Fakum
Rated PG
|
 Posted: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 10:04:42 Post Subject: X-Mas Upgrade Questions |
 |
|
I have a Christmas budget of $1000.00 to upgrade my pc (wife approved). I will be waiting for the best possible time for the best deals. I am not exactly sure when that is. Week before Xmas or right after, any way, I primarily play Delta Force Black Hawk Down, and dabble in combat flight sims (like Lomac). The Sims are hogs. I will be looking for a motherboard, CPU, (based on current research, Intel seems a tad more the
better choice at this time?) & memory. My current power supply rails will not accommodate the 26 amp minimum for the above mentioned card, my options are to install an ADD ON graphics power supply (which is about $50 compared to about $160 for a new PSU) or to obviously buy a new PSU (I have no experience with the add ons) I figure an easy $500 for a monitor (hope to get that Dell on sale by X-mas for that price) Anyway, I am posting my current specs, I would appreciate any thoughts on this upgrade, I am staying with Windows XP Pro for awhile, thanks
Current Spec =
Windows XP Pro
Mobo: Asus A7N8X Deluxe Rev2
CPU: AMD Athlon XP 3000+ (Barton Core) 400 FSB
Memory: Corsair 1GB PC 3200 2x512MB TWINX1024-3200LLPT
Power Supply: Thermaltake Pure Power W0057 RU-01TWV 500 Watt Modular
Primary Hard Drive: Hitachi 160 Gig SATA 2
Secondary Hard Drive: Maxtor 80 Gig SATA 1
Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster Live 5.1 (PCI)
Tower: Antec Mid Tower Sonata P4 Piano Black
Monitor: Viewsonic VX2000 20” Flat Panel LCD
DVD Drive / Burner: Sony DRU-510A
CD Burner: Busslink 52x24x52
Video Card: My ATI AIW 9700 Pro AGP crapped out, that is the upgrade reason, to goto PCI-Express |
|
