What Should I Buy For $170?

Well, I have $170 cash to blow on computer equipment and what not.....what do you think I should get..btw this is my comp specs

http://reviews.cnet.com/Gateway_838GM_Medi...7-31576776.html

Oh also i got a nivida 6600 gt.. I'm thinking of either getting a new sound drive...that or maybe 1gb of memory any help would be cool

 

definately go for a gig of ram. is that 512mb of ram in yoru comp dual channel or single channel? if it's single channel chuck it... in fact, you might want to get 2GB of ram total and have that be the entirety of your purchase... quick question though, is your BIOS locked?

 

thanks for the feedback, umm i don't think so.. (about the bios being locked)

 

enter bios on startup(press the [del] key most likely) and see if you can raise the FSB... if you can I highly suggest 2*1GB of G. Skill Extreme ram... P4s OC fairly if they have adequate cooling.

 

actually id just buy some nice speakers if your into music or gaming

 

I'd say get 2 gigs of ram, and if you have money left, maybe a nice soundset/joystick?

 

is that spec sheet right? i think it means PC 3200 DDR 400 @ 200 Mhz, not 400 Mhz. but i dunno what gateway is shipping nowadays.

but anyway, i dunno i like the fact that its integrated video. if you want to game a little, i would feel better with like 7600 or something like that.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16814133150
thats a 7600 at $170, just its not 256-bit interface.

do whatever you want, matters what you want to be doing

 

He said he had a 6600 GT.

 

If it is locked ... how do you unlock it ... because I know that mine is locked.

 

ohh woops. thought he said he was looking at a 6600 GT, my mishap

 

Thanks for comments,

Xelink, I was looking into what you said..

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16820231021

Is that fully compatible with my comp?

 

yep, should be!

 

it's fully compatable and great and all, but don't bother with overclocking ram if you can't OC through BIOS. That G. Skill Extreme Ram is great, though it's gone up in price by 20 bucks in the alst month wait for it to go on sale for real.