Going to upgrade my comp ( Asus Help me :D )

[DigiQ8]

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Computer:
Operating System : Microsoft Windows XP Professional
OS Service Pack : Service Pack 2

Motherboard:
CPU Type : Intel Pentium 4, 3133 MHz (21 x 149)
Motherboard Name : Gigabyte GA-8IEXP (6 PCI, 1 AGP, 1 CNR, 3 DIMM, Audio, LAN, IEEE-1394)
Motherboard Chipset : Intel Brookdale i845E
System Memory : 1024 MB (DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type : Award Modular (11/01/02)

Memory
DIMM1: SpecTek 512 MB PC2700 DDR SDRAM (2.5-3-3-7 @ 166 MHz) (2.0-2-2-5 @ 100 MHz)
DIMM2 : 256 MB PC2100 DDR SDRAM (2.5-3-3-6 @ 133 MHz) (2.0-2-2-5 @ 100 MHz)
DIMM3: SpecTek 256 MB PC2100 DDR SDRAM (2.5-3-3-6 @ 133 MHz) (2.0-2-2-5 @ 100 MHz)



Display:
Video Adapter : NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra (256 MB)
3D Accelerator : nVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra
Monitor LG Flatron : 776FM [17" CRT] (130499689)

Multimedia:
Audio Adapter : Creative SB PCI128 (Ensoniq ES5880) Sound Card

Storage:
IDE Controller : Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
SCSI/RAID Controller : D347PRT SCSI Controller
SCSI/RAID Controller : VAX347S SCSI Controller
Disk Drive : Maxtor 6Y060L0 (60 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/133)
Disk Drive : ST380011A (80 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/100)
SMART Hard Disks Status : OK

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What should i upgrade ?

 

[Goth Demon]

Upgarde suggestions

Personaly if I was running that system I would up the video to 512 meg card, then the sound card to the new SB Audigy, and then a new 300Gig Sata HD, then throw in a HP Dual layer 16X DVD burner with lightscribe. And voila now you would have a system that rocks for sure, by the way might wanna try upgrading your speaker system also LMAO !!!! Just a suggestion !!!!
:cheers:

 

[DigiQ8]

hehe my soundsystem sux , anyway i think i need more Ram

 

[Ren.182]

Yeah, get some nice decent RAM, the RAM you have is really slow.
To be honest thats all you really need, your system should run anything after a RAM upgrade.

Maybe you could get a nice big hard drive and sound card like Goth Demon said.

 

[duffers20]

Whats your budget?

 

[giant384]

everything is fine except your slow ram get some pc4000 ram and stick it in there

 

[bryanf445]

or at least some decent value ram (kingston corsair ect)

 

[The Brick]

Personally I'd buy a new sound card (SoundBlaster X-Fi) and a decent speakerset (creative gigaworks s750 7.1). That would make me happier than a faster graphics card.


Edit: and yah get some better ram

 

[duffers20]

I'd get some new speakers, new sound card and a gig of fast ram.

 

[DigiQ8]

thanks guys , about the RAM , is this a good ram ?. and will it work with my MB ?

 

[Qonfused]

Yes, but that's awefully expensive.

 

[DigiQ8]

indeed it is

 

[duffers20]

You could get similar performance from cheaper ram. I have Geil Value ram and its pretty good, I mean its not extremely fast but its good enough

 

[Qonfused]

^ That's what I have for my new machine.
1GB x2. Looks sexy with the blue heat spreaders, too.

 

[Ren.182]

Geil Value ftw! It's what i have too... so sexy with the blue heat spreaders!

 

[DigiQ8]

someone post a link for this ram please

 

[Asus]

Well the Gigabye GA-8IEXP board supports 2GB total of PC2100 so just upgrading the ram isn't going to do it as it isn't supported.

What is your budget?

 

[DigiQ8]

im getting about 1000$ next month

 

[Dr. Freeman]

Asus > all when it comes to computer hardware knowledge

 

[DigiQ8]

Asus > all when it comes to computer hardware knowledge

QFT

6bleh