January 19, 200620 yr Hey all, ive been looking to upgrade my new computer but it seems to run fine at the moment. The specs are Athlon 64bit running at 2.2 ghz 512 mb ram 200gb hd ati radeon xpress 200 gfx Its a compaq SR1630NX and it runs counterstrike and day of defeat pretty well, but i was looking at different things to upgrade in the future. What do you suggest upgrading first and what manufacturer? Thanks
January 20, 200620 yr if things are running fine for now, then don't upgrade yet, wait till the middle of the year when athlon will be using M2.
January 20, 200620 yr I agree with wahoo, if it is fine no need to upgrade. Anyway. If you do decide to upgrade. The CPU is fine. Would suggest a extra 512mb, or 1GB of ram. A decent video card would be nice, I suggest the following PCI-E cards Radeon X800GT/GTO $139 (Lowest $99 with mail in rebate) GeForce 6800 GS $184.00 GeForce 7800 GT $299 ($275.00 after $20.00 Mail-In Rebate) (Prices from newegg, slightly out of date) A few specific brands. SAPPHIRE 100126L-BL Radeon X800GT 256MB http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814102636 $119.00 after $20.00 Mail-In Rebate. XFX PVT42GUAD7 Geforce 6800GS http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... etailSpecs $119* eVGA 256-P2-N391-AX Geforce 6800GS http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814130265 $119* eVGA 256-P2-N515-AX Geforce 7800GT http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814130247 $275.00 after $20.00 Mail-In Rebate *Both cards are very simalar, eVGA has slightly faster Core clock (490 vs 485) speeds, Both offer lifetime warranty, but XFX would continue to honour the warranty if the card is on-sold.
January 20, 200620 yr Author Thanks guys but what is M2? Im kinda just starting to dive into computer stuff again, and im clueless on it
January 20, 200620 yr AMD are changing from socket 939, 754 and 940 to socket M2 (F for servers) http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/05/09 ... _desktops/
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