what would be the next best upgrade

xxxalpinexxx80 · 01-17-2008, 09:22 PM

my cousin has a compaq and upgraded it a bit, it has a celeron d 3.33 1.5gb of ram and a 8400gt 512mb graphics card, 5400rpm or sumthin like that hard drive, what would be the next thing to upgrade?, and would it make a big differnce going from 5000rpm to 7k rpm

footballdude2k3 · 01-17-2008, 09:25 PM

not a huge difference, just means that things will load faster, whats the upgrade budget?

oscaryu1 · 01-17-2008, 11:08 PM

GFX sucks... 1.5GB is most likely DDR...

Overall? Sucks. If it was for less than $350, understandable. But overall, it's lowly compared to a Quad. Compared to a C2D? Not bad. Not the worst you could go

oregon · 01-18-2008, 06:13 AM

Is this a laptop or a desktop? If it's a desktop, then yeah, it's pretty bad. Graphics card and processor are both weak.

daisymtc · 01-18-2008, 04:36 PM

What motherboard he got?

nh.whitedart · 01-18-2008, 04:37 PM

I would by a SATA drive, if that is an option. Made a HUGE difference for me.

twitchtwice · 01-18-2008, 05:37 PM

I had a WD 7200 and it was good. I gota wd Raptor and i was loading games in half the time. So it made a huge difference for me, at firist i had everything bug a new hd so it was a bottle neck. now im good.

it all depends on what he's going to use hte computer for. you basically buy a graphics card for something a little better than your playing so you get good fps.

oscaryu1 · 01-18-2008, 09:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nh.whitedart

I would by a SATA drive, if that is an option. Made a HUGE difference for me.

You'll only notice a difference if you were running offa like ATA66 or something

Get SATAII (3GB/sec). Fastest, and current most used.

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xxxalpinexxx80 Diamond Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 1,166	what would be the next best upgrade my cousin has a compaq and upgraded it a bit, it has a celeron d 3.33 1.5gb of ram and a 8400gt 512mb graphics card, 5400rpm or sumthin like that hard drive, what would be the next thing to upgrade?, and would it make a big differnce going from 5000rpm to 7k rpm __________________ q6600-3.6ghz evga 680i a1 2gig ddr2-800 ocz sli memory pny 8800gts oced swiftech h20-120 water cooling 500gb caviar 7200rpm 3.0gb/s ocz 700watt game stream psu Vista Home Premium 64-bit

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footballdude2k3 Gold Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: sheboygan, wi Posts: 424	not a huge difference, just means that things will load faster, whats the upgrade budget? __________________ case- antec 900 Dell d840 cpu-intel e8400 @3.00ghz p4 2.0ghz memory- 4gb corsair 800 mhz 512 mb ram hdd- 500 gb western digital psu- 700 ocz video- evga 8800gt speakers- logitech 5.1 X130 dvd- lite on 20x os-vista home premium if anybody has any input on the left column thats what i want to get right now.

01-17-2008, 11:08 PM	#3 (permalink)
oscaryu1 VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Houston, Texas Age: 13 Posts: 10,038	GFX sucks... 1.5GB is most likely DDR... Overall? Sucks. If it was for less than $350, understandable. But overall, it's lowly compared to a Quad. Compared to a C2D? Not bad. Not the worst you could go __________________ Core 2 Duo E2140 1.6GHz @ 3.04GHz GA-P31-DS3L pqi Turbo CL4 DDR2-800 2GB Sapphire HD3850 256MB Sony Writemaster DVD Burner EIDE Seagate Barracuda 80GB 7200.9 8MB SATII

01-18-2008, 06:13 AM	#4 (permalink)
oregon Platinum Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: portland, oregon Posts: 947	Is this a laptop or a desktop? If it's a desktop, then yeah, it's pretty bad. Graphics card and processor are both weak. __________________ MB: Gigabyte P35-DS3L CPU: Core 2 Duo E6550 @3.5hz GPU: PNY GeForce 8800 GT 512 RAM: 4GBs DDR2-800 (Ballistix and OCZ SLI) CL4 PSU: Antec NeoPower 650W Case: Antec 900 HDD: Seagate SATA 250GB, 16MB cache Seagate SATA 320GB, 16MB cache

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nh.whitedart Bronze Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 31	I would by a SATA drive, if that is an option. Made a HUGE difference for me. __________________ ----------------------------------------------- Nick Hughes Web Deisgn Technical Support Specialist Anaconda - V2 AMD Dual Core 2.4 GeForce 8600GT Water Cooled 650w Power Supply Fatal1ty AN9 Motherboard

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daisymtc Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: UK Posts: 2,463	What motherboard he got?

01-18-2008, 05:37 PM	#7 (permalink)
twitchtwice Gold Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 310	I had a WD 7200 and it was good. I gota wd Raptor and i was loading games in half the time. So it made a huge difference for me, at firist i had everything bug a new hd so it was a bottle neck. now im good. it all depends on what he's going to use hte computer for. you basically buy a graphics card for something a little better than your playing so you get good fps. __________________ CPU: C2D e8400 @ 3.6 HSF: Arctic Freezer 7 MOBO: Gigabyte P35-DS3L RAM: 4GB Corsair XMS2 GPU: XFX GeForce G92 8800 GTS HDD: WD Raptor 150GB PSU: OCZ GameXStream 700W CASE: Antech 900 OS: Win XP x64 MON: Samsung 932BW All this for CS:S? Why not :)

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