Going to Upgrade soon

vito7766 · May 29, 2006, 06:31 AM

I'm going to upgrade my pc sometime. You can see my specs:
Asus A8n_Sli Deluxe
Amd Anthlon 64 3200+ 2.0ghz (no overclocking)
1Gig DDR 400 Corsair Value Select Ram
Sapphire Radeon X800 Pro Pci-Express
Western Digital Caviar Sata 250Gig
550w PSU
Nothing Special at all

If I was to spend around $500 on an upgrade what should I upgrade and to what to get the most out of it. I'm pretty sure I'll upgrade to a 3700+ CPU but I'm not sure about motherboard and video card. Any suggestions?

vito7766 · May 29, 2006, 06:40 AM

I'm really an Amd fan, but I'm getting kind of tired of hearing 15 second Super Pi times. I only got 37.360 when I overclocked my proccessor to 2.62 Ggz. Maybe I should switch over to Intel and get the E6400 when it comes out and overclock that a little? I really don't want to support Intel right now but wtf, their offering me the better chip and price.

BigD6997 · May 29, 2006, 06:56 AM

just wait, your system isnt that old, keep it and wait till the end of the year, AMD might respond to conroe later this year with 65nm chips, and a 3200+ isnt realy holding you back much right now anyways, unless you play at 800x600 resolution with no eye candy at all.

Jimmy 2004 · May 29, 2006, 12:47 PM

Your system is OK at the moment... overclock the graphics and CPU a little if you want more speed and save up and wait for the next gen of graphics cards and CPUs to come out. Then you can build a quick PC!

drade · May 29, 2006, 01:52 PM

Yea an amd 3200+ will last a while.....

May 29, 2006, 06:31 AM	#1
vito7766 Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 63 (0.02/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts System Specs	Going to Upgrade soon I'm going to upgrade my pc sometime. You can see my specs: Asus A8n_Sli Deluxe Amd Anthlon 64 3200+ 2.0ghz (no overclocking) 1Gig DDR 400 Corsair Value Select Ram Sapphire Radeon X800 Pro Pci-Express Western Digital Caviar Sata 250Gig 550w PSU Nothing Special at all If I was to spend around $500 on an upgrade what should I upgrade and to what to get the most out of it. I'm pretty sure I'll upgrade to a 3700+ CPU but I'm not sure about motherboard and video card. Any suggestions?

Processor:	AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice 1GHz FSB 512KB L2 Cache Socket 939 Processor
Motherboard:	ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard
Cooling:	Stock Cooling
Memory:	CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200
Video Card:	SAPPHIRE 100600SR Radeon X800PRO 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card
Hard Disk:	Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
Optical Drive:	SONY White IDE DVD Burner With Black Front Panel Model DRU810A
CRT/LCD Model:	Dell P1230
Sound Card:	Realtek ALC850
PSU:	550w
Software:	Windows XP Proffesional with SP2

May 29, 2006, 06:40 AM	#2
vito7766 Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 63 (0.02/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts System Specs	Intel I'm really an Amd fan, but I'm getting kind of tired of hearing 15 second Super Pi times. I only got 37.360 when I overclocked my proccessor to 2.62 Ggz. Maybe I should switch over to Intel and get the E6400 when it comes out and overclock that a little? I really don't want to support Intel right now but wtf, their offering me the better chip and price.

Processor:	AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice 1GHz FSB 512KB L2 Cache Socket 939 Processor
Motherboard:	ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard
Cooling:	Stock Cooling
Memory:	CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200
Video Card:	SAPPHIRE 100600SR Radeon X800PRO 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card
Hard Disk:	Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
Optical Drive:	SONY White IDE DVD Burner With Black Front Panel Model DRU810A
CRT/LCD Model:	Dell P1230
Sound Card:	Realtek ALC850
PSU:	550w
Software:	Windows XP Proffesional with SP2

May 29, 2006, 06:56 AM	#3
BigD6997 Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 819 (0.29/day) Thanks: 12 Thanked 9 Times in 9 Posts System Specs	just wait, your system isnt that old, keep it and wait till the end of the year, AMD might respond to conroe later this year with 65nm chips, and a 3200+ isnt realy holding you back much right now anyways, unless you play at 800x600 resolution with no eye candy at all. __________________ 8800gts 640mb oc'd to 600mhz core 7800gt 3d05- http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=2019412 im in the oc club hbu? opti 170 @ 3ghz 1.425v

Processor:	e8400 @ 4ghz 1.344v
Motherboard:	EVGA 780i
Cooling:	Thermalright Ultra-Ex lapped
Memory:	OCZ Reaper HPC 2GB (3-5-5-17) @ 450mhz
Video Card:	8800gts
Hard Disk:	200G WD
Optical Drive:	Plextor DVD-RW window modded
CRT/LCD Model:	23in samsung lcd hdtv
Case:	stacker 831
PSU:	OCZ stealthxstrem 600watt
Software:	Xp-Pro

May 29, 2006, 12:47 PM	#4
Jimmy 2004 Eligible for custom title Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: England Posts: 5,047 (1.65/day) Thanks: 134 Thanked 276 Times in 185 Posts System Specs	Your system is OK at the moment... overclock the graphics and CPU a little if you want more speed and save up and wait for the next gen of graphics cards and CPUs to come out. Then you can build a quick PC!

System Name:	Jimmy 2004's PC
Processor:	S754 AMD Athlon64 3200+ @ 2640MHz
Motherboard:	ASUS K8N
Cooling:	AC Freezer 64 Pro + Zalman VF1000 + 5x120mm Antec TriCool Case Fans
Memory:	1GB Kingston PC3200 (2x512MB)
Video Card:	Saphire 256MB X800 GTO @ 450MHz/560MHz (Core/Memory)
Hard Disk:	500GB Western Digital SATA II + 80GB Maxtor DiamondMax SATA
Optical Drive:	LiteOn DVD & NEC DVD+/-RW DL
CRT/LCD Model:	Digimate 17" TFT (1280x1024)
Case:	Antec P182
Sound Card:	Audigy 4 + Creative Inspire T7900 7.1 Speakers
PSU:	Corsair HX520W
Software:	Windows XP Home

May 29, 2006, 01:52 PM	#5
drade Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Maine Posts: 1,268 (0.47/day) Thanks: 13 Thanked 15 Times in 13 Posts System Specs	Yea an amd 3200+ will last a while.....

System Name:	Classic Gamer
Processor:	Intel I5 2500K @ 4.5
Motherboard:	ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3
Cooling:	SWIFTECH H20-220 X edge 1st gen water block, Artic Silver 5, High Quality Tubing, Organic Coolant
Memory:	G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600
Video Card:	Powercolor(The 1st edition of this GPU) ATI 6870 HD 1GB x2 Crossfire x16/x16
Hard Disk:	1TB Western Digital 7200rpm - ADATA 256gb SSD
Optical Drive:	Mid Grade DVDRW/CDRW
CRT/LCD Model:	21.5" Dell LED LCD
Case:	NXZT Phantom Black/Green, W/ custom side window panel from Frozencpu
PSU:	775W Thermaltake Toughpower (2011)
Software:	Windows 7, ESET Smart Security, Office , Pepid
Benchmarks:	Intel 2500k @ 4.5 Constant. Doesn't go above 50c. Video cards are a little outdated but can handle

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