New Upgrade

Red_Hot_Poker said:

I am looking for some input on recommended upgrades for my pc.

Current Rig:
-Amd Athlon 64 X2 3800 Toledo OCed to 2.75
-2gigs DDR Crapton Ram
-MSI 7600GT
-Epox EP-9NPA7I

Looking For:
-Intel C2D
-2gig DDR2 to comply with new mobo
-New mobo to go with the intel cpu
-Looking to go for a 8800 series GPU



This will mostly be a gaming rig and my budget is probably somewhere around $500-$800 in the upcoming month or so. I was just wondering what would be some good choices for the 4 upgrades I would need?

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White_Pawn said:

New tech is just around the corner, so i wouldn't upgrade platforms just yet. Your 3800+ oc'd to 2.75ghz is pretty fast, and you already have 2 gigs of ram. I'd just get a 8800GTS 640mb and wait.

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Red_Hot_Poker said:

Do you think that the mobo I have would bottleneck the Graphics Card like that 8800gts?

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White_Pawn said:

Yes your cpu would bottleneck the videocard slightly, but not enough to fork up extra money for an entirely new system at this point in time imho.

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