Budget Upgrade for secondary system..

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m4dioses

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Will there be a significant upgrade going from;

P4 3.0ghz (Northwood)
1GB PC2700
Nvidia 6600GT

to

AMD 3800+ X2
2GB DDR4200
ATi X1900PRO

?

The monitor it runs on is a 17" Hans-G, would probably want to run newer games w/ no AA/FSAA 1280 med-high detail, possible?

(Already have the ram, case, opticals, processor, just ordering psu, mobo, vid and hdd)
 
You ordered DDR2-533 RAM!?!?! AMD platform runs best with DDR2-800.

What parts do you have?

What's your budget?

Yes, its a significant upgrade, but you could probably do better depending on your budget.
 
So did you want help on selecting a PSU, mobo, vid and HDD?
 
Budget is 350 tops, and the ram I got with the processor. They were salvage parts out of a system being thrown away.

I'm looking for the biggest upgrade from the system I listed, for 350 tops while using the parts I already have on hand.

Also what's the lowest power supply you could go with and have room to breathe?

I really can't change the ram, because I have like 8gb of 5300 sitting around, lol.

Here's what I picked so far;


GIGABYTE GA-M61SME-S2 AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 6100 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
Model #: GA-M61SME-S2
Item #: N82E16813128045
$49.99

Update
SAPPHIRE 100176L Radeon X1950PRO 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail
Model #: 100176L
Item #: N82E16814102061
$134.99

FSP Group (Fortron Source) AX400-PN ATX12V 400W Power Supply - Retail
Model #: AX400-PN
Item #: N82E16817104953
$39.99

Western Digital Caviar SE WD1600AAJS 160GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
Model #: WD1600AAJS
Item #: N82E16822136075
$49.99

Subtotal: $274.9


There's obviously room to grow, but the lower the better. :p
 
Biostar TF560+ Nvidia nForce 560 Motherboard - $80
Sapphire 100176L Radeon X1950PRO 256MB PCI-E Video Card - $137
XCLIO Goodpower 500W PSU - $50
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB 7200RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - $65
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Total: $332 Plus tqx and shipping.

The XClio Goodpower is the lower priced PSU I'd recommend for any build, gaming or work. The Biostar TF560+ is a socket AM2+ mobo so that means that when the new AM2+ CPUs come out, you can take full advantage of AM2+ CPUs. Also, the TF560's predecessor was known to be a pretty good overclocker so I have no doubt that the TF560+ isn't any anything less. Don't worry, your socket AM2 CPU is compatible and will work with this mobo.
 
Danny Bui said:
The XClio Goodpower is the lower priced PSU I'd recommend for any build, gaming or work.
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The xclio's are made by channel well, so they will perform sufficiently for what you want to do. Not alot of molex connectors on the goodpower, but for $50 its decent.
 
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