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« : March 26, 2008, 08:13:16 AM »

When the holy goddess of cash lets loose her beautiful green wads on me, which of the following components of my compouter do you guys think I should upgrade first?

Speakers - Currently I have a set of '01 Boston Acoustics, 2.1 w/ subwoofer and a cable that is broken-ish so that the right channel drops out sometimes, and it's a bitch to jiggle the cable around until it works again

Monitor - Currently on an '01 15" Gateway EV700 (CRT) (1280x1024 max rez.)

Keyboard - My wireless one broke, so I'm currently using a $15 BestBuy "Dynex" brand one.

Mouse - '05(?)Razer Diamondback. It's nice, but I know there's better ones out there. It has 7 buttons, but Windows only lets me use 5. (other 2 can be used w/ the Razer Software)

---Below are from September '07---

Processor - Currently have the lowest end c2d (1.86 GHz)

RAM - 2GB DDR 800 w/ 2 free slots

GFx - Currently have a 7950GT factory OC'd 256 MB

MoBo - Currently have a Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L, it's not too bad, but I'd need to eventually upgrade if I'm gonna go SLI.


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« #1 : March 26, 2008, 08:32:43 AM »

All except the mouse...

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« #2 : March 26, 2008, 09:16:52 AM »

whatever you do, do not get another wireless keyboard.  Wired is the best way to go.



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« #3 : March 26, 2008, 09:17:30 AM »

It depends on how much money you have to use inorder to upgrade.  I would say vid card and ram first. 

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« #4 : March 26, 2008, 09:18:51 AM »

there is no need for him to upgrade his ram unless he is going to run Vista 64bit.



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« #5 : March 26, 2008, 11:39:11 AM »

Honestly...your monitor and "wireless" keyboard stuck out to me.  If you can upgrade to a better C2D that would be fine.  Your RAM and Gfx card allow you to play CS:S and TF2 GREAT but not sure about how it performs in COD4.  I would definitely get a bigger monitor and upgrade the processor if possible. 

The Hanns-G have cheap LCD's even though their ratios are as good as some others.  And you can get an E6750 for 189.99 from newegg i believe.  So, with a 19" widescreen and that processor you will be in business for under $400

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« #6 : March 29, 2008, 12:28:04 PM »

I'd say ditch that monitor and get a widescreen LCD. Biggest improvement you could make right now.

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« #7 : April 10, 2008, 07:02:09 PM »

i suggest getting a new monitor and video card 2gb of ram is fine for now. i got a 19" widescreen monitor and its perfect Tongue but i was on budget i wanna get a 22". but yea id go monitor THAN video card

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« #8 : April 12, 2008, 01:53:19 PM »

yup i would get the biggest moniter a could afford
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