Would an upgrade be a good idea?

NightmareXX · 26 Feb 2006 at 18:07

My current system is as follows:
AMD XP 2000+ @1.7~GHz CPU
1GB PC2700 Crucial DDR RAM
HIS Radeon X700 Pro 128MB GDDR3 IceQ AGP GFX
160GB Seagate 7200RPM & 60GB Seagate 7200RPM HDD's
ECS K7S5A mobo

This is probably a really stupid question, but is it about time I upgraded?

And I assume in doing so I should get a PCI-E mobo. Only that I bought my AGP X700 Pro and am rather pleased with it at the moment

(Done wonders with FPS gaming

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NightmareXX · 7 Mar 2006 at 20:37

Well idealy as little as possible.

I wouldn't need any HDD's (Got 220GB total) or CD drives (Got 2). Nor a case or RAM (Already got 1GB).

Just a CPU, GFX (If PCI-E), mobo and porbably a PSU.

Oh and would an opteron be good if I was going to overclock it? I've read that they can reach FX-57 speeds (Is that with air cooling?)

NightmareXX · 7 Mar 2006 at 23:03

CP-151-AM AMD Opteron UP 165 Dual Core San Diego 1.8GHz 2MB Cache (Socket 939) - Retail (CP-151-AM)
£224.95 £224.95
MB-014-DF DFI LanParty UT NF4 Ultra-D (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-014-DF)
£79.95 £79.95
CA-006-HP Hiper HPU-4B580 Type R 580W Modular ATX2.2 PSU - Blue (CA-006-HP)
£52.95 £52.95
Subtotal £357.85
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £8.95
VAT £64.19
Total £430.99

Thats what I came up with when I did my version

I decided to drop the RAM for the moment coz I can always buy it later which means I'll be able to get the system quicker.

One thing that did annoy me was that I HAVE to get a GFX card for it. Would it be better to wait for enough money to get the X1800 or buy a cheap PCI-E in the meantime until I've got enough money?

Oh and I changed the PSU as it was cheaper and does the same job (I think) and I don't need SLi compatibility.

NightmareXX · 8 Mar 2006 at 16:06

The X700 I've got at the moment does me fine for all my games including FEAR

Although I'd prefer to have 256MB GFX RAM and isn't the GTO slower then the GT? Or is it the other way around :confused:

I'll have to start saving then!

Ok, I added it all up with the "PowerColor ATI Radeon X850 XT 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-037-PC) £129.95" and it comes to £588 inc. VAT :eek:

Is that over-priced?