Suggestions?

[Incinerator]

I have $150 to burn and I was thinking about getting something for my comp. Maybe Logitech z-5300 or maybe a new psu and another gig of ram.

my rig:
Abit NF7-S mobo
AMD Athlon XP 2800+
nVidia GeForce 6600
1 gig of generic ram
3 hdds (40gig, 250gig, 250gig)
Sony DVD-RW
generic 350w psu

Anyone have any ideas? Anything that would make my comp significantly better? Or maybe not even something comp related, but something tech-ish?

Thanks

 

[lovelyx]

You should probably buy clothes.
I think it would be easier for us to tell you what to get, if you told us what kind of things you use your computer for.

 

[seniorpaul]

i think you should get a hamster. Then buy one of those little wheels that they can run in, put it in a box on top of your computer, and tell your friends that your computer runs on 100% hamsterpower.

just so this post isn't completely useless, Your PSU is probably good enough for your rig, The logitechs could be an idea depending on what your currently using, and the ram may be a worthy upgrade depending on what you use your computer for.

but seriously, consider the hampster, and post pics in the Mod Gallery.

 

[westrock2000]

my rig:
Abit NF7-S mobo
AMD Athlon XP 2800+
1 gig of generic ram

You sound like me

I have Abit VA-20
AthlonXP 2700

Maybe you could try overclocking that processor. Did the 2800 still run off the 166 bus? Or was it one of the first 200mhz bus? I just tried overclocking my 2700 this week...I'm at 180Mhz, which is 2330Ghz (13x180).

OK, I see in the AMD CPU Spec thread that the 2800+ was a 166 Mhz CPU. If you have PC2700 memory, then maybe think about getting at least PC3200 and going for 200Mhz core speed. Check your voltage levels in the BIOS and see if they are meeting the levels. I have a generic 300W PSU and every single voltage is under a little....like 1.5V reads 1.42, the 12V is like 11.89V, 5V is 4.9, etc... I don't know if a better "quality" rather than quantity PSU would be able to keep those power rails up to spec. My VA-20 says it will go all the way up to 250Mhz core speed, but I'm pretty damn sure the 2700 would give in long before that.

Also check your CPU temps. You may be able to get some noticable speed increase and all you need is a $50 CPU cooler to keep things under control. Maybe get a better VGA cooler and use Coolbits to overclock your video card GPU a little.

Also, check the Abit BIOS downloads for your motherboard. Mine only had one, but it fixed the DIMM voltage control, which apparently doesn't work out of the box.