What upgrade should I get?

Random Murderer · Jan 11, 2007

Well, Newegg finally got off of their lazy asses and refunded me the money they owed me for a faulty video card that they don't even carry anymore...
Anyway, I now have $300, and on friday I'm looking at around $150 more...

I have been looking into getting a new mobo, proc, and ram, but with $450 as my cap I can only get two of those. I have also been looking into just spending it all on a nice video card, as the one I have now sucks... (actually, its a pretty good card, but I like to max out the settings on whatever game I play, and if I cant max the eye candy, I wont play it, and, well, the 1600xt is just not good for doing that...) I have also contemplated saving the money and getting a damn nice dx10 card when more come out, but I'm still not sure if dx10 games are even gonna be supported on xp... :confused:

ANYHOO....
I have a few parts I will list that I have been looking at, any suggestions as to what I should get would be greatly appreciated.

PS: I play at 1280x1024, so the video card must be able to max the settings at that res if I choose to buy a video card. Also note that my current mobo only has pci-e x4, so an 8800gts wont run (I know, it sucks, I want one). Also note that if i decide on a mobo, I will also have to get ram, as I am currently on DDR-1 memory.

Proc:
C2D e6600, $318
C2D e6400, $220

Mobo:
Abit AWD9-MAX, $219.99
Asus P5W DH Deluxe/WIFI-AP, $224.99

Memory:
Wintec AmpX 2x 1GB DDR2 675, 4-4-4-12 @ 1.9v, $214.99
OCZ Gold 2x 1GB DDR2 533, 3-3-3-12 @ 1.9v, $217.99
G.Skill 2x 1GB DDR2 800, 5-5-5-15 @ 1.8-2.0v, $229.99

Video Card:
Sapphire X1900XTX 512 MB, $354.99
Diamond X1950XTX 512MB, $379.99

Namslas90 · Jan 11, 2007

Wait until the new AMD"S come out then the price on the Intels C2D's will go down.
Get the G. skill memory and an X1900XTX, can't reccomend either Saphire or Diamond, have had trouble with both. I have heard that Sapphire is under contract to build the ATI branded cards though. The asus boear is probably the better of the two, but save a little more money while u wait and you can probably get a better board also.

KennyT772 · Jan 11, 2007

get the gskill and a x1900xt. the extra hundred MHz of the xtx doesnt justify the price hike. a 256mb xt version would blow the x1600 you have out of the water, and is only a bit over 200 depending where you get it.

niko084 · Jan 11, 2007

Don't know about the Abit board. But the P5W DH is a NICE board!

As far as procs, I would also wait and honestly if money is any kind of issue, I wouldn't spend it on the e6600, the performance over the e6400 just really isn't worth that jump in cost *yet anyways*

Random Murderer · Jan 13, 2007

just bought myself the asus board, the g.skill ram, and a new case

i'm giddy with delight!

now that i have a board with voltage adjustments, its time to see just how far i can push this 820....

pt · Jan 13, 2007

go with the e6300 and a p5b-deluxe

nvm, you got the mobo already

Random Murderer · Jan 13, 2007

pt said:
go with the e6300 and a p5b-deluxe

nvm, you got the mobo already

yea, i wanted a board that could run crossfire and quadcore, and this board does it.

Random Murderer · Jan 19, 2007

wow....
asus... :respect:

g.skill... :respect:

put em together and you've got an overclocker's dream...
i've raised the fsb from 200(stock) to 246 on my old board... but this asus... damn... 266 and i STILL havent had to give my proc stock voltage(thats right! i'm still undervolted!)
and this g.skill... 1000MHz no problem... i'm really impressed...

pt · Jan 19, 2007

Random Murderer said:
wow....
asus...
g.skill...

put em together and you've got an overclocker's dream...
i've raised the fsb from 200(stock) to 246 on my old board... but this asus... damn... 266 and i STILL havent had to give my proc stock voltage(thats right! i'm still undervolted!)
and this g.skill... 1000MHz no problem... i'm really impressed...

