Have some extra money, time to upgrade parts? Experts please advise

King$nake · 05-12-2007, 02:49 AM

Whats going on guys. I organized my finances and I have some extra money now. I have about $1000 to spend on upgrading my PC.

My specs are in my sig, and I just built the PC in February. Have I missed alot of new technology since I have built my PC? Is it even worth upgrading anything at this point? I have to say I am happy with my PC right now with the exception of a few performance-related things, but I am always going to want to have the latest-and-greatest.

What parts in my sig may need upgrading to something new for better performance? Should I wait a few more months?

Thanks dudes
Joe

advancedgeek · 05-12-2007, 04:23 AM

your pc seems to be pretty good and you have some choices if you want.

if you play games then maybe you should upgrade to geforce 8800 gtx or maybe try buying another GTS and get a 1000 watt PSU to get high fps, max resolution and max anti-aliasing and all those settings. Quad-core these days are a bit too expensive so i think you should avoid that until it gets the prices a bit lowered.

jonny_uk · 05-12-2007, 04:27 AM

you have an EVGA gpu so you could use the step up programme to get a GTX couldnt you?(im not sure how the stepup works)
Nothing else would give you any advantage in upgrading apart from gpu i reckon.

baron5 · 05-12-2007, 07:02 AM

your comp. is fine. save ur money for as least 3 months till something worth it comes out.

Phanto · 05-12-2007, 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by advancedgeek

your pc seems to be pretty good and you have some choices if you want.

if you play games then maybe you should upgrade to geforce 8800 gtx or maybe try buying another GTS and get a 1000 watt PSU to get high fps, max resolution and max anti-aliasing and all those settings. Quad-core these days are a bit too expensive so i think you should avoid that until it gets the prices a bit lowered.

1000 watts PSU is ridiculous, even if you have the most high end PC you will only need around 600watts and even less.

Your PC is more than fine, you don't need to upgrade, I said wait a little more until ATI release their cards next week and lets see what can happen in the coming weeks.

05-12-2007, 02:49 AM	#1 (permalink)
King$nake True Techie Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 193	Have some extra money, time to upgrade parts? Experts please advise Whats going on guys. I organized my finances and I have some extra money now. I have about $1000 to spend on upgrading my PC. My specs are in my sig, and I just built the PC in February. Have I missed alot of new technology since I have built my PC? Is it even worth upgrading anything at this point? I have to say I am happy with my PC right now with the exception of a few performance-related things, but I am always going to want to have the latest-and-greatest. What parts in my sig may need upgrading to something new for better performance? Should I wait a few more months? Thanks dudes Joe __________________ Enermax Black Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Case Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 Conroe 2.13GHz Processor @ 3.2ghz ASUS P5B Deluxe P965 Motherboard Enermax 550W Power Supply eVGA GeForce 8800GTS 640MB Craphics Card G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 Logitech THX Z-5300e 280 Watts RMS 5.1 Speakers SCEPTRE 22" Widescreen HDTV LCD Wireless Logitech Keyboard and Mouse Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer 7.1 SAMSUNG SpinPoint 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s

05-12-2007, 04:23 AM	#2 (permalink)
advancedgeek Super Techie Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 486	Re: Have some extra money, time to upgrade parts? Experts please advise your pc seems to be pretty good and you have some choices if you want. if you play games then maybe you should upgrade to geforce 8800 gtx or maybe try buying another GTS and get a 1000 watt PSU to get high fps, max resolution and max anti-aliasing and all those settings. Quad-core these days are a bit too expensive so i think you should avoid that until it gets the prices a bit lowered.

05-12-2007, 04:27 AM	#3 (permalink)
jonny_uk Master Techie Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: uk Posts: 2,355	Re: Have some extra money, time to upgrade parts? Experts please advise you have an EVGA gpu so you could use the step up programme to get a GTX couldnt you?(im not sure how the stepup works) Nothing else would give you any advantage in upgrading apart from gpu i reckon.

05-12-2007, 07:02 AM	#4 (permalink)
baron5 Monster Techie Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: australia Posts: 1,764	Re: Have some extra money, time to upgrade parts? Experts please advise your comp. is fine. save ur money for as least 3 months till something worth it comes out. __________________ My Budget Rig ~ $600 AUS AMD 5000+ BE @ 3.33GHz TRUE 120 cooler w/tx-2 GA-MA78GM-S2H 780g G.Skill 2GB NQ XFX 8800GS 700 core/1600 shader/950mem (still working on it, monster oc'er ) Antec e.w 380w NSK 4000 case

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