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dreesemonkey
Limp Gawd
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I've been wanting a new computer for a while, but since I want to go SFF and ditch my big tower I'd have to re-buy a lot of stuff. I was shooting for a Althon 64(939) 3500+, 74G raptor, 1G regular corsair/crucial/whatever (don't care about overclocking), and re-using my Radeon 9800 pro (256M). Yea I know this means that I'd be stuck with an AGP mobo, but I'd rather not have to spend another $250 on a decent video card. Still, all that stuff is going to cost about $700 minimum. That's a lot of cash, especially since I don't play that many games as it is.
So instead of building a new PC all together, I thought about upgrading. I figured for about $200 I should be able to get some extra oompf out of my box. The current specs are as follows: AsusA7v333, Athlon XP 1800+, 512M PC2700, Radeon 9800 pro, 80G caviar, blah blah blah.
I was thinking of buying a Athlon XP 3000+ and another 512M of PC3200. My mobo/processor only currently support the 333mhz bus, but getting pc3200 will allow me to use it later. Anyway, for those of you that made a similar upgrade, is it worth it? When I bought HL2 it seemed that my CPU was the biggest limiting factor, I'd just like to be able to reduce some of the cpu and/or memory bottlenecks when playing games.
Should I do it or just wait another 6 months and go all out and just build it from the ground-up? Also, if I decide to upgrade, what's a cheap, and quiet CPU fan for a socket A?
So instead of building a new PC all together, I thought about upgrading. I figured for about $200 I should be able to get some extra oompf out of my box. The current specs are as follows: AsusA7v333, Athlon XP 1800+, 512M PC2700, Radeon 9800 pro, 80G caviar, blah blah blah.
I was thinking of buying a Athlon XP 3000+ and another 512M of PC3200. My mobo/processor only currently support the 333mhz bus, but getting pc3200 will allow me to use it later. Anyway, for those of you that made a similar upgrade, is it worth it? When I bought HL2 it seemed that my CPU was the biggest limiting factor, I'd just like to be able to reduce some of the cpu and/or memory bottlenecks when playing games.
Should I do it or just wait another 6 months and go all out and just build it from the ground-up? Also, if I decide to upgrade, what's a cheap, and quiet CPU fan for a socket A?
I also went ahead and replaced my mobo and upgraded to SATA. That was worth it too.