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Ok,
I have a AMD althon 64 3200+ on a Abit KV8-Pro and a ATI Radeon 9800 pro Vid Card
I want to upgrade my mobo,processor,video
What do you all suggest
It must be a Althon 64
What do you think is the best combo?
I do some gaming, Farcry, RON
Mostly for Homework and Work with Visvo and other programs
 
How much are you willing to spend?

If it were me, I'd get an Athlon64 X2 3800 or 4200. ~$350 - $500
nForce4 Ultra Motherboard ~$140
2 GB Memory ~$200
nVidia 7800GT video card. ~$380

Or if you have a crappy display, I'd recommend getting a nice LCD monitor.
 
Buckus said:
How much are you willing to spend?

If it were me, I'd get an Athlon64 X2 3800 or 4200. ~$350 - $500
nForce4 Ultra Motherboard ~$140
2 GB Memory ~$200
nVidia 7800GT video card. ~$380

Or if you have a crappy display, I'd recommend getting a nice LCD monitor.
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I already have a gig of memory
And i dident want to spend that much ona prcoessor
 
If you not going to play games hard caor I'de recomend the NVida 6600 GT i think you could get it for 200. Zipzoomfly has it for 200 pluse free 2nd day shipping.
 
Sky15 said:
If you not going to play games hard caor I'de recomend the NVida 6600 GT i think you could get it for 200. Zipzoomfly has it for 200 pluse free 2nd day shipping.
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Most i play is Farcry
 
you can get 'em at the 'egg for about $150 + shipping, which is better than $200. Again, it all depends on how much you are willing to spend and what your primary activity is.

I barely play games anymore, Counter-Strike:Source being the highest-end game I play, so my Ti4200 is adequate for me.
 
I'de get the 6600GT it will play any game to come out for a bit, pluse it isn't that exspensive, and a great value.
 
i wouldnt suggest you get a 6600gt
you already have a 9800pro so it wont be much of an upgrade unless you are selling your old hardware i would suggest a better card
6800gt or x800xl depending on your budget and or prefernces of nvidia and ati

as for the mobo im not too sure on that, but i think it would depend on if you want to OC or not

clark
 
clark45 said:
i wouldnt suggest you get a 6600gt
you already have a 9800pro so it wont be much of an upgrade unless you are selling your old hardware i would suggest a better card
6800gt or x800xl depending on your budget and or prefernces of nvidia and ati

as for the mobo im not too sure on that, but i think it would depend on if you want to OC or not

clark
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No need to OC, i am going to be throwing atleast 500 into, and than selling my old parts
i think i might keep my CPU the 3200+ has never gave me any problems and speed wise its great for me right now. I am thinking a new mobo with PCI Express and a New Video Card
and down the road get a new CPU. What ya think about that? Or should i just upgrade the CPU while i am at it. And Card Wise the old cards i have owned are Ati, but i heard great things about the 6800gt
Also, on video cards, is there a big difference in performace in 128 and 256 cards
 
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