Sorry another spec me

Scratchy · 24 Feb 2006 at 22:58

Hello folks, it's been a while since I upgraded my PC I'm running a AMD 3000+, 1Gb and a quite over the hill 9500pro so I'm a bit out of the loop as to what to buy, I'm hoping you guys can give me some tips.
I think I need everything, I mostly play fps games and am running at 1680x1050, not in games of course I have to run all of them at min detail and 800x600 or something pathetic like that, budget is about £800, I can go higher if spending an extra £50 on a card or something is really going to increase performance, I'll probably be ordering on Monday but if something superduper is on the horizon I should wait for I can do that to, anyway thanks

I have been keeping an eye out for anyone after a similiar system for the same cash the last week or so so I didn't have to bother people with another spec me thread and did see one but now I've lost it

Forgot to mention I have 2 HD's
Samsung SpinPoint P SP1634N 160GB ATA-133 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-009-SA)
Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 80GB 800JB ATA-100 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-000-WD)
not sure if I need new ones of them also?

Scratchy · 24 Feb 2006 at 23:28

My Keyboard + Mouse is probably worth more than my pc

I have a Chieftec Dragon case which I should beable to still use? and a Tagan PSU which I don't believe is ATX2.01 compatible though also already have DVD drive and so on.

Scratchy · 25 Feb 2006 at 11:48

Thanks for the advice Explicit, would spending the extra money on a

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA4200BVBOX) (CP-126-AM)
be worth the increase in performance.

Also what kind of Hardrive would be worth getting at the moment something like

Western Digital Raptor 74GB WD740GD 10,000RPM SATA 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-015-WD)
maybe?

Scratchy · 25 Feb 2006 at 12:16

That rules out Raptors then I hate noisy computers

Is the stock cooler that comes with the AMD good enough for overclocking or would I need something better if I was looking to get near 4200+ performance?