What should I upgrade first? PLEASE HELP

June 26, 2006 4:50:17 PM

Hi im looking to upgrade my computer and i was thinking about upgrading about 3-4 things. I mainly only play games such as Oblivion and HL2 ETC. but i want to be ready for games such as BF3. i would realy love to be able to max out my settings for them all. iv had my eye on the geforce 7900gtx but my current mobo doesnt support PCI-Express...I have about 1000$ in my budget so i want the most important things first. Here are my specs

Pentium 4 CPU 3.00GHz, 800MHz FSB, 1MB L2 Cache
1.00GB RAM
Radeon 9800 Pro
160GB 7200RPM hard drive
Microsoft Windows XP Home
290W, 60Hz power supply
(i think thats it

if not please let me know how i can help further)

i was really thinking about getting a new motherboard with DDR ram sockets and PCI-express, a 7900GT or GTx Video card and a 400w+ power supply unit. how is my hard drive? do you think its worth replacing? I just want to upgrade the things i will see the most out proformace out of really

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mickeddie

June 26, 2006 5:25:38 PM

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Hi im looking to upgrade my computer and i was thinking about upgrading about 3-4 things. I mainly only play games such as Oblivion and HL2 ETC. but i want to be ready for games such as BF3. i would realy love to be able to max out my settings for them all. iv had my eye on the geforce 7900gtx but my current mobo doesnt support PCI-Express...I have about 1000$ in my budget so i want the most important things first. Here are my specs

Pentium 4 CPU 3.00GHz, 800MHz FSB, 1MB L2 Cache
1.00GB RAM
Radeon 9800 Pro
160GB 7200RPM hard drive
Microsoft Windows XP Home
290W, 60Hz power supply
(i think thats it

if not please let me know how i can help further)

You defintly will need a new PSU. I do not recall the one I bought when I upgraded my GPU but make sure you get a decent 400-450w psu. As for the GPU here is an article on AGP cards.

http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/06/14/radeon_x1600_pro...

Eddie

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conker54054

June 26, 2006 5:56:42 PM

hmm

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jimytheassassin

June 26, 2006 6:45:10 PM

you could do this.. get a new mobo asus which will support your current processor, and memory ( if you have 2700 or 3200). You will need a new power supply and be able then to purchase pci-e video card of your choice. With that mobility i estimate you could spend. 400 for video, 100 extra ram, 100 PSU 500watts and 150 for the mobo..

You could also build a scratch system and easily spend 1000. You might want to stay closer to 300 on the GPU so you can afford 2 gigs good ram and a really nice mobo..

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