Hardware Upgrade?

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LucasG

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I have saved up $1,800 USD to upgrade my desktop PC. Currently I have running what you see on my signature. I live in Mexico, even thought I'm not Mexican. The way we can get cheaper stuff is when we go from Reynosa to McAllen (USA), we can find "cheaper" stores compared to Mexico like CompUSA, Circuit City, etc. But I have noticed compared to other USA prices they are really expensive. Now, my questions are...

1. What should I upgrade? Conroe seems too expensive, it's crazy. I don't feel like purchasing something like that. Plus I would need to change a lot of stuff like the motherboard since I'm with AMD.

I was thinking on getting something like "AMD Athlon 64 FX60 Toledo 2000MHz HT 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket 939 Dual Core Processor - Retail", "BFG Tech BFGR7950GX21GBE Geforce 7950GX2 1GB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Dual GPU Video Card - Retail" OR "ATI 100-435805 Radeon X1900XTX 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail", not sure which one is the best, need opinions on that, and finally a "OCZ 1GB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM System Memory - Retail".

2. How should I purchase it? I might be going around 4 days to McAllen and staying on a Hotel. I don't want to purchase through CompUSA cause it's expensive as hell. What should I do?

Help is really appriciated!

Thanks & Regards.
 
I guess I would go with a better video card and some more memory, if you're mostly gaming. The CPU is fine.
 
ditto.
Add another gig of ram and get a newer video card if you game intensively. Otherwise, i would spend it on something else.
 
So what video card should I get, the ATI or the nVidia? And what RAM sticks would you recommend me. I guess with the other money I'll sell this laptop and get a better one for mobile gaming when on vacations and stuff.
 
With my budget, what's best? I want to run Unreal Tournament 2007 at max without any lag on 1280x1024.
 
LucasG said:
With my budget, what's best? I want to run Unreal Tournament 2007 at max without any lag on 1280x1024.
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If you're upgrading for a game that isn't even remotely out yet, just save your money and blow it all on a brand new computer after it comes out. There are a few things on the horizon (Vista, LED Monitors, DX10, HD-DVD) that will step up to the plate in 2007.
 
Looks like Reynosa and McAllen are close. You could rent a mailbox in McAllen at Mailboxes USA. Then order what you want from Newegg.com, Outpost.com, MonarchComputer.com, etc and have your order sent there.

I have a friend in Ensenada who has a mailbox in San Ysidro for this kind of shopping.
 
Newegg.com is highly recommended by most people as having good prices, quick delivery, good customer service, and good return policy. Here's a link to their return policies. And link to Reseller Ratings.

Unfortunately they don't ship to Mexico, hence the mailbox suggestion.
 
Not sure... If it is a regular US Post Office box (eg: P.O. Box #5123456)... Newegg.com may not ship there. However, if it is a Mailboxes USA type address... those are usually treated as regular mail addresses. When I lived in Alaska I had "2440 E. Tudor Rd. #237" and as far as anyone knew I lived in an apartment at that address. Never had any problem with delivery of parcels.
 
Yes. Rent a box in Texas, have newegg.com ship the order there, and pick up. I am not familiar with carrying computer merchandise from the USA over the Mexican border. I don't think there is duty or tax (not sure).
 
Nope, I don't have to pay anything since it's a personal purchase. Nothing I'm gonna resell or stuff.

Is there a way to find their websites?
 
I mean the websites of the mailboxes.

Mailboxes is not the same as P.O. boxes, right?
 
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