Upgrades for my system?

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Biff Hardbody

Limp Gawd
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Hi Guys,

I made a system about a year ago and its been great ever since. My friends building a new pc, and it reminded me of upgrades. I haven't had any problems playing anything, so I don't know if I even need an upgrade. But, any advice on what to upgrade would be appreciated. I've lost sight of the whole scene. My info is below, thanks-

Athlon 64 3800+
Asus A8V Motherboard
GeForce 6800 GT
1024 Kingston Ram
Neopower 480 Watt
Audigy 2ZS
Klipsch Promedia 2.1
200 gb Seagate HD
Modified Lian Li PC-65 Case
 
Looks good the way it is now I wouldn't upgrade anything right now. :D
 
Well that also depends on how choppy your games are getting. :p

But..yeah..for future reference. Unless you actually see a need for an upgrade, you probably don't need one.

Unless your'e one of those crazy people that blow a couple grand every couple months :p

 
how could you not know when you need an upgrade or if you need one now...???
You obviously bought this stuff within the last year or so and it was expensive any ideas to you?
 
Perhaps you misunderstand me, Eshelmen.

My pc is fine. The purpouse of this thread was to hear any suggestions from people for upgrades for my system. They would look at my specs and say "Hey, I see something that would be good for him to try right now".
 
That's a great system.

Adding another gig of ram would be a good idea. If that current gig is 2x512, ditch it for 2x 1gb. If you want to blow some more money, a Raptor would do you good. Grab a 74gb for your main OS/Application drive, use the Seagate for storage. That's a couple practical upgrades for you, if you want impractical get a 7800GTX 512 (if you can find one, of course). If you're rich, get two.

Unless you are dropping 4 grand, no gaming system is complete these days. With that said though, your current rig is pretty great and you most certainly don't 'need' an upgrade.
 
Thanks man, I appreciate the detailed response.

I think I will get 2 gigs of ram somewhere down the line.

If I ever decide to get one of those super 512 mb vid cards, I'm not sure. I think they only make em pci express, and my motherboard only takes agp (i think)...so thats a whole different animal. But, not to worry about now.

Thanks again!
 
Looks like it's plenty powerful right now. Like a previous poster said, throw some more RAM in there, maybe get another HDD...other than that, it's good to go. Of course, when it's time to upgrade, you'll have to get a new mobo and a snazzy Opteron, and the ever sexy 7800.
 
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