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Got some money to burn should I upgrade anything? AMD X2 4200, Asus A8N SLI DX, BFG 7800 GTOC, 74gb Raptor, 1gb Corsair XMS, Audigy 2 ZS, Coolermaster Wavemaster case with Antec 500 watt ps.
 
Telling us how much money would help ;) Off the top, I'd say get a DFI board, an Opty 170, x1900xt/xtx or 7900gt/gtx, 2gb ram (prolly G.Skill HZ or Mushkin XP4000), and a better PSU (I suggest either Silverstone Zeus 560W or PCP&C 510W)
 
i say just oc the x2 4200 +... buy a 7900 gt/7900 gtx. Buy a better psu and get like a 2 300 gb hd's or 1 500 gb hd... get a huge harddrive
 
I'd rather get the 1900xtx over the 7900gtx now, unless your planning a sli rig in the future
 
I'm going to take this: "I've got money to burn," and run with it.

I'd say grab yourself a Zalman 9500 or Scythe Ninja and overclock your processor, then sell your 7800GTX and get two 7900GTs. Definitely another gig of ram as well.
 
Get another gig of RAM. That's the first one. ;)

Maybe sell your 7800 and grab a 7900GT.
 
Unless you're looking to just spend money I wouldn't upgrade anything except *maybe* and extra gig of ram.

Looks fine to me.
 
In order of priority:

2GB RAM
7900GT (the absolute best price/preformance card right now, hands down)
Dell 2407/3007FPW
Opteron 170
A8N32-SLI (only for heavy overclocking)
 
InorganicMatter said:
In order of priority:

2GB RAM
7900GT (the absolute best price/preformance card right now, hands down)
Dell 2407/3007FPW
Opteron 170
A8N32-SLI (only for heavy overclocking)
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He speaks logic and wisdom. And not just because I agree but because I say so. :D
 
is there anything that you lack with that system? if the answer is no then dont upgrade...all id say is oc the cpu adn add 2 gbs of ram
 
InorganicMatter said:
In order of priority:

2GB RAM
7900GT (the absolute best price/preformance card right now, hands down)
Dell 2407/3007FPW
Opteron 170
A8N32-SLI (only for heavy overclocking)
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Would recommend DFI expert instead of a8n32-sli from what I've read DFI has better OC tweaks than anyone else
 
Or the new CFX3200, though that's sort of a risk since it's a new board and could easily have a fair number of issues. As for the video card... well, for the most part the x1800XT performs better, especially the 512MB version. You can get it cheaper at Newegg now due to their $50 off $300 or up card. A retail Sapph 512MB XT retail is $309, minus the $50 gives you $259, a hell of a bargain.
 
You already have a very nice setup that can handle pretty much everything- I would save the money, see what happens with AM2/Conroe/DX10 cards.
 
General Crespin said:
You already have a very nice setup that can handle pretty much everything- I would save the money, see what happens with AM2/Conroe/DX10 cards.
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Yes. Most of my upgrades I mentioned were things to tide you over (overclocking stuff, extra RAM) or luxuries (WS LCD). If you're looking for a complete overhaul, wait for Conroe. I know you're using AMD now and I don't know how biased you are, but current (albiet "unofficial") benchmarks indicate that Conroe will pound AM2 into the ground.
 
The only upgrade I would really make would be to get another 1GB of RAM. Other then that, your system is great. You could upgrade the video card, but the 7800GT is still an awesome card.

Are you unhappy with how your system performance or do you just have money to burn and want to? If you are unhappy with it's performance, could you be specific?
 
get another gig of ram and hold out, ure system is like mine, cept i have a 7600gt, get 2gigs of ram for some max settings bf2, oblivion, and some nice multitasking performance, other than that hold tight (thas what im doing, i got some money but im gonna hold out till new dx 10 cards come, probably not enough to upgrade mobo and proccesor to conroe though
 
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