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What should I upgrade on my system?

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Hey all,

I was hoping to get some advice on what I should upgrade on my system. I do a fair bit of gaming as well as lots of video editing + 3D motion graphic design (After Effects, Apple Motion, etc).

Here are my current specs:

Gigabyte P35C-DS3R Motherboard
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
3GB DDR2 RAM
Geforce 8800GT 512MB


I want to spend around 300-400 on upgrades, and was wondering what would be best. I'd like to be able to have more than 3GB ram, but will I need to upgrade motherboard as well as processor in order to do so?

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a c 90 B Homebuilt system

With a 32bit version of Win7 upgrading to 4GB of RAM would only add about .5GB of usable RAM.

Your PSU is good for a substantial video card upgrade. What resolution monitor are you using?
a c 90 B Homebuilt system

You can do an in-place upgrade from 32 to 64bit. You'd need a complete clean install.

Your DDR3 slots are limited to 4GB. Your DDR2 slots can take 8GB but an 8GB kit of DDR2 is like $155 where a 8GB DDR3 kit would be $85

What RAM sticks do you have installed? Going to 4GB 3.5GB usable for 32bit Win7 should be easy.

8800GT 512MB w 1920x1080 res isnt an idea match for gaming. This one would be a good match: MSI N460GTX Twin Frozr II SOC GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) 7 Video Card $150 & $20 rebate
a b B Homebuilt system

AxemAxem said:
2 x 1GB
2 x 512MB

Not sure exactly what brand/etc. if needed i can open my pc up and pop them out to check

Or you can run CPU-Z and click on the SPD tab and select each Slot # in turn making a note of the Module Size, Max Bandwidth, Manufacturer and Part Number.

Hmm, i see! Thanks so much for the help so far.

What if I did a clean install of a 64bit system, upgraded to 8GB DDR2, and got the GTX460? Would that be a significant improvement?

A friend of mine suggested that I upgrade mobo/cpu + get 4GB DDR3 and wait on upgrading the gpu until later. these were their suggestions:

CORE i5 650 3.20G 4M DUO CORE
GIGABYTE S.1156 INTEL P55 ATX 4DDR3,2PCI-E X16/3PCI/2PCIE X1

If you had to choose between these two upgrade options, which would u go for?
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