Ryan's Rig... Upgrading in Progress!

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Ryan_W

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Hey all...

Just put together (about 3 weeks ago) my first ever build.... Now I've got the bug! lol

Here's my rig spec:

Case: Antec Sonata III Piano Black Quiet Mid Tower Case - With 500W EarthWatts PSU

CPU: AMD Athlon 64bit 5200+ AM2 Retail Boxed Processor, 2.7GHz, 2 x 1MB L2 Cache

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-M57SLI-S4

RAM: Corsair 4GB Kit (4x1GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 XMS2 Memory Non-ECC Unbuffered CL5 (5-5-5-12)

HDD: Western Digital WD2500AAKS Caviar SE 250GB 7200RPM SATAII/300 16MB Cache

Graphics Card: Innovision 3D 8500GT 512MB DDR2 VGA DVI PCI-E

TV Tuner: Pinnacle PCTV DVB-T Tuner

Monitor: Samsung SM206BW 20" TFT

OK first time build?

Looking to upgrade to a Intel Quad Core system soon......

Cheers for looking,

Ryan
 
Not bad specs there mate, if it's gaming performance you're looking for though I'd consider a graphics card upgrade before anything else, as by my estimates that 8500 will be bottlenecking your X2, not the other way around. It may be worth holding on to your current setup for a little longer, as LGA775's replacement is going to be arriving later this year, or early next year, so now may not be the best time to upgrade if the real-world perfomance gains are not so great.
 
Thanks for the reply mate... I'm looking at getting a 512GTS of a GTX.... I've got the funds waiting, just need to make up my bloody mind!
 
Personally I think you might as well go for a quad.

The prices are going to crash down now as the new 45nm's are coming out and a decent board is relatively cheap. Just buy a standard 8800gt and overclock. Mind you, saying that, even a GTX is cheap enough.

If you wait, then when you go to buy something in the future someone is just going to go, "but.....this is coming out soon....and...this is coming out soon."

Its a never ending cycle and dont forget. You can always sell old hardware. :D
 
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