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EnterTheDragon

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Hey all, I'm running an outdated machine...playing battlefield 2 and low settings is getting me down after seeing how great the game looks with high details.

Anyhow, I'm debating between buying an entire new machine, or just upgrading what I currently have... The main reason I'm considering buying a bundled machine is that I don't own WinXP and my Win2k disk is scratched beyond repair...so formatting isn't that great of an option at the time (but much needed)

My current setup:
MSI MS-6380 1.0A (won it way back during the Athlon XP giveaway tour)
1.53 gigahertz AMD Athlon XP
1gig ram
HITACHI DVD-ROM GD-5000 [CD-ROM drive]
LITE-ON LTR-52327S [CD-ROM drive]
RADEON 9600

As you can see, it's a year 2000 era machine with a little better vid card I picked up from Best Buy on black friday last year.

I dont think anything's salvageable other than MAYBE the antec case, the dvd/cd drives and the harddrives..the psu I believe is 450..is that underpowered for todays units?

Am I better off looking at something like a Dell? upgrading, or starting from scratch? I've been out of the technology loop lately.

Also I'd like to keep my budget as low as possible, just bought a Notebook (dv4000) for work

something like this might be a good start? http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=970574
 
EnterTheDragon said:
Hey all, I'm running an outdated machine...playing battlefield 2 and low settings is getting me down after seeing how great the game looks with high details.

Anyhow, I'm debating between buying an entire new machine, or just upgrading what I currently have... The main reason I'm considering buying a bundled machine is that I don't own WinXP and my Win2k disk is scratched beyond repair...so formatting isn't that great of an option at the time (but much needed)

My current setup:
MSI MS-6380 1.0A (won it way back during the Athlon XP giveaway tour)
1.53 gigahertz AMD Athlon XP
1gig ram
HITACHI DVD-ROM GD-5000 [CD-ROM drive]
LITE-ON LTR-52327S [CD-ROM drive]
RADEON 9600

As you can see, it's a year 2000 era machine with a little better vid card I picked up from Best Buy on black friday last year.

I dont think anything's salvageable other than MAYBE the antec case, the dvd/cd drives and the harddrives..the psu I believe is 450..is that underpowered for todays units?

Am I better off looking at something like a Dell? upgrading, or starting from scratch? I've been out of the technology loop lately.

Also I'd like to keep my budget as low as possible, just bought a Notebook (dv4000) for work
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you dont have a cd burner? :eek:

btw whats your budget? if you go socket 754 you can salvage the power supply but that might not save you enough money for it to be worth going that route.
 
I'm not sure on the budget, I just picked up that notebook, and the new dm6 (paintball gun $1300) is in my future...as cheap as I can go I guess, but I'm open to suggestions
 
{NcsO}ReichstaG said:
Wow, a paintball gun for $1300? You could get an Ak-47 for less ;)
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I have an ar15 under my bed ;)
the worst part about the paintball gun is i have the older version (the dm4) and it'll do 23 balls per second haha, the new one is just lighter and prettier... don't say you can't relate...we're computer people
 
EnterTheDragon said:
I have an ar15 under my bed ;)
the worst part about the paintball gun is i have the older version (the dm4) and it'll do 23 balls per second haha, the new one is just lighter and prettier... don't say you can't relate...we're computer people
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... :eek: a part of me wants to know to what you have in th closet :p

and 23 balls per second is insane.. i hate to go against you at close range :eek:
 
sc00ter said:
You can salvage your RAM, HD (what size, btw?), DVD-ROM and case (link?).



EPoX nF4 Ultra - $105
A64 3000+ - $142
HIS X800XL - $279 $259 after MIR
NEC DVD burner - $40
Fortron 450W - $50
Total: $616 before MIR
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not sure of the model number, looks like this
Antec%20Case.jpg
http://faq.cpals.com/images/Antec%20Case.jpg

My old ram will still work in these newer mobos?
 
thats something I could add overtime though eh? decisions decisions, that 7800 deal has got my head spinning..especially if i can salvage the case and the ram
 
EnterTheDragon said:
thats something I could add overtime though eh? decisions decisions, that 7800 deal has got my head spinning..especially if i can salvage the case and the ram
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yup
 
Yeah, thanks. It'll last you a little while..but don't be surprised if you see a performance hit from it.
 
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