Help me spend £150!

leezer3

leezer3

leezer3

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Hiya guys,
Kinda want some input on what to do with around £150 worth of cash :D. Current specs:
A64 3200+
2gb GEIL Value
GF6600LE 512mb
2x 200gb Maxtor drives
Soon to be (lol) MSI SLI Mobo
TV Card

Anyway, the shortlist:
*Upgrade processor- Can get a 3700+ well within budget.
*New GFX- Only Nvidia considered, 7800 prob MM or similar.
*Raptor- Already one of the first 5 on game maps & boot times aren't much of a prob, so less happy to spend here.
*Get a Lian-Li V1000+

As of the moment, I feel the PC is perfectly adequate but would kinda like to be able to crank up a few things here & there. The 512mb of VRAM is a need, used for some stuff with large numbers of ineficiant 2048 textures (Details on request ;) )
I couldn't give a monkeys really about the sound quality, sounds fine to me so have not looked any further & don't really think an X-Fi would be worth it for the frame rate increases.

Any thoughts on where to put this cash?- Not quite sure how CPU limited the current setup is, especially as theres no clocking ATM (Waiting for the new mobo)

Cheers

-Leezer-
 
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The PC is a general useage rig, more games than anything.
GFX must be Nvidia, as I also use Linux extensively.

-Leezer-
 
Well myself, id upgrade the GFX or the CPU .. which ever you think you'd like msot, because they wll both have to be upgraded in the next 2 years or so. If i was using it for games, id get the GFX to keep it smooth, doesnt matter how long it takes to load :p
 
get the 3700 and get a gfx card a bit later? sell the 6600 and add some more cash for the 7800 GT or something?
 
Trouble is I dunno :p
Its one of those cases where there are two things, neither of which can be decided between!

-Leezer-
 
get the 3700+, and sell your 6600 or something, add some cash and get a better card? If it fits in budget (MM).
 
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