upgrading a 4 year old comp.

[sbchemist]

So I'm upgrading my computer. I'm on a budget of about $300. Here's what I have:
MSI K7T266 Pro Main board 4xAGP
AMD 1800 XP processor
512MB Kingston DDR Ram I think it's clocked at 133MHz
ASUS Radeon 9600XT graphics card
Audigy X-Gamer sound card

When I play WoW I lag to holy hell when I enter any populated zone or use a gryphon/wyvern. My graphics card supports 8x AGP while my MB only supports 4x. The MB, processor, and ram should be replaced. Any suggestions?

 

[4Ryan6]

I don't usually do this but $300.00 budget;

<A HREF="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813123234" target="_new"> Motherboard $58.50 </A>

<A HREF="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145450" target="_new"> RAM $132.20 </A>

<A HREF="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103377" target="_new"> CPU $104.00 </A>

$294.70 + tx and S&H


I always buy retail boxed CPU's because they come with a 3 yr warranty.











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[4Ryan6]

A refurbished M/B???

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[endyen]

For $300, I would get
<A HREF="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813127200" target="_new">abit mob</A>
<A HREF="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820220030" target="_new">patriot ram</A>
and a s754 <A HREF="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819104222" target="_new">sempron</A>
At $260, it should leave enough to cover shipping.

 

[4Ryan6]

A reburbished M/B granted should have been thoroughly checked out I'll give you that, but theres no way I'd buy one, its too easy to get a dud M/B brand new in the box, much less to take a chance with one that was known to have a problem.




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[emogoch]

Without a bump to your GPU, an upgrade to your CPU, mobo and RAM will only make a minute difference. If you can, wait for another 3 or 4 months to expand your budget and let prices drop a little. Soon after ATI releases 520 (whenever that will be ), you'll see prices on the Xxx0 line of ATIs priducts drop, and nVidia's 6x00 line of GPUs are dripping as we speak with the 7800GTX release. Once that happens, a $400 - $500 budget should go a lot further.

 

[Crashman]

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