Upgrade Help?

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RuSty13

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Hey Guys, Im looking into upgrading my comp. I do mostly gaming - Battlefield: Vietnam, FarCry, CoD, Etc.. Etc... Etc... anyways my rig just isn't enough right now.

I Have:

Processor - Intel Pentium 4/ 2.8C GHz 800MHz FSB, 512K Cache, Hyper Threading.
Comments - Probably Fine, accepting suggestions

Motherboard - ASUSTeK P4SD-LA Onboard Realtek AC'97 Audio
Comments - I do no like this motherboard, and supposidly its not being made anymore so I cannot find any info on it. Suggestions please!

Ram - 85015-1 Corsair CMX512-3700PT 512MB DDR466 PC3700 XMS
Comments - Probably going to upgrade to 1GB for games.

Video Card - ATI AIW RADEON 9600 Video Card, 128MB DDR, 128-bit, CATV/Video Out/Video In, 8X AGP
Comments - Maybe upgrade? probably?

Sound - Mobo On-board Realtek AC'97.
Comments - ehhhh...

HDD - Seagate 80GB 7200RPM IDE Hard Drive, Model ST380011A
Comments - Don't seem to need much more, since its 65% Free. Never know though.

RW - Sony CD-RW CRX215E5 48x
Comments - None

DVD-ROM Lite-On 16X DVD-ROM, Model SOHD-167T
Comments - None

Remeber, I am going to be using this rig mostly for gaming. Mostly newer larger games like FarCry & BF:V.

Any Suggestions Welcome!
 
I would upgrade that video card to a 9800xt or better, anything else is not a very significant upgrade. An x800 would probably be best if you want to drop the cash.

I would also bump yourself up to the gig of RAM. In my experience, Corsair is nice stuff and I would just get more of the same stuff.

That processor will overclock nicely, but I wouldn't upgrade if you don't want to overclock.

Lastly, I don't know much about P4 boards, so no suggestions there.
 
I don't know very much the motherboard you're using but if you want the best get a ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe from ASUS . I would also get a SP-94 Heatsink from Thermalright w/ a vantec 92mm tornado fan and overclock it as far as possible.

also get another stick of 512mb....a 9800pro 128mb would be a good addition (without breaking the wallet) if you sell your 3d card
 
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