficient.
i was under the impression that the duo2s where so much faster than there closest competition because they used the 4mb lev2 cache, in a much more efficent way. not because of the manufacturing process i thought that made them more power efficent if your power suply has 20 pin powerline you might have a problem but some newer mobos have a 8 pin +5v aswell so you realy need to look into that before you buy
Well GHZ dont matter these days, LOL irts the other things like L2 fsb etc the best cpu out now is 2.93ghz but the one with the most ghz i belive is 3.8 or 4.0 but the 2.93 will outpace these massively
Hard Drive: Price 94.99 USD http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148140 Video-Card: Price: 215.99 USD (cards from eVGA include a full liftime warranty, as do BFG videocards. I dont recommend any other) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130056 Mother-Board: Price 104.99 USD http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131517 Processor: Price 70.00 USD http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103535 I chose a socket 939 proc./mobo because if you currently have ddr ram you can still use it and these parts while not the newest of the new are still high-end parts.
@PeaInAPod I do appreciate the time you spent looking up parts for me. I have decided that I am definitely going for a major rebuild. At the current time I have mismatch RAM and and fear that my system is to far outdated to attempt to use any existing hardware with a rebuild except my current drives and sound card. TY again for taking the time to suggest hardware. I also have a few questions. 1. What is the difference between Buffered and unbuffered RAM? 2. How much difference does a Dual core processor make on a Game that is designed for a single core processor? 3. what would be a good heat sink to get for http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819115004 ? 4. Is PhysX worth it? Any other suggestions would be helpful.
