
Buy new system or upgrade old system
#1
Posted 15 September 2006 - 11:53 AM

#2
Posted 15 September 2006 - 12:01 PM

#3
Posted 15 September 2006 - 04:43 PM

There is no use upgrading that pc, you would be better off getting a new system like kidnova said. With the ammount of money you put into it just a little bit more and you could have a new system.
#4
Posted 15 September 2006 - 07:22 PM

Case
Cooler Master Centurion http://www.newegg.co...N82E16811119068
Video Card
Bio Star Geforce 7600GS 512mb gddr2 pci express x16 http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814141032
Power Supply
Coolmax 500w active pfc dual 12v rails http://www.newegg.co...N82E16817159040
Memory
pqi turbo 1gb ddr2 667 http://www.newegg.co...N82E16820141210
Motherboard
ECS NFORCE570 SLI ATX http://www.newegg.co...N82E16813135026
Processor
Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 2.13ghz http://www.newegg.co...N82E16819115004
Let me know if I made any mistakes I am pretty sure everything is compatible. I have a hard drive and dvd burner already so I dont need that. Also on the vid card would there be a big difference in performance between a 256mb with ddr3 and the 512mb card with ddr2 i have listed.
#5
Posted 15 September 2006 - 07:53 PM

Here is my parts list let me know what you think.
Case
Cooler Master Centurion http://www.newegg.co...N82E16811119068
Video Card
Bio Star Geforce 7600GS 512mb gddr2 pci express x16 http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814141032
Power Supply
Coolmax 500w active pfc dual 12v rails http://www.newegg.co...N82E16817159040
Memory
pqi turbo 1gb ddr2 667 http://www.newegg.co...N82E16820141210
Motherboard
ECS NFORCE570 SLI ATX http://www.newegg.co...N82E16813135026
Processor
Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 2.13ghz http://www.newegg.co...N82E16819115004
Let me know if I made any mistakes I am pretty sure everything is compatible. I have a hard drive and dvd burner already so I dont need that. Also on the vid card would there be a big difference in performance between a 256mb with ddr3 and the 512mb card with ddr2 i have listed.
I would look into getting a better quality motherboard.. That ECS motherboard doesnt look that great and the reviews are horrible. Iv never liked ECS after I built a pc with one many years ago and they arent that great. If you shop around you can find a better quality brand mobo for the same price as the ecs.
Gigabyte has a great motherboard for $90.99 and it is alot higher quality board than ecs is. It has all the bells and whistles.
The only thing is that the gigabyte conroe board only has one ide channel for up to 2 ide devices. There is nothing wrong with only 1 ide channel.
Ide is older and is slowly getting phased out anyway. It has 4 serial ata ports for sata devices on any future harddrive upgrades.
http://www.newegg.co...N82E16813128015
Edited by jrm20, 15 September 2006 - 07:56 PM.
#6
Posted 15 September 2006 - 07:55 PM

Let me know if I made any mistakes I am pretty sure everything is compatible. I have a hard drive and dvd burner already so I dont need that. Also on the vid card would there be a big difference in performance between a 256mb with ddr3 and the 512mb card with ddr2 i have listed.
GDDR3 on a video card is much faster than GDDR2. I would change that card also if you have the money that is.
Edited by jrm20, 15 September 2006 - 07:56 PM.
#7
Posted 15 September 2006 - 07:59 PM

#8
Posted 15 September 2006 - 08:05 PM

I found the best deal on a 7600gt which is faster than any 7600gs. The GS is Slower than a GT. Even though this 7600GT has 256MB ram it is still faster than the 7600GS.
Look at the Core Clock and Memory Clock speeds.
http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814150186
That would be the card to get.
#9
Posted 15 September 2006 - 08:14 PM

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