Need some upgrading advice please

[McRod]

Hi guys,

I want to update my second PC system so it plays BF2 flawlessly as i`m now totally hooked on the game.

I currently have

AMD 64 3400 Newcastle
Foxconn Winfast NF3 250 Series (K8AA-ERS)
1 GB of some cheap generic memory from the local PC shop
Geforce 6800GT AGP
120GB HDD in IDE Mode

i`m not 100% sure if i need to renew the lot or if i could get away with just a replacing the memory with a decent quality brand, getting a raptor hdd and a new AGP Graphics card?...perhaps the Gainward BLISS GeForce 7800 GT SILENT 512MB GDDR3 (Although tbh i`d have preferred an ATI card).

Anyone else think the mobo is also letting the system down?. Can`t remember why i bought such an obscure mobo, i must have been desperate on a saturday morning or something :0. Worth replacing too ? and going PCI-E ?.

As usual, i buy nothing without consulting you lot first

Thanks

Rod

 

[McRod]

Thanks again guys

I`ve decided to go for....

£87.95 x 1 - Seasonic S12 600W Silent ATX2.0 Power Supply (CA-002-SS)
£49.95 x 1 - Asus K8N4-E Deluxe nForce4 4X (Socket 754) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-113-AS)
£29.95 x 1 - Zalman CNPS9500-LED Aero Flower (Socket 939/754/478/775) CPU Cooler (HS-015-ZA)
£93.50 x 1 - Western Digital Raptor 74GB WD740GD 10,000RPM SATA 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-015-WD)
£299.95 x 1 - PowerColor ATI Radeon X1900 XT-X 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-059-PC)
£95.95 x 1 - Corsair 2GB DDR Value Select PC3200 CAS3.0 Kit (2x1GB) (VS2GBKIT400C3) (MY-080-CS)
£69.95 x 1 - Antec P180 Advanced Super Midi Tower Case - No PSU (Silver) (CA-039-AN)
£17.95 x 2 - Razer eXactMat (KB-003-RA)
£39.95 x 1 - Razer Copperhead Tempest Blue 2000dpi High Precision Gaming Mouse - Retail (KB-015-RA)

Apart from my AMD 3400 Newcastle, Keyb, Monitor and DVD RW, it basically a new system. Wife is gonna kill me but i`ll just blame you lot

I`m hoping i`ll have no compatability issues and it should last me a wee while.

Thanks a ton for the advice, you guys save me a load of grief in one respect, and caused me a whole world of wife faction.

Cheers

Rod