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2007-07-08 05:48:28
airborne916
Member
+24|7137
im poor so id be hard for me to get a new comp
x700pro
P4 3.2
200gb HD brand?
mobo ?
ram 2x512 brand?
psu 300w?
its a gateway
Should i bother upgrading? If so what should be the the first things i buy? I get 60 bux a week.
2007-07-08 05:49:35
kylef
Gone
+1,352|6965|N. Ireland
Save up for a good few weeks before you do some upgrading, otherwise you will just have an overkill on certain components compared to others.
2007-07-08 10:10:14
CrazeD
Member
+368|7144|Maine
Don't even bother "upgrading" a Gateway. It's not worth it, just buy a new system when you can.
2007-07-08 18:44:15
chrispchikin
Member
+3|6882
Not really much point upgrading...if u upgrade one component, the others wont be able to keep up.

got any rich relatives?
2007-07-08 19:32:02
san4
The Mas
+311|7160|NYC, a place to live
If you're going to upgrade something, I would add another gig of RAM.

I don't know anything about ATI cards, but I had a P4 2.4ghz cpu with a 6800XT (128mb) and it ran BF2 fairly smoothly on low settings (with only 1 gig of ram). That card (AGP) is selling for about $120 at newegg.com. I wouldn't get it though, too much money to put into an old system and maybe not much improvement. RAM is a better choice.

You are probably going to have to pay a bundle when do an upgrade because you'll need a new PSU, mobo, cpu, ram, and a pci-e video card. I did the whole thing for about $850 (including a C2D E6600 and an 8800GTS). It's not cheap but everything is so different from when your system was originally built that it's hard to upgrade it piece by piece at this point.
2007-07-08 19:42:47
Scorpion0x17
can detect anyone's visible post count...
+691|7237|Cambridge (UK)
Add another gig of ram.
Get a better video card.

Other than that, there's not a lot you can do without spending a bucket full of money.

 

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