Cheap upgrade. Comments?

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LordJezo

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Oh boy, here's my turn to post one of the millions of "Check out my rig, please check it out" threads.

This stuff

I am upgrading on the cheap, as in under $300. I am currently running an AMD 2100+ and it's pretty worthless at this point. I don't demand high end graphics, don't care about overclocking, I just want something that can run the newest games in something a tad higher than my current settings of "Everything off, no effects, maybe it wont run choppy."

I figure that with the components above I'll eventually toss in a Geforce 6800 or something (at the end of the month with the next paycheck) and be on my happy way. Everything else like sound, dvd, hard drives, I'll port from my current machine.

So, what do you think? Will I be able to run stuff like Oblivion and F.E.A.R. in the mid range settings?
 
For $300.....lemme see here:
Socket 939 Mobo - $90
3000+ Venice - $100
(Used, of course)

Hell, upgrade your budget by about $50 and you can get an x850xt, and that's a damned good upgrade.
 
1) Whats a good 939 mobo to get?

2) A used CPU? Is that safe?

Looking it over it seems that going to a 939 would require me to also get a PCI-E video card and those seem to be around $150+ for anything decent. ATI 800 series or the Geforce 6800s.

I dont know if I want to spend that much money all at once. Dang PCI-E.. making me leave my trusty AGP port.
 
Cheap-ass upgrade. Comments?

Please do not use words like "ass" in thread titles.
 
LordJezo said:
1) Whats a good 939 mobo to get?

2) A used CPU? Is that safe?
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You can find a DFI Ultra-D Used for about that, new for $120.
a Used CPU if perfectly fine, in fact, I'm on my third used one :)
 
How about video card then? What could fit into my budget now that I would be required to get one since I am moving from AGP to PCI-E?
 
how much are you looking to spend? you could get a very able 6800 for under $150, but if you wanted the system to have good longevity, would you be willing to spend more? If you think these are the last upgrades you'll do on that system, I'd go with the 6800 and start socking away a little cash each month for a new system in a couple years.
 
The motherboard that scottatwittenberg posted has onboard video and as such you could wait that extra month for your next paycheck. :)
 
How much faster is the real 64 bit chip in comparison to the Semperon 64 bit chip of the same speed?
 
LordJezo said:
How much faster is the real 64 bit chip in comparison to the Semperon 64 bit chip of the same speed?
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Only applies to the socket 754, but I would ALWAYS get the Athlon64 over a similarly clocked Sempron.
 
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