Rate My Possible Buy

CIVPhilzilla said:
Now I want to be able to have a good gaming PC, so I can play the next generation games and current generation games at a good quaility.

Is my card really that bad that I need to upgrade? It is only about a year old and did help greatly improve performance of games like Command and Conquer Generals. I just thought this card was good enough and it was the rest of my system dragging it down. As this computer is about 5 years old. Windows Me. Pentium III 850 MHz, 256 Ram, 80 Gig HD.
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Geez thats old. Windows ME? :lol: PCIe is from what I understand better and a little bit faster then AGP.
 
MarineCorps said:
Geez thats old. Windows ME? :lol: PCIe is from what I understand better and a little bit faster then AGP.
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Yeah I know its pretty old. I think there is a good reason why Microsoft only had ME on the market for a little while. Anyway is there a motherboard I could get that would use my current video card, but have the PCI Express to leave my upgrade options open down the line.
 
CIVPhilzilla said:
Yeah I know its pretty old. I think there is a good reason why Microsoft only had ME on the market for a little while. Anyway is there a motherboard I could get that would use my current video card, but have the PCI Express to leave my upgrade options open down the line.
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The only one that has a AGP slot and a PCIe slot has a CPU socket A
 
I think I am going to pay the extra money. It'll make the computer not age out as quickly.
 
MarineCorps said:
@Zelig: I direct you to this, http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,1778040,00.asp
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I could direct you to here: http://www.dfi.com.tw/Press/awards_...TYPE=US&ARCHIVED_FLAG=N&INDEX_TYPE=MB&SITE=NA

All of the Lanparty NF4 boards are exactly the same, exept the cheaper models have some features not enabled. (notably SLI, and the extra 4 sata ports) My $120 was moddable to support SLI in about 5 minutes, including the time it took to scrape off the thermal goop on the chipset heatsink and replace it with AS5. The Foxconn board is good, but for *overclockers*, the DFI boards are unmatched.

CIVPhilzilla: I would stick with the 3000+... the extra $40 could be better spent somewhere else, IMO. If you want to ensure a long life for your computer, you could always buy an upgrade cpu later, the S939 line should be around for quite some time in the future.
 
Zelig said:
I could direct you to here: http://www.dfi.com.tw/Press/awards_...TYPE=US&ARCHIVED_FLAG=N&INDEX_TYPE=MB&SITE=NA

All of the Lanparty NF4 boards are exactly the same, exept the cheaper models have some features not enabled. (notably SLI, and the extra 4 sata ports) My $120 was moddable to support SLI in about 5 minutes, including the time it took to scrape off the thermal goop on the chipset heatsink and replace it with AS5. The Foxconn board is good, but for *overclockers*, the DFI boards are unmatched.
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I don't think CIVPhilzilla is going to care to much about overclocking. ;)

Zelig said:
CIVPhilzilla: I would stick with the 3000+... the extra $40 could be better spent somewhere else, IMO. If you want to ensure a long life for your computer, you could always buy an upgrade cpu later, the S939 line should be around for quite some time in the future.
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THANK YOU! 3000+ it is. :)
 
Thank you guys for all your help. Sorry if my noobishness in this area was frustrating for you guys.
 
CIVPhilzilla said:
Thank you guys for all your help. Sorry if my noobishness in this area was frustrating for you guys.
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We all started at being noobs. ;) Cept me. I was born all knowing. :p :D
 
MarineCorps said:
We all started at being noobs. ;) Cept me. I was born all knowing. :p :D
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:lol:

Anyway here is what I think should be what I am getting:

Update GENERIC AUDIO 24" 4-pin Connector Cable Model 11A1-12418
Model #: 11A1-12418
$0.99

Update NEC ND-3520A Black IDE DVD Burner
Model #: ND-3520A BK
$49.99

Update ASYS 8654BW Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 450W Power Supply
Model #: 8654BW
$31.00

Update NEC FD1231H-302 Black 1.44MB 3.5" Internal Floppy Drive
Model #: FD1231H-302

$8.50

Update Maxtor DiamondMax 10 6B200R0 200GB 7200 RPM IDE Ultra ATA133 Hard Drive
Model #: 6B200R0
$107.00

Update CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) System Memory Model VS1GBKIT400
Model #: VS1GBKIT400
$88.00

Update EPoX EP-9NDA3J Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce3 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard
Model #: EP-9NDA3J
$94.00

Microsoft N09-01152 Windows XP HOME Edition With Service Pack 2
Model #: N09-01152
$91.95

AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Winchester Integrated into Chip FSB Socket 939 Processor Model ADA3000BIBOX
Model #: ADA3000BIBOX
$146.00

Subtotal: $617.43
Shipping: $29.57
Total: $647.0

A little bit cheaper than what I orignially designed, and probably just as good for what I need. Should be able to play my games much more smoothly now.
 
Okay Marine I'm gonna get this , and banish the floppy drive.
 
CIVPhilzilla said:
:lol:

Anyway here is what I think should be what I am getting:


Update NEC ND-3520A Black IDE DVD Burner
Model #: ND-3520A BK
$49.99
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Do you plan to watch DVDs on your computer? If so I don't see that drive coming with any software to watch(PowerDVD).
 
Found another flash with 4X memory and only a little more than double the cost.
http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820189013

I don't really need my computer to watch DVDs, I just want the dvd drive so I can play some of the newer games that are on DVDs instead of CDs. For watching them I'll stick with the 52 inch flatscreen we have set up in our basement. ;)
 
Zelig said:
I'd make some comment about my monitor's resolution being better, but with that video card it won't really matter... sorry. ;)
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Just couldn't resist, could you? :lol:
 
CIVPhilzilla said:
Found another flash with 4X memory and only a little more than double the cost.
http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820189013
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Aww, my biggest one is only a 256. :(

CIVPhilzilla said:
I don't really need my computer to watch DVDs, I just want the dvd drive so I can play some of the newer games that are on DVDs instead of CDs. For watching them I'll stick with the 52 inch flatscreen we have set up in our basement. ;)
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Yeah but whats cooler then watching a DVD on your computer. :p
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