upgrade

[Fr3ak+--]

at the moment my computer is running the following

intel p4 3.0ghz
nvidia 6600gt 128mb
2gb DDR2 677 (2x1gb)
asus mobo

now i wanna upgrade but i dont got alot of cash
i found some things in my price range i just wanna know if it worth the money
i haven't touch my comp in like 4 years and im not up with all the latest gear since i stopped gaming

Gigabyte EP45-DS3L 775 Motherboard - 146.70
INTEL CORE 2 DUO E7200 2.53GhzCPU - 146.90
Gigabyte 9600GT PCI-E 2.0 512MB 256-bit - 138.50
Kingston 2GB KIT PC5300 667MHz RAM - 51.90 (combinded with the current 2gb to make 4gb)

[Tom_1569]

What are you going to be using it for... and what do you expect from it?

First of all dont bother wiht 667 ram, go 800, its cheap enough.. also make sure your existing ram is 800 to.

[Fr3ak+--]

my existing ram is only 677 which is why i went so low.. other wise i woulda gone the 800

i just went over all better performance..

i've been doing some work in flash recently with some imported movies and it keeps on chugging when i use it and i want it to stop

[Tom_1569]

You can get 2 X 1 gb of 800 ram starting from 46 bux (MSY)
The faster ram is going to be worth it in my opinion and is around the same price if you shop around.
Are you getting a shop to put this together for you, or you building it yourself?
The setup you have now really should be fine for flash editing, I use flash 8 no worries on a similar setup (3.4ghz, 1gb ram, same graphics). I would make sure its not software related its not running fast, especially if the hard drive is going in the new system.

It sounds like you dont want anything completly out their, just a more modern system will reasonable specs. With that in mind, Id say you have made a reasonable choice, asides the RAM, i would go 800 as a minimum, but you dont have to.
The CPU is within the good value for money price range at the moment, and I put one of those graphics cards (asus version) in a computer the other week, the client and I were both happy with how it performed, and should play most games alright, i didnt test it with any games.
Aside from that are you running SATA or IDE drives, as that M/B only has one IDE port but 6 SATA, though as you will know you can still run 2 devices off an IDE port so unless your running a few drives your safe.

Also for good measure, have you thought about Intel vs AMD
The AMD are cheaper, spec for spec, though Intel do offer some other cool features, its really own to personel choice. Personelly on a budget computer AMD arte better in my opinion as you can get alot faster CPU for your money.

[Fr3ak+--]

im gonna go 4gb 800mhz

as for the hdd im running one 320 SATAII

and i prefer to stick with intel as i have always used it

[Tom_1569]

im gonna go 4gb 800mhz

as for the hdd im running one 320 SATAII

and i prefer to stick with intel as i have always used it

I think thats a wise choice with the RAM, moving forward

Yeah SATA will be fine, just thought I'd address incase you were still using multible IDE drives.

And Personel choice is fine, just putting another option to you. There both very similar and do the same job at the end of the day.

[Fr3ak+--]

i was when i first built the comp but i have blown two mobo's since then and over time they stopped producing ones with multiple ide slots so i had to buy a sata drive

[Fr3ak+--]

woo..

picked up the mobo, cpu and ram

gotta wait for them to get the graphics card in

im also bidding on water cooling on ebay for wank factor