Why I haven't upgraded...

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Cmustang87

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So, this is my first post in a while and I thought I would go on a little rant on why I haven't upgraded my rig in what seems like forever.

Let's see I'm 21 now... my rig building started back when I was about 15 or 16, I remember talking about computer parts with other guys on the football field when I played (ZOMFG COMPUTER FOOTBALL NERD) and I was building a P4 2.8ghz rig with an 865PE MSI board (solid chipset btw).

So in spite of my young naivity, and overzealous reading of reviews and products I thought it would be an awesome idea to shell out another 300 bucks and "upgrade" to an nForce 3 Board (K8N Neo2) with an AMD 3000+ 64, with 1 GB PC3200. I had an FX5600 (/cry), but about a year after my CPU/Mobo upgrade I went out and got a 6800, and I'm sitting on a 7800GS right now. I found another gig of RAM lying around and crammed that into my mobo so I'm probably sitting on the best AGP system video card and RAM wise.

I JUST CAN'T GET MYSELF TO BUY A NEW RIG.

Why? The rate at which new shit is coming out is extremely fast and I feel that I'm mismatching new and great hardware with older parts, like buying a nice Intel C2Q with a seemingly quick outdating P35 board, or an inexpensive 9600 GT for my video (I play on a 19" 1280x1024 native), or maybe even an 8800. But with the release of the G200 line, I will feel left out again when people are jamming new games and I'm stuck on medium settings AGAIN.

It just seems I can never keep up, and here I am running on a really old machine that still plays all the games I enjoy very well (Oblivion on very high @1280x1024) granted I can't get AA w/ HDR which is kind of like a painted turd having HDR w/ no AA. HL2 Ep2 Played fantastic I had all settings maxed, I could even play Crysis Medium low settings. :eek:

Someone motivate me and point me in the right direction of beefing up a nice new rig for around the 600-700 dollar range. I just got denied to purchase a handgun (forgot I had an unpaid speeding ticket.) So I figured I would buy a rig instead.:D I would love to overclock, but not get too crazy a couple hundred megahertz, I don't need to push my chip to it's limit.

EDIT: /rant

Thanks,
Derek
 
Yeah, if you cant shoot people in real life, you need to make sure your rig can max out the settings on COD4 and others so that it looks as real as possible.

You need an upgrade.

Convinced?
 
Not yet lol, you've mentioned one game I'll give ya that. I play CoD4 on my 360 (gasp) I know. It's def not the same experience, does CoD4 on the PC really trump CoD2's experience?

But off the topic of the one game, I mean the only thing I do on my PC is game and I P2P. I'm at a dead zone where I can't really play any new games higher than medium settings, I'm missing the boat here. I apparently missed the Bioshock boat when people had that cranked and on a 24" LCD. But it's still playable on medium, and that was just the demo. I'm okay with playing on medium but...

Point me in the right direction for a nice rig!


EDIT: This is my rig as of now all in one
AMD 64 3000+
2 GB Corsair XMS PC3200
BFG 7800GS OC
Audigy 2ZS
Nforce 3 K8N Neo2
WD 320 Sata 3.0
Antec 900 w/ 430w TruPower

Please and thanks again!
 
The right direction, if you were to upgrade today would be to find a nice C2Q and mobo . As far as which ones to go with, I can only speak from my experience with the q6600 and the 680i. 2.4ghz seems a little shitty, but it overclocks so easy. I can hit 3.4 on air with mine. I only run it at 3 though.

As for memory, its so cheap right now I would go with either 2gb if running 32bit, 4gb if running 64bit. Id try to get 1066mhz, or ddr3. That still a little more expensive though. I wouldnt worry too much about it, since its so easy and cheap to upgrade.

As for video, I would find the cheapest used or new 8800 that you could. I have the 8800gts (640mb) and its very nice. Max settings on pretty much everything, with the exception of Crysis. I would wait out the g200 line. Ive read that they wont comply with DX10.1, and the new ATI card will be 10.1. Buying VGAs are always losing battles...

As for gaming, Valve has a game coming out soon, Left 4 Dead, that looks pretty cool. You're going to want to max that one out. Not sure on the release date yet.
 
Well this is the type of rig I've been looking at to get.

C2Q6600
Abit IP35 Pro (OC am I right?) - I've never overclocked before and I want it to be simple and headache free.
4 GB G. Skill DDR2 800
Either 8800GTS or the 9600 GT (most likely wait till G200 line is out and in the mix)
Corsair 520 Modular
Keep my sound card
Keep my hard drive, maybe get a Raptor 74 to load my OS
Vista Home premium 64
 
Do you have to do anything special for Evga's step up? What's the deal with that?
 
Yea it's some kind of program that they can just pay the difference and get the new card. I'll read the T&C.
 
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