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Cab00se · 03-21-2006, 09:12 PM

Hey everyone,

over the past couple of months I've been asking advice and giving a little myself. I always ask really specific stuff and limit what otherwise might be useful from you all. So this time I'm going to lay down a broad overview of what I want and you all can decide what is best. Thanks in advance.

Current PC:
P4 3.4 Intel
512 DDR2 PC3200
X300SE ATI
120GB Seagate BArracuda
PCI-E MOBO
350W PSU

Home PC (For leave from school)
AMD 2600+
1000mb DDR PC2700 (i'm thinkink it's DDR2 but I dunno)
AGP mobo
9600 ATI All in wonder
350W PSU
120 GB Seagate Barracuda (ironically the same but I like it)

Ok, here's the deal, the one from school is one the military issued us and it's a stock Dell Precision Workstation 370.

God, how I hate them. THe case just opens in halves and has the worst cooling imaginable. I miss my home PC's case mods and rounded cables...

Anyway, I need to upgrade this school PC to play games especially STEAM games like Counter-Strike Source and Red Orchestra (great new game). I want to play at at least 1280 x 1024 with FULL AA AND AF. PLus of course the maxed out settings. The issue is if I get too good of a video card I need a new PSU and the dell has a all metal backing with no openings for PSU except a small hole where it's own plug comes out. I could mod it myself I guess or could just buy a whole new case if necessary.

Basically I need to upgrade the RAM and GPU in my opinion because even though I'd much rather an AMD 64 processor, there's nothing I can do about that right now (not even sure if we are allowed to do that anyway).

Any suggestions on what to do would be appreciated. Oh and the reason I gave the home PC specs is because I was even thinking about combining them a bit and using the home PC case and mods and getting a new PSU that would fit in that and then getting all new RAM and GPU using the school's mobo and processor.

Sorry for the long windedness.

03-21-2006, 09:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
Cab00se Silver Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Age: 22 Posts: 134	Overhaul This POS Hey everyone, over the past couple of months I've been asking advice and giving a little myself. I always ask really specific stuff and limit what otherwise might be useful from you all. So this time I'm going to lay down a broad overview of what I want and you all can decide what is best. Thanks in advance. Current PC: P4 3.4 Intel 512 DDR2 PC3200 X300SE ATI 120GB Seagate BArracuda PCI-E MOBO 350W PSU Home PC (For leave from school) AMD 2600+ 1000mb DDR PC2700 (i'm thinkink it's DDR2 but I dunno) AGP mobo 9600 ATI All in wonder 350W PSU 120 GB Seagate Barracuda (ironically the same but I like it) Ok, here's the deal, the one from school is one the military issued us and it's a stock Dell Precision Workstation 370. God, how I hate them. THe case just opens in halves and has the worst cooling imaginable. I miss my home PC's case mods and rounded cables... Anyway, I need to upgrade this school PC to play games especially STEAM games like Counter-Strike Source and Red Orchestra (great new game). I want to play at at least 1280 x 1024 with FULL AA AND AF. PLus of course the maxed out settings. The issue is if I get too good of a video card I need a new PSU and the dell has a all metal backing with no openings for PSU except a small hole where it's own plug comes out. I could mod it myself I guess or could just buy a whole new case if necessary. Basically I need to upgrade the RAM and GPU in my opinion because even though I'd much rather an AMD 64 processor, there's nothing I can do about that right now (not even sure if we are allowed to do that anyway). Any suggestions on what to do would be appreciated. Oh and the reason I gave the home PC specs is because I was even thinking about combining them a bit and using the home PC case and mods and getting a new PSU that would fit in that and then getting all new RAM and GPU using the school's mobo and processor. Sorry for the long windedness.