Should i upgrade?

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shadylx

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of course this is asked a lot but i thought i would ask for myself. I was wondering if you guys thought i should upgrade now or wait. Im a casual pc gamer and play games off and on not quite as much as like a console but then again i can do more with my pc than just gaming. Anyway my current specs are as follows:
Amd 2400+ with crappy ecs mobo from those frys combo deals
radeon 9500pro 128mb
768mb pc3200

and i was thinking about getting:
amd 3000 64 (939)
dfi lan party mobo
x800 xl 256mb
current memory

anyways should i go for it? i figure it will cost roughly $500 which is kind of a lot and i wanted some input as to whether i should go for it or just wait.
 
Neutraleyes said:
I say go for it.. right now you can get a 3000+ Venice for $117 shipped and a X800XL for $249 shipped along with a refurb'd DFI Lanparty NF4 Ultra at Newegg for $86 shipped for a total of $452 :)
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will the upgrades be fairly noticable? i mean i went from a 1800+ to a 2400+ a while back and didnt really see that much of a gain so im a bit skeptical about upgrading now, i know the video card is a lot better but for the $500 is this kinda of upgrade goign to be worth it?
 
Neutraleyes said:
Dude, you will shit your pants at this ugprade. =)
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qft

but dont upgrade unless you are unhappy with your performance.

~Adam
 
CleanSlate said:
qft

but dont upgrade unless you are unhappy with your performance.

~Adam
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QFT

That's the key right there. I've been looking at stuff (that I can't afford :p ) and come to realise that, hey, I don't NEED to upgrade. My rig is doing everything very nicely for the time being. Worth remebering when all this new gear is coming out.
 
Well, you're getting near the end of the lifecycle of that old comp. That one that you talked about getting would be signficant enough that it would last you two years with some OCing.
 
kirbyrj said:
Well, you're getting near the end of the lifecycle of that old comp.
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Not necessarily, like the others said, if it does what he needs at a reasonable speed then why upgrade? I have an old AXP 1Ghz that isn't "near the end of its lifecycle" yet, since all it does is gets used to browse the web. Statements like the above are completely subjective, I'm sure there are folks out there happily using a Pentium 90 that hasn't reached the end of its lifecycle.
 
well i game on it, gta:sa, bf2, doom 3 all the big games but not a lot and i video edit so i think i might just go through with it if you guys think it will last for a long time and the prices are reasonable.
 
I tend to upgrade when something newer comes out (like PCI-E) and my old system is still worth some money. I upgraded my mobo, processor, video card couple of months ago for around $850, I then turned around and ebayed my old parts (2 year old system) and got about $450 for them. So my $850 upgrade only cost $400.

I'll put my upgrade:

Abit IC7-Max3 + 3.0ghz P4 + ATI 9800Pro

to a

Asus A8N-SLI Premium + Athlong 64 3500+ (temp processor) + Nvidia 6800GT

That was a temp processor because I bought it 2 months ago to tide me over until I got a Athlon X2 (ordered last friday :D)
 
Personaly, I would get a cheap Sapphire 9800 Pro and wait next year for lower priced dual core CPUs.

I just built a temporary machine with Duron 1.8 GHz. I refused to spend more thinking I'll get dual core later and use the current mobo with another HD & CD-RW from another machine.
 
how fast can the 3000 overclock with the stock fan? if i could get 3500 speeds that would be pretty great
 
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