PC, upgrade advice and spec

INFECTION · 6 Feb 2006 at 02:25

hey guys this is my pc at the spec at mo

Intel pentium 4 3.0 ghz
intel peral board
17" crt
19"tft that got probs with

80 gb sata hard drive
128mb 9600 ati radeon g-card
1 gb ram
dvd drive and cd-r

ok so wonna upgrade something what would you recomend ow and what case mines abit weired.
just let me know thanks

Mundu · 6 Feb 2006 at 02:42

Budget? What do you actually do with the PC?

If you're ahppy with the CRT maybe a graphics card otherwise get a TFT.

INFECTION · 6 Feb 2006 at 02:45

hmmm gaming mainly is it true that crt's are better for gaming or are people just pulling my leg i recon budget is gonna be around £300

chaparral · 6 Feb 2006 at 02:48

I take it your motherboard is AGP.

So maybe a pci express motherboard and new graphics card.

INFECTION · 6 Feb 2006 at 02:49

i would like to go pci - express but i dont wonna go amd wonna stay with intel

and yeh the mobo is agp

Craig321 · 6 Feb 2006 at 03:18

[Offtopic]
What case is that??

Thx
Craig.
[/Offtopic]

Mundu · 6 Feb 2006 at 03:21

INFECTION said:
hmmm gaming mainly is it true that crt's are better for gaming or are people just pulling my leg i recon budget is gonna be around £300

If you have the space CRT def although make sure it's a good CRT. My Misubishi only cost £100 inc P&P although second hand it's a great monitor and if you do buy second hand and it has any problems you can get a replacement from Misubishi.

gary996 · 6 Feb 2006 at 04:46

If you want to stick with Intel then get:
Asus P5WD2-E Premium Intel 975X
Connect3D ATI Radeon X1900 XT-X 512MB

Larok · 6 Feb 2006 at 08:29

this would put some life into your system, BFG GeForce 7800 GS OC £234.94
(Including VAT at 17.5%)

INFECTION · 6 Feb 2006 at 12:45

Craig321 said:
[Offtopic]
What case is that??

Thx
Craig.
[/Offtopic]

its a Galaxy II Bubble Light - Black ATX Midi Tower
its an ok case light only thing is with my fans its loud lol

INFECTION · 6 Feb 2006 at 12:46

Mundu said:
If you have the space CRT def although make sure it's a good CRT. My Misubishi only cost £100 inc P&P although second hand it's a great monitor and if you do buy second hand and it has any problems you can get a replacement from Misubishi.

what size is your monitor ?

INFECTION · 6 Feb 2006 at 12:47

gary996 said:
If you want to stick with Intel then get:
Asus P5WD2-E Premium Intel 975X
Connect3D ATI Radeon X1900 XT-X 512MB

but that will sort of go over my budget n i would need a cpu with that