$240 to spend on a PC upgrade. WHAT SHOULD I GET?

[bloodbrood]

Ok guys hello! i've manged to save lots of money over this past month for my PC. The specs are down at the sig if you dont mind scrolling down.

Possible Upgrades:
RAM - should i sell my 2 x 512mb sticks and get 2 x 1GB sticks and which brand?

Any other suggestions? I am mainly after RAM and then im going to spend the extra money on case modification. Yes, that means UV lights baby!

[ebz-_-]

Re: $240 to spend on a PC upgrade. WHAT SHOULD I GET?

I'd get 2 x 1gb corsair xms dual channel.

[Sir. Shpox]

Re: $240 to spend on a PC upgrade. WHAT SHOULD I GET?

I'd get 2 x 1gb corsair xms dual channel.

Seconded, judging by your specs, more ram is probably your best bet if your after performance.. You could spend it on other things like Case Mods, Water Cooling, but ram is your best bet. Corsair is your best bet as a company too.

[Hephaistion]

Re: $240 to spend on a PC upgrade. WHAT SHOULD I GET?

Ok guys hello! i've manged to save lots of money over this past month for my PC. The specs are down at the sig if you dont mind scrolling down.

Possible Upgrades:
RAM - should i sell my 2 x 512mb sticks and get 2 x 1GB sticks and which brand?

Any other suggestions? I am mainly after RAM and then im going to spend the extra money on case modification. Yes, that means UV lights baby!

http://www.mwave.com/mwave/viewspec.hmx?scriteria=BA21441

http://www.mwave.com/mwave/viewspec.hmx?scriteria=BA22001

Get rid of your Intel chip, here is the solution

[redearedslider]

Re: $240 to spend on a PC upgrade. WHAT SHOULD I GET?

http://www.mwave.com/mwave/viewspec....iteria=BA21441

http://www.mwave.com/mwave/viewspec.hmx?scriteria=BA22001

Get rid of your Intel chip, here is the solution

totally agreed... and you could get that one and get 2 x 1 gig ram..... if you put in a little more :P but INTEL is the devil !

[bloodbrood]

Re: $240 to spend on a PC upgrade. WHAT SHOULD I GET?

wow. a completely new mobo and processor. will i get an increase in performance from the AMD? is it far better than my current DEVIL pentium?

i also cant find any corsair RAM over here (Philippines). The best i see so far is:
1GB DDR2 533 Gell Dual.... its cost about $94 a stick. This is the best RAM i see so far. is this any good?

[redearedslider]

Re: $240 to spend on a PC upgrade. WHAT SHOULD I GET?

Intel is the DEVIL, the DEVIL I TELL YOU !!! so buy that stick of ram and that proc and you're all set :) 1 gig of ram is enough... or you can buy another 2 512 mb ram sticks in dual channel

[SFR-MAINE]

Re: $240 to spend on a PC upgrade. WHAT SHOULD I GET?

INTEL is not the devil trust me your CPU is more than enough for BF2. if i was you i would get 2GB of nice fast corsair ram not sure which kind though cause there is so many types. I will do some research when i get home.

[CaptJordus]

Re: $240 to spend on a PC upgrade. WHAT SHOULD I GET?

Get the ram, there is nothing wrong with your intel chip.

Stupid AMD fanboys.

[Hephaistion]

Re: $240 to spend on a PC upgrade. WHAT SHOULD I GET?

Not a fan boy, a convert, on my 3rd AMD 64, and will never go back, AMD just plain outperforms its half-retarded cousin, intel.

[CaptJordus]

Re: $240 to spend on a PC upgrade. WHAT SHOULD I GET?

AMD outperforms a similar Intel on gaming applications by a decent margin. But on nothing else.

Intel makes a FANTASTIC chip for reliability and power in everything else but gaming.

I use a AMD Athlon64 3400+ myself, but there is no denying that Intels chips are much more reliable, and much better built.

[bloodbrood]

Re: $240 to spend on a PC upgrade. WHAT SHOULD I GET?

ooooh AMD gets owned! As i said there is no Corsair RAM over in this country. I see geill RAM and Kingston. which is better? Kingston or GeIL?

[Sir. MatDef]

Re: $240 to spend on a PC upgrade. WHAT SHOULD I GET?

AMD outperforms a similar Intel on gaming applications by a decent margin. But on nothing else.

Intel makes a FANTASTIC chip for reliability and power in everything else but gaming.

I use a AMD Athlon64 3400+ myself, but there is no denying that Intels chips are much more reliable, and much better built.

Wrong, nowadays almost any amd proc (except for low end) is much better than its intel counterpart, especially when it comes to dual core or ultra high end.Hell, a new 950 oc'ed to 4.25ghz is barely tied with my stock x2. Amd chips run cooler, faster, use less power, and are wayyy more stable than people give them credit for. Just because intel was better in the past doesn't mean it is now. But for you, get the ram, its the cheapest upgrade out there.

[UnrealAlex]

Re: $240 to spend on a PC upgrade. WHAT SHOULD I GET?

Your PCU is worse then AMD's ,however, it works for BF2 just fine. No need to replace it now. Id say the ram also.
Although Im not too sure about the % increase between a 6800GT and 7800GT(which go for pretty cheap now)

[bloodbrood]

Re: $240 to spend on a PC upgrade. WHAT SHOULD I GET?

so should i buy 2 x 1GB GeIL DDR400 (Dual) (Value RAM)?

will "Dual" RAM work on my motherboard? and what the heck does dual mean anyways?