Need Help With Upgrading My Pc

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  1. DCM117

    DCM117 Well-Known Member

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    ok dudes here are my pc specs
    Pentium 4 2.0ghz
    512MB Ram
    Cant remember the motherboad
    On board sound card
    GeForce 4 ti4200

    i want to upgrade it to make it a real gamer powerhouse
    which parts should i change?
     
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    XXDaZeXX Well-Known Member

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    Do u care?
    Unless u wanna buy a whole new comp i would spend my money on a new graphiccard and some more memory. but in my opinon Intel sux so a new processor and MB shud come in handy to lol
     
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    DCM117 Well-Known Member

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    but which graphic card?
     
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    I reccommend this one, it's not that expensive and will last you a year or two.
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16814145107

    I refuse to pay over $200 on a vid card.

    How much do you have to spend?

    If your low on funds , I would say that vid card, another 512mb, and a 500w PSU(depending what you have now)

    If your a rich kid , go with that stuff and a AMD 64 cpu and new mobo.

    What PSU and hard drives you have?
     
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    it would be helpfull to tell how much funds you have yeah, cause if u want 'a real gamer powerhouse' and u have alot of funds you could better buy a whole new pc, like amd 64+, geforce 6800, 2gig memory etc etc
     
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    well i've managed to raise 800$ for the upgrade
     
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    FOr a gamers powerhouse i sugget getting these specs

    AMD 64 processors -best for gaming intel sux at gaming
    Minimum 512mb RAM but 1024mb plenty for most games
    Mobo - ASUS motherboard will do the job - You can go for PCI express a little more expensive though
    Power - 400 - 500watts PSU
    Atleast 2 fans becuase the processor tends to heat alot :D
    GeForce 6600 are popular these days the ones above these i tink 7000 something are expensive :D Again PCI express can be used but mobo needs to be compatible with it
    Sound Card - well a average one in case you want 24bit/7.1 sounds dont really matter
    HardDrive - Around 100-200GB plenty for games and u can partition it as well

    And thats it really ... Base ur specs around these and you will have your gamers PC :D
     

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