Please Help Me Upgrde

[argueta789]

My System: Motherboard - ECS RC410-M Processor-Pentium 4 Graphics- Ati Radeon xpress 200 . 1 free pcie express 2.0 x16 slot . 1gb ram (looking to add another 1 gb stick) HIPRO 300 WATTS MAX, 19a on 12+ rail. I play a lot of flight simulator x and call of duty. Live in Canada, newegg.ca or tigerdirect.ca. no card preference , 19" monitor , purchase date less then a week. running windows xp

Changing PSU to a corsair cx500W - http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139027
Buying Stick of 1gb ram(one slot left) - http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820178094
IF it is a must i will buy Intel Pentium D 945 3.4ghz Presler - http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116391

I was gonna buy the
HIS H677FN1GD Radeon HD 6770 1GB - http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161387 or even the diamond radeon hd 4870

But someone said my computer would bottleneck it. Can you guys tell me if i can run this card ? if not please give me suggestion on other cards , that will maximize my graphics performance for my 300$ budget( all in)

thanks alot

 

[inzone]

You have one gigagyte of ram ? What os are you running ? You need to have 4gb of ram , the Pentium D , the 500w psu and the radeon 6770 card.

 

[amuffin]

Spend that money on a current gen cpu and motherboard. If you want to run the 6770 to its max potential, you are going to have to overclock the hell out of that pentium

 

[argueta789]

the max my computer can handle is 2gb of ram , that still wouldnt be enough? or how about the sapphire radeon hd 4850
?

 

[4745454b]

In case anyone wants a link... http://www.ecsusa.com/ECSWebSite/Product/Product_Detail.aspx?DetailID=589&CategoryID=1&DetailName=Feature&MenuID=16&LanID=9

UGLY! You have no C2D support, let alone Core. 2GB ram max, 1 PCIe 1.0 slot, etc. Any chance you can come up with some more $$$ for a new board? I wouldn't want to spend $60 a new CPU that can't be used on a current system. I can't tell you if its a must because you didn't tell us what CPU you have already.

 

[CaedenV]

I agree, time for a core upgrade. Not sure how these prices compare in Canadian but this would be a start:

Pentium G860 ~$100usd
4GB ram ~$25usd, or 8GB ram ~38usd
Foxconn H67S mobo ~55usd
Total: $183usd

That gives you $120 for a radeon HD6670 which will run on the board power, but be a HUGE step up from your current integrated graphics. I would then wait on moving up to a mainstream/performance GPU until you can afford a better power supply, and an i5 with 4 cores to go with it.

I know these are not the exact CPUs we are talking about, but they are close and will give you a general idea on the kind of improvement to expect:
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/92?vs=404
And obviously an entry level quad core would be even better:
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/92?vs=363

Plus with 4 or 8GB of ram you will no longer spool to vRAM which will be a huge performance increase.

 

[argueta789]

I would be willing to shell out 370$ , can you guys give me links on newegg.ca or tigerdirect.ca. On the exact compatible things , would they be compatible with my current harddrive and optical drives? ( running intel pentium 4 atm) .

 

[argueta789]

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=606096&Sku=B69-5324 bundle ?

 

[amuffin]

For 370 get an i5-2500k and an asus p8z68 v, then save some money later and get an graphics card.

 

[argueta789]

Hows this ?
psu- OC-Z FATALITY 550W -http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341022
gsu- HIS HD 6770 - http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161387

Mother board- MSI G41M-P26 - http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130556

cpu- pentium e5700 lga 775 RAM - 4GB G-SKILL DDR3 1066

 

[4745454b]

That sounds like a good basic gaming unit.

PSU is rather expensive, and you hope to get that rebate. Try this one instead.

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371030

Good quality unit, cheaper price, and no rebate to worry about. This one isn't modular however, but I'd take it over the one you linked.