Urotsukidoji
Well-known member
Hey, this is my first post here. I'll start off by admitting that I'm a gamer, but not a hardcore tech guy. I don't build my own machines (I'll hand pick all the parts, but they dude at the store will assemble them) and the thought of trying to overclock scares the hell outa me
Any way, I built a rig just over 2 years ago or so, and now I want to update. The question is, is any of my old stuff worth keeping, or should I pretty much start from scratch. The three main reasons I'm doing this are
1) My DVD burner is starting to fail (not really much of an upgrade but this is why I was going to do anything in the first place).
2) I want one of these new shiny graphics cards
3) I want to swap out some old small hard drives for bigger ones.
Here is what I currently have:
MOTHER BOARD: ASUS A8N-E NF4 x16 s939
CPU: AMD Athlon 3500 2.2GHz
GRAPHICS CARD: GeForce 7800 GTX
RAM: 2 Gig (ddr400 Kingston Dual Kit 2x1GB)
DVD BURNER: LG (starting to fail)
HARD DRIVE "C": Western Digital 400 GB
HARD DRIVE "E": Maxtor 20 GB
HARD DRIVE "F": Quantum Fireball Plus 20 GB
This is what I want I'm contemplating:
MOTHER BOARD: Keep as is, or get Asus Rampage for Cross Fire
CPU: Upgrade to fastest CPU the old Motherboard will support, AMD ATHLON 64 FX-57 2.8GHZ 939, or AMD ATHLON 64 X2 4800+ 2.4GHZ 939. Or if getting new motherboard, then whatever is the top dog these days.
GRAPHICS CARD: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 ($560.00 @ Directdial.com) or ATI Radeon HD4870 (x2) ($308.00 @ Directdial.com)
RAM: up it to 4 Gig (add another ddr400 Kingston Dual Kit 2x1GB)
DVD BURNER: LG 20X Super Multi Internal DVD Rewriter
HARD DRIVE "C": keep as is
HARD DRIVE "E": 300 - 500 GB (western Digital or Seagate)
HARD DRIVE "F": 300 - 500 GB (western Digital or Seagate)
So the question is, is there any point trying to keep with the old Motherboard/memory combo? It sounds like the new graphics cards might force the move anyway.
I was hoping to do this for about $1200
3D card = $600
DVD burner = $40
Hard Drives = $120.00 each
RAM = $160 or so
CPU = $300
Not sure what the new motherboard/CPU/RAM would run me...
any thoughts?
PS - I know most of you build your own, but any recommendations on a Toronto/Mississauga area store that's reputable. I dealt with KV Computers for years, they were fantastic, but it seems they are sadly out of business
Any way, I built a rig just over 2 years ago or so, and now I want to update. The question is, is any of my old stuff worth keeping, or should I pretty much start from scratch. The three main reasons I'm doing this are
1) My DVD burner is starting to fail (not really much of an upgrade but this is why I was going to do anything in the first place).
2) I want one of these new shiny graphics cards
3) I want to swap out some old small hard drives for bigger ones.
Here is what I currently have:
MOTHER BOARD: ASUS A8N-E NF4 x16 s939
CPU: AMD Athlon 3500 2.2GHz
GRAPHICS CARD: GeForce 7800 GTX
RAM: 2 Gig (ddr400 Kingston Dual Kit 2x1GB)
DVD BURNER: LG (starting to fail)
HARD DRIVE "C": Western Digital 400 GB
HARD DRIVE "E": Maxtor 20 GB
HARD DRIVE "F": Quantum Fireball Plus 20 GB
This is what I want I'm contemplating:
MOTHER BOARD: Keep as is, or get Asus Rampage for Cross Fire
CPU: Upgrade to fastest CPU the old Motherboard will support, AMD ATHLON 64 FX-57 2.8GHZ 939, or AMD ATHLON 64 X2 4800+ 2.4GHZ 939. Or if getting new motherboard, then whatever is the top dog these days.
GRAPHICS CARD: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 ($560.00 @ Directdial.com) or ATI Radeon HD4870 (x2) ($308.00 @ Directdial.com)
RAM: up it to 4 Gig (add another ddr400 Kingston Dual Kit 2x1GB)
DVD BURNER: LG 20X Super Multi Internal DVD Rewriter
HARD DRIVE "C": keep as is
HARD DRIVE "E": 300 - 500 GB (western Digital or Seagate)
HARD DRIVE "F": 300 - 500 GB (western Digital or Seagate)
So the question is, is there any point trying to keep with the old Motherboard/memory combo? It sounds like the new graphics cards might force the move anyway.
I was hoping to do this for about $1200
3D card = $600
DVD burner = $40
Hard Drives = $120.00 each
RAM = $160 or so
CPU = $300
Not sure what the new motherboard/CPU/RAM would run me...
any thoughts?
PS - I know most of you build your own, but any recommendations on a Toronto/Mississauga area store that's reputable. I dealt with KV Computers for years, they were fantastic, but it seems they are sadly out of business
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