New Comp/Upgrade

2007-03-07 08:58:42

#1

_NL_Lt.EngineerFox: Big Mouth Prick; +219|6995|Golf 1.8 GTI Wolfsburg Edition

So i got my first paycheck of 1578,60 Euro's and I'm thinking of upgrading my current pc or just buying a new pc and keep this 1 as a media tool.

My Current specs are:

ASRock Dual SATAII s939
AMD Athlon 3800+
GeForce 6600GT AGP
512MB DDR
20GB Maxtor
230W PSU

Is it worth of upgrading or am I better of buying a new pc?

I was thinking of this from my local hardware shop

Coolermaster Stacker 830 for 210E
EVGA Nforce 680i SLI DDR2 for 250E
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 for 339E
EVGA 8800GTS 320MB PCI-E for 300E
Nanya 1024MB PC2-6400 DDRII CL5 x2 for 190E
Coolermaster Real Power voeding (550W) for 100E
Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 160GB for 64E

I will use the DVD RW from this pc for my new pc then and replace it for a CD Burner.

I costs around 1450E.

Is it worth spending my hard earned money for a nw pc or am I better of upgrading?

2007-03-07 09:06:56

#2

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|7031|NYC / Hamburg

assuming you would keep the cpu and mobo you would still need to get a new gfx card, new ram, a new psu and maybe a new hd. so if you spend this kind of cash on old components its probably smarter to go for a new pc

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2007-03-07 09:11:07

#3

_NL_Lt.EngineerFox: Big Mouth Prick; +219|6995|Golf 1.8 GTI Wolfsburg Edition

so if i would keep the motherboard and the 3800+ and use a 8800GTS, dont i get bottleneck?

2007-03-07 09:40:24

#4

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|7031|NYC / Hamburg

_NL_Lt.EngineerFox wrote:
so if i would keep the motherboard and the 3800+ and use a 8800GTS, dont i get bottleneck?

yes, in which case you would also have to junk your cpu which means that the only thing remaining from your old pc would be the case

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2007-03-07 09:43:03

#5

heggs: Spamalamadingdong; +581|6852|New York

Being a pci-e card, it wouldn't be compatible with your current mobo, as it is an agp based mobo. unless of course your current mobo supports both agp and pci-e.

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2007-03-07 09:46:24

#6

commandochristian: Honda - The Power of Dreams; +293|6877|Michigan, USA

How long did it take for you to get your check? I would say hold off on making any decisions until you get your second paycheck, and then your choices will be better!

2007-03-07 23:48:53

#7

_NL_Lt.EngineerFox: Big Mouth Prick; +219|6995|Golf 1.8 GTI Wolfsburg Edition

18 days because I've started working on 22nd Feb so thats around 2 weeks and a hlaf week of driving. I get the rest ( 1 and a half week ) payment with my next paycheck. But what wrong with what I got in mind?

2007-03-08 09:18:35

#8

Bertster7: Confused Pothead; +1,101|7045|SE London

_NL_Lt.EngineerFox wrote:
18 days because I've started working on 22nd Feb so thats around 2 weeks and a hlaf week of driving. I get the rest ( 1 and a half week ) payment with my next paycheck. But what wrong with what I got in mind?

Not much wrong with it, looks pretty good.

Nanya RAM is a bit unusual, but ok.

The big issue I've got with that system is hard drives. You want 2 for RAID, makes a big difference and 160GB is hardly enough space - I've got nearly 10x that I always run out.

2007-03-08 09:23:15

#9

_NL_Lt.EngineerFox: Big Mouth Prick; +219|6995|Golf 1.8 GTI Wolfsburg Edition

so i should wait a month to buy a bigger hdd? I think 160GB is ebough to last a month and then I can always buy a bigger 1

2007-03-08 09:37:46

#10

Bertster7: Confused Pothead; +1,101|7045|SE London

_NL_Lt.EngineerFox wrote:
so i should wait a month to buy a bigger hdd? I think 160GB is ebough to last a month and then I can always buy a bigger 1

Buy 2, RAID 0.

200 and 250GB drives are usually the best value $/GB.

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