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hatpin7
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PostPosted: Mon, 03 Dec 2007 17:04:57    Post Subject: Upgrade or new system? Reply with quote

Ok its winter and i want a nice little something for myself so i have decided to upgrade almost everything on my current pc, or do a totally new build.

Here is what i have now:

Amd athlon 64 3000+ 1.8ghz overcooked to 2.6 ghz.
ASUS A8N SLI DLEX motherboard.
1 GB corsair xms DRR400 Ram
120GB Maxtor hard drive.
XFX 6800 xt 256 MB *X2 in sli*
600 watt x-finite psu
Extreme sound 5.1 sound card.
Corsair nautilus 500 water cooling unit.

I will be keeping the following Components:

Motherboard
Power supply
Water cooling unit
My cd-rom and dvd-rom
And fan controller.

so i was looking at getting this:

Ram: Ocz EL dual channel 2gb of ram. $170.99

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1487205&CatId=1352

Case: Thermal take soprano rs101 Black case. $73.99

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3180430&CatId=32

Hard drives: WD Raptor 74gb HDD. $195.99

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2368632&CatId=139

* Seagate Baracuda 500 mb 16mb HDD. $119.99

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2273393&CatId=139

CPU: Amd 64 x2 4200+ 2.2 GHZ. $85.99
(Want to get the best out of my skt 939 while i have it.
This will be overclocked to at least 3.0 GHZ)

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3273995

GPU: XFX 8800 GTS XT 640 MB. $379.99
(Will get another once price drops)

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3296600&Sku=P450-8054


That comes to around $1000 Dollars before shipping.

I want the computer to handle crysis on high settings with at least 35 fps , not all the bells and whistles .
It will be used for alot of storage, hence the half t-Byte of space, the raptor will only have windows and most games and applications on it. I want this to last me for about 2 years till a future re-build.

And suggestions or ideas? thanks.
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ASUS A8N SLI DELX
AMD SKT 939 1.8GHZ O'C @ 2.6GHZ
XFX 6800XT 256MB X2 SLI
CORSAIR 1 GB XMS RAM
MAXTOR DIAMOND MAX 9 120 GB MASTER
ULTRA X-FINITY 600W PSU
DIAMONd XT SOUND 5.1
CORSAIR NAUTILUS 500 WATER COOLING
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