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[Sgt.Buttery]

Alright guys, I want to make my computer better.
There are certain areas and prices I am focusing on, so give me some ideas, and even some actual places where they have a good deal.
(This is in order of necessity)

1. Monitor - 19-21" Wide or not wide, low-ish refresh rate. (200 to 300)

2. HDD - large, between 3 and 5 hundred Gigs (flexible, 90 to ?)

3. GPU - Something awesome for the price (250 to 300)

4. RAM - another gig, good and cheap

5. Processor? - mebbe, i have a 939 AMD board. give me some ideas.

That is it. Thanks peeps.

[wyte mafia]

cpu, get a 4000 and oc it cheap. look for a vidcard at www.newegg.com i have an ati 1900 and a amd3700 oced to 2.9 and i get 12150 on 3dmark 05! that wouldnt cost that much.

Edited by wyte mafia, 02 January 2007 - 09:28 PM.

[�HADOW109]

Cheap memory card

cheap 20.1 inch moniter

[The Drizzle]

Monitor Link Link Either one should do.

HD: Seagate 7200.10 series.

GPU: 7950GT 512mb Factory OC'ed Not a terrible ATI alternative

RAM: Buy the same stuff you have in tehre now? If not, Amazing ram I have these sticks and I love them.

Proc: Get a dual core?

[Mike2077]

Monitors - Viewsonic Vx922 ($270), NEC 90GX2 ($320 w/ mail in rebate), or Samsung 941BW($230) low response times, great reviews.

Hardrive - Seagate Barracuda 320gb 7200.10 ($95)

GPU - eVGA Geforce 7950gt ($260) or superclocked version Here ($280)
Will hold you over till dx10 nicely.

Edited by Mike2077, 02 January 2007 - 09:57 PM.

[Iceman]

What are your current specs?

Most MBs do not support higher than PC3200 for ram, some don't support PCI-E cards... these are things we need to know in order to tell you what to get and what not to get.

Btw, the link to TgerDirect for the monitor has a rebate, something I highly suggest you avoid (reference)

[The Drizzle]

Iceman, no motherboard supports more than pc3200 ram. Its PC4000 so you can overclock. It can run at PC3200 if you want it to.

7950GT for $200 AR if you have a frys nearby

Edited by Drizzle4535, 03 January 2007 - 02:25 PM.

[Iceman]

Iceman, no motherboard supports more than pc3200 ram. Its PC4000 so you can overclock. It can run at PC3200 if you want it to.

- what i said made no sense at all lol