My specs what needs upgraded

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Moderman

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ok I want to upgrade my pc i have 200$ and here are my current specs

Win xp pro
40 gig 7200rpm HDD
ultra glossy dragon case black
Asus board http://usa.asus.com/products/mb/socket478/p4v8x-x/overview.htm
Radeon 9550 default 250.00 core / 196.00 Memory OCD at 459.75 core/ 260.50 memory
56X spped cd drive
Intel celeron Genuine procceser 2.4@2.5 FSB 411
512 MB of memory 400mhz 3200
4 fans in case including psu
PSU is a 480Watt psu
my temps are Idle- cpu 89 F motherboard 80 F Gaming- cpu 115 F motherboard 95 F Since Im an all american i dont use celsius
all so a floppy dive
so thats it. all i want to know is what will help me the best Thanks!
 
The first thing I would do is replace the anemic 400FSB Celeron. If your board has Prescott support, you have quite a few options with either the Celeron D or 533FSB P4s. A 2.4 GHz Celeron D is just over $60, and if your board has overclocking options, you will probably get over 3GHz with it, possibly as high as 3.6. Even at the same clockspeed, the Celeron D on Prescott with 256K L2 cache and better branch prediction will cook along a good 20% faster than a Northwood Celeron.

If your mobo supports 800FSB procs and has some overclocking options, then you can pick up a used P4 2.4/2.6/2.8 that should get you well over 3GHz without much trouble. This route is a little more expensive, but will get you much better performance.
 
If you're going to be using this box for gaming, then you should save up some more money, because you'll need to upgrade your processor, RAM, and video card.

EDIT:

Nevermind the board.

As Douglite said, take care of the processor first. Then get another stick of RAM. After that, sell your old parts, save some more cash, and get a new video card.

An AGP 6600GT should be less than $200.
 
I agree with everyone else, ram > proc > graphics card.

get 1-2GB of ram first, then a new proc, then a new graphics card.
 
I would get another 512mb stick of ram first for like 40 bucks.
Then, a 2.4b or 2.4C

A r9500 really plays all games ok at medium resolutions. I was stuck with one for quite a while, and UT2004 was just fine at 1024 and full details.
 
Moderman said:
well heres my list of what i wanted

CPU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16819116141

Memory
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820145026

Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16814130220

tell me if this is a good combo
P.S. I hate how small my motherboard is! And asus is very picky about Memory
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if you have the 300 bucks go for it. I own a 6600gt and bf2 is very playable on it as well as hl2.

also if you go 10 dollars more you can get a 2.4 prescott over that 2.2 northwood, link is above.
 
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