i had problems with both companys, i won't buy them soon

xman2007 · Jan 19, 2007

just a shame your still stuck with that x1600xt tho lol i would of got the x1950xt and that rig should of kept you sweet for a v good time until you upgrade to dx10 just my thoughts though

SpoonMuffin · Jan 19, 2007

my x1900xt was 278 last summer!!!! this is a TRUE xt(512mb) and can acctualy do toxic clocks no problem!!!! (675/80) at stock core and mem volts, not bad if you ask me ^^

specly with the vf900 cooler im using ^^.

i can get around 2.8gz on stock volts on this m2n-sli delux and 3500+(2.2gz@2.8 stock volts) gotta up it a bit to get 2.9, but hey, it was cheap and outperforms a pentium4/pentium-d for gaming

would love 4gb of that gskill ram tho

i have 2gb ocz 533 stuff you mentioned and 1gb samsung 533, all running at 700something clocks^^(plenty for amd since a64 chips are more sencitive to latancy then bandwith!!!)

niko084 · Jan 19, 2007

Random Murderer said:
wow....
asus...
g.skill...

put em together and you've got an overclocker's dream...
i've raised the fsb from 200(stock) to 246 on my old board... but this asus... damn... 266 and i STILL havent had to give my proc stock voltage(thats right! i'm still undervolted!)
and this g.skill... 1000MHz no problem... i'm really impressed...

Heh I can almost get my machine to run at 275...... Working on it...

System Name	TOO MUCH RADIATOR! \| The TV Box a.k.a. The Shoebox
Processor	Core i7 4930K @ 4.5GHz \| Core i5 6600K @ 4.5GHz
Motherboard	Asus X79 Rampage IV Extreme \| Asus Z170i Pro Gaming
Cooling	Custom water on CPU and GPU, dual 360mm radiators \| Corsair H80i
Memory	4x 8GB G.Skill TridentX DDR3-1600 \| 2x 4GB G.Skill RipJaws 4 DDR4-3000
Video Card(s)	Sapphire AMD R9 295x2 \| PowerColor AMD HD7970
Storage	Samsung SSD 830 256GB, various others \| 2x 1TB Seagate Barracudas in RAID1
Display(s)	Dell U2713HM 2560x1440 IPS \| Panasonic TC-L32E5 1080p IPS TV
Case	Thermaltake Suppressor F51 (stripped down to hold two radiators) \| Cooler Master Elite 130
Audio Device(s)	RM-DAC -> Xiang Sheng 708b -> Sennheiser HD650 \| HDMI sound device on 7970
Power Supply	LEPA G1600-MA 1600W \| Corsair CX750M 750W
Software	Win 10 64
Benchmark Scores	over 9000 BungholioMarks, "Bitchin' Fast"

System Name	Raptor
Processor	Intel E8400 Wolfdale @3600
Motherboard	Asus P5Q-Pro LGA775
Cooling	Zalman CNPS9700
Memory	1024mbx2 Crucial Ballistix DDR800
Video Card(s)	XFX 9600GT
Storage	Seagate 7200.11 500GB
Display(s)	Acer AL2216Wbd and Acer AL1717
Case	Gigabyte 3DAurora Black
Audio Device(s)	Creative X-Fi Extreme Gamer Faitality
Power Supply	OCZ GameXStream 500w

System Name	Back to Blue
Processor	i9 14900k
Motherboard	Asrock Z790 Nova
Cooling	Corsair H150i Elite
Memory	64GB Corsair Dominator DDR5-6400 @ 6600
Video Card(s)	EVGA RTX 3090 Ultra FTW3
Storage	4TB WD 850x NVME, 4TB WD Black, 10TB Seagate Barracuda Pro
Display(s)	1x Samsung Odyssey G7 Neo and 1x Dell u2518d
Case	Lian Li o11 DXL w/custom vented front panel
Audio Device(s)	Focusrite Saffire PRO 14 -> DBX DriveRack PA+ -> Mackie MR8 and MR10 / Senn PX38X -> SB AE-5 Plus
Power Supply	Corsair RM1000i
Mouse	Logitech G502x
Keyboard	Corsair K95 Platinum
Software	Windows 11 x64 Pro
Benchmark Scores	31k multicore Cinebench - CPU limited 125w

