System Upgrade

[Matt-man]

I am currently thinking of upgrading my PC, current spec is :

AMD 2400+ Processor
MSI motherboard
512mb DDR ram
ATI Radeon 9000 128mb Graphics Card
Seagate 120gb HD
Creative Labs 5.1 sound card

I use the PC for mainly for gaming and also create a lot of DVD's and CD's so need something that could possibly speed encoding up.

Any suggestions on best parts to upgrade and recommended upgrades would be appreciated.

 

[Pyotr]

How much money can you spend, at most?

 

[Matt-man]

Well am looking at doing it bit by bit i would say around £300, I wasn't sure which areas to upgrade first, to get the most benefits.

 

[robina_80]

get more ram hard drive and a dvd dual layer drive

 

[Matt-man]

Apologies I have a LITEON 8X Dual layer DVD-r/+r Burner.

Will i see much improvement from just upgrading the Ram or would it be better to go for a AMD 64 processor and compatible MOBO and then upgrading Ram/Graphics card later!?

 

[Pyotr]

Actually, if you play a lot, a new graphics card might be a good investment.

 

[Matt-man]

Any Recommendations for which parts to upgrade to?

 

[Pyotr]

Radeon 9800 Pro are pretty decent, in my opinion.
I use 786 mb ram with a 2600+, and Far Cry runs very smooth.

 

[Blue]

Radeon 9800 Pro

I dont know about this moment but last I checked they where asking so much for that card it was a rip off and insult as the x800pro could be gotten for that price.

 

[Pyotr]

I dont know about this moment but last I checked they where asking so much for that card it was a rip off and insult as the x800pro could be gotten for that price.

Fair enough. I got it pretty cheap, but I'm not in the states.

 

[Blue]

Fair enough. I got it pretty cheap, but I'm not in the states.

I'm not in the states either and yet I've seen it in a store or 2 in London Ontario for way too much cash ... Although if it can be picked up for a reasonable price then It's still a great card and runs most games very good.

 

[robina_80]

yeah go for amd64 and get a nvidia 4 chipset mobo get a sata hard drive and a pci Xpress graphics card

 

[tomprice43]

defintaly get a new cpu, motherboard and raptor.

 

[dave597]

9800 pros are around £110 from ebay, micromart etc. upgrading your ram is pointless. i would upgrade your cpu, and if needed your motherboard as well. then the rest of the cash on a big hard drive say at least 200 gig, not on a small fast one like raptor.

 

[Kboy]

Video card and Ram is what you should get, the kind is up to you.