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akasixcon · 05-03-2007, 12:43 PM

I've heard many great things about the intel conroe. So right now I have about $300 to dish out on computer upgrades. My computer that I'm upgrading uses pc2700 memory, pentium 4 chip which seems pretty outdated. If maybe I could wait a little longer I might be able to finally build this computer with a conroe chip.

I got a video card , 7600 gs 512 mb memory. Its an AGP 8x. How much better is the PCI-E compaired to AGP? Can this card stick with my PC or is it better to ditch it for an PCI-E ?

About how much money do I need to have to build the best bang for the buck with a conroe chip?

I'm going to mainly use the computer for using Adobe Premiere Pro and Photoshop. I noticed even with my 2gb of pc2700 memory, when I'm rendering files off Premiere pro that I cannot use my computer to perform other tasks.

Maybe its time for a cpu upgrade from my 2.8ghz p4 chip.

I need the following suggestions:

Motherboard
CPU
RAM
CASE
PSU

And any other thing I could be potentially missing.

EDIT: I now decided to return that video card with a $21 restocking fee. So ignore my last statement about having a motherboard with AGP.

05-03-2007, 12:43 PM	#1 (permalink)
akasixcon This is sparta! Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 456	Suggestions for a Conroe Build I've heard many great things about the intel conroe. So right now I have about $300 to dish out on computer upgrades. My computer that I'm upgrading uses pc2700 memory, pentium 4 chip which seems pretty outdated. If maybe I could wait a little longer I might be able to finally build this computer with a conroe chip. I got a video card , 7600 gs 512 mb memory. Its an AGP 8x. How much better is the PCI-E compaired to AGP? Can this card stick with my PC or is it better to ditch it for an PCI-E ? About how much money do I need to have to build the best bang for the buck with a conroe chip? I'm going to mainly use the computer for using Adobe Premiere Pro and Photoshop. I noticed even with my 2gb of pc2700 memory, when I'm rendering files off Premiere pro that I cannot use my computer to perform other tasks. Maybe its time for a cpu upgrade from my 2.8ghz p4 chip. I need the following suggestions: Motherboard CPU RAM CASE PSU And any other thing I could be potentially missing. EDIT: I now decided to return that video card with a $21 restocking fee. So ignore my last statement about having a motherboard with AGP. Last edited by akasixcon; 05-03-2007 at 03:22 PM.