ike

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I'm maybe lookin to upgrade my rig in one way or another but wasnt sure if i should go for new mobo and shise or just stick with something simple. Rig =

520watt vantec psu
2.53ghz p4
PC1066 512MBs RDram (kingston)
GA-8IHXP mobo
80gb WesternDigital (S.E. 8mb cache)
9700pro core:325@360, mem:310@330
Toshiba 16x dvd-rom
Some BS sound card (works good though)

The whole point of this is i'm buying win XP, even though i already have it (if ya know what i mean). Online retailers sell it for $150 if i buy piece of hardware. Otherwise i have to buy it from BestLie for $300. Might go back to college for computer animation too, so keep that in mind. So more ram (somethin simple) or mobo (somethin more)?

iKe

P.S. My dvd-rom no longer plays dvd's anyone got any ideas? Cd's and everythin else play like a charm.



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shadus

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The way his post read this is his current pc. He was planning on potentially upgrading since he could get wxp for 150$ (legit) if he bought a piece of hardware with it. Since he already has a mobo+fast processors+rdram, there is no point in upgrading out of that since it is pretty decent.

Shadus