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mrbagrat · 03-20-2006, 02:47 AM

I am having so much trouble deciding what to upgrade for my dell. Right now I have:

nVidia 6800 GTO
Cheapy 320watt PSU
3.2 ghz P4 Prescott
1gig DDR2 533 RAM
Cheapy microATX mobo
80gig HDD
DVD/CD drive and burner

I have a 350-400$ budget including shipping and California taxes. I am going to get an Antec Truepower 550watt, a better mobo, and a better case for sure.

The motherboard should be fast, and preferrably have SLI suppo
rt. If it doesn't, its OK. But I would rather it have SLI support.

The case shouldn't be uber expensive, but I would like it to have good airflow (at least 1 120mm or greater fan) and it should be solidly built.

I am also getting MCE, so thats minus 115 $ from Tiger Direct.

RAM will be upgraded later this year to 3gb.

Plenty of HDD space

So, the priority of what I need to get goes:
Case
PSU (done)
CPU cooler (done)
Mobo
CD/DVD combo burner (current one is LOUD)

That leaves 150-200$ for case, mobo, and possibly CD/DVD burner

What do you guys think I should get?

03-20-2006, 02:47 AM	#1 (permalink)
mrbagrat banned Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: See above Posts: 1,237	What should I upgrade? :cool: I am having so much trouble deciding what to upgrade for my dell. Right now I have: nVidia 6800 GTO Cheapy 320watt PSU 3.2 ghz P4 Prescott 1gig DDR2 533 RAM Cheapy microATX mobo 80gig HDD DVD/CD drive and burner I have a 350-400$ budget including shipping and California taxes. I am going to get an Antec Truepower 550watt, a better mobo, and a better case for sure. The motherboard should be fast, and preferrably have SLI suppo rt. If it doesn't, its OK. But I would rather it have SLI support. The case shouldn't be uber expensive, but I would like it to have good airflow (at least 1 120mm or greater fan) and it should be solidly built. I am also getting MCE, so thats minus 115 $ from Tiger Direct. RAM will be upgraded later this year to 3gb. Plenty of HDD space So, the priority of what I need to get goes: Case PSU (done) CPU cooler (done) Mobo CD/DVD combo burner (current one is LOUD) That leaves 150-200$ for case, mobo, and possibly CD/DVD burner What do you guys think I should get? Last edited by mrbagrat; 03-20-2006 at 02:55 AM.