General upgrade ideas

Project86 · Jan 22, 2005

I have $130 in my paypal, thinking about what I could do for upgrades.

I was thinking-another 512mb stick of RAM?
Or maybe a 6600GT and then sell my 9800?
How about a Raptor?

I want something that will have at least SOME noticable increase, and will also last for a while.

Dc5e · Jan 22, 2005

I would go with the ram or raptor. Preferably the ram, although i'm not sure if you'll still be able to use dual channel unless you get another 2x256.

jcw122 · Jan 22, 2005

yeah dont sell the 9800Pro(and get a 6600 x)...its a pretty sweet card...and compared to other stuff it wouldnt give u an overall boost (mabe a small boost in 3D gaming only)

subtotal · Jan 23, 2005

i vote ram

beorntheold · Jan 23, 2005

RAM, definitely RAM...

RIPSTER · Jan 23, 2005

yah ram seems the best option unless u just wanna give me the money

attack · Jan 23, 2005

RAM for sure, the 6600gt isn't worth the cost of the upgrade over your current card. The raptor might be decent, but RAM is by far the one that'll be the most noticable.

Project86 · Jan 23, 2005

Ok, so if I go RAM, I got another question:

I can get a really fast stick of 512mb BH5 for my budget. Then I'd fill all 3 slots in my mobo, have a gig of RAM, but not be running dual channel. This way I have really fast RAM in case I upgrade later and OC a lot more, or later pick up a matching 512mb stick for dual channel and then sell my Kingmax.

Or I could buy one of the budget 2x512mb packs, like corsair value PC3200 or something similar. This would allow me to still run dual channel, but I would pretty much be at my OC limit, or might even have to back down a little.

So I guess the question is: how much is dual channel gonna make a difference?

NsOmNiA91130 · Jan 23, 2005

I say monitor or some kick-*** speakers *looks one way, then the other* why are you all staring at me? :eh?:

PLOBBY · Jan 23, 2005

NsOmNiA91130 said:
I say monitor or some kick-*** speakers *looks one way, then the other* why are you all staring at me?

I dont think he will be able to get either with that amount of $$.

NsOmNiA91130 · Jan 23, 2005

untrue, you can get Logitech 5.1 speakers for 80 bucks, and a lcd for 100

turd · Jan 23, 2005

I say go with some H20 and start to play.

NsOmNiA91130 · Jan 23, 2005

from the looks of it, he probably already has it >_<

Project86 · Jan 23, 2005

I'm lost.... an LCD for $100? is it 4"????

I already have h20???? Nobody told me

what I do have is a 19" Viewsonic, and some decent Polk speakers (don't know the numbers). I would love a nice LCD, but am waiting for them to be cheaper with lower response times.

Back to my question though: adding 512mb of fast ram and no longer running dual channel (for now), or going with a matched pair of some Kingston or Corsair Value type PC3200?

NsOmNiA91130 · Jan 23, 2005

actually, im using an lcd that someone abandoned......but somewhere (i forget) you can get an LCD for $100

subtotal · Jan 24, 2005

you can still get the same oc on your cpu even if yur ram can't handle the speed, you just run the ram out of sinc with the fsb

Project86 · Jan 24, 2005

but that would make me take a performance hit of course.

How big of a hit for running 2x256 plus 1x512 instead of 2x512 dual channel?

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