Hmm . . . Suggestions . . . Christmas . . .

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Hey all,

I know it's early to be making a Christmas list, however my parents have been bugging me for one for about a week now :confused: ! They like to get an early start I suppose.

However, I have no clue what to ask for . . . You can see my current rig specs in my sig. This was built in Feburary of this year, and memory was just bought about 3 months ago . . . Basically I'm looking for suggestions as to what will give my PC an increase in performance (mainly with load times/games)

I didn't know If I should ask for a 74GB Raptor or a HDD with 16mb cache :: Which would show better performance? The speed or the Extra Cache?

I was going to maybe ask for a PCI-e setup or perhaps an X2, but I really don't want to ask for things that I don't need or that won't show a significant difference in performance. Would their be any benefit to ask for a 7800GT/GTX being I have a 6800GT now running games at 1280x1024. However, I do have a 2005FPW and love to max resolutions when I can. Any ideas would be greatly apprieciated..

Let the suggestions begin :p.
 
For that monitor I would suggest the 7800gt/gtx (or ATI if you like :eek: )but that also means a mobo upgrade. :(

Let me be blunt- how much do you think you can get from them? ;)
 
Honestly I'm not sure. I think tops $500-$600, and that may be pushing it. I tried asking them but they said "just give me the list and we'll deal with it": So it's really hard for me to say. If it' s more towards $500, then I'd rather go with faster HDD and maybe faster memory even though I just bought these chips! Or maybe ask for the video card. . . I don't really know. I'll try to break them as in spending price :p.

Though when I give the list it get routed to different family members. So I'm not JUST dealing with my parents, but my sisters family, aunts, uncles etc.

Cheers.
 
a 7800gt/x will be best for ur situation

iono if its still available by then, but if ur buy either from EVGA, u get a free SLI mobo with it
 
Where did you see that 7800GTX + Mobo combo? I went to eVga's site but didn't see it.

I was also thinking possibly X2 3800+ . . . I'm not really sure what I would see the greates improvement with in comparison to my current build:

1. Raptor or 16mb Cache HDD
2. X2 3200+
3. 2 GB of PC 4000 (Either ballistix or OCZ)
4. 7800GT/X + PCI-E Mobo (not SLI)

Those are really the only things that I can see boosting my performance. Then again, I'm not even sure if asking for any of this is worth it with my build either . . . Gah.
 
jnick said:
Where did you see that 7800GTX + Mobo combo? I went to eVga's site but didn't see it.
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huh then my mistake that deal ended....

anyways though i still think a 7800 plus a pcie mobo will fit u best
 
Thanks for the suggestion. Any one else want to add some input? I could use all the help possible on this one :p.
 
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