System Name	TOO MUCH RADIATOR! \| The TV Box a.k.a. The Shoebox
Processor	Core i7 4930K @ 4.5GHz \| Core i5 6600K @ 4.5GHz
Motherboard	Asus X79 Rampage IV Extreme \| Asus Z170i Pro Gaming
Cooling	Custom water on CPU and GPU, dual 360mm radiators \| Corsair H80i
Memory	4x 8GB G.Skill TridentX DDR3-1600 \| 2x 4GB G.Skill RipJaws 4 DDR4-3000
Video Card(s)	Sapphire AMD R9 295x2 \| PowerColor AMD HD7970
Storage	Samsung SSD 830 256GB, various others \| 2x 1TB Seagate Barracudas in RAID1
Display(s)	Dell U2713HM 2560x1440 IPS \| Panasonic TC-L32E5 1080p IPS TV
Case	Thermaltake Suppressor F51 (stripped down to hold two radiators) \| Cooler Master Elite 130
Audio Device(s)	RM-DAC -> Xiang Sheng 708b -> Sennheiser HD650 \| HDMI sound device on 7970
Power Supply	LEPA G1600-MA 1600W \| Corsair CX750M 750W
Software	Win 10 64
Benchmark Scores	over 9000 BungholioMarks, "Bitchin' Fast"

Processor	AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile TL-60 (Trinidad)
Motherboard	ASUS F3Ka (ATI RS690M)
Cooling	stock
Memory	Nanya 2x1GB ddr2 667@5-5-5-15-2T
Video Card(s)	ATI Mobility Radeon HD2600 512MB DDR2@ 580mhz/486mhz
Storage	160GB on laptop+250GB external
Display(s)	ASUS 15.4
Case	Asus Laptop F3Ka chassis
Audio Device(s)	on-board
Power Supply	1:30minutes battery
Software	"genui xp", 'cause i hated vista

What upgrade should I get?

Random Murderer

The Anti-Midas

Namslas90

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KennyT772

New Member

niko084

Random Murderer

The Anti-Midas

pt

not a suicide-bomber

Random Murderer

The Anti-Midas

Random Murderer

The Anti-Midas

pt

not a suicide-bomber

xman2007

SpoonMuffin

New Member

niko084

Processor	Ryzen 1600AF @4.2Ghz 1.35v
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-A-MAX
Cooling	Deepcool Gammaxx L120t
Memory	16GB Team Group Dark Pro Sammy-B-die 3400mhz 14.15.14.30-1.4v
Video Card(s)	XFX RX 5600 XT THICC II PRO
Storage	240GB Brave eagle SSD/ 2TB Seagate Barracuda
Display(s)	Dell SE2719HR
Case	MSI Mag Vampiric 011C AMD Ryzen Edition
Power Supply	EVGA 600W 80+
Software	Windows 10 Pro

Processor	x2 4000+@2.96gz, thermalright ultra90 with 90mm panaflow ultra speed
Motherboard	biostar tforce 550
Cooling	Thermalright ultra90,90mm panaflow ultra speed fan
Memory	Transend AxeRam ddr2 800@986mhz 5-5-5-15 2t TrFc 75ns
Video Card(s)	x1900xtx+zalman vf900cu cooler
Storage	80+160+200+250gb
Display(s)	20.1in gaming lcd 1600x1200@120hz(dvi-d)
Case	cg-briza (thx again to ashen)
Audio Device(s)	realtek 8ch hd audio latist drivers
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