to upgrade or not? (gaming purposes)

[farmernikevs]

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Maayong buntag.. patabang lng unta ko sa akoa specs.. (to upgrade to not?)

Ani kron akoa specs:

Vid card: NVIDIA GeForce FX5500 (256mb)
processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.26GHz
HHD: 40GB
Mobo: asrok p4vm800
RAM: 768mb

sa akoa set up karon kaya man ang CW pero low settings dapat.. pero dili japon lingaw...
Murag karaan na man gud ni akoa set up... unya nid nakow smooth na cw experience... mas maayo cguru kung mag palit nalng kung bago?..

If dapat na jud ko mupalit ug bago unsa aus na set up? 17k below akoa budgeted.. mas maayog dili mulagpas ung 15k..

[ongkal]

kaya ra man if you do some recycling. like your case and power supply, dvd drive, hard drive, floppy drive. bale ang main components lang ilisdi: Processor, mobo, ram. if gusto kag sata nga hdd or dvd drive palit jud kag bago.

depends sad what games u wish to run and how u wish to run them.

[reishoto]

socket478 man ka bro, which is lisod kaayo pangitaon. i would suggest bag-o jud nga board using lga775 socket. just look for a board nga nice ug IGP or integrated nga video pero ok pud. say, with 8xxx-series IGP...

[lokster]

buy a totally new computer, 40gb isnt enough for gaming, your RAM is too slow, your CPU is way slow, and your video card is weak. needs a total overhaul, sell that and add some cash so you can buy a better computer

[box2joe]

for your 17k Budget bro kini imo mapalit

option 1: Intel Platform
Intel E5200 (2.5G) 2mb 800FSB PDC 3830
XFX MG-610I-7059 GF7050 Vpcie/S/GL 2750
PC HD3850 512ddr3 256bit dvi PCS 5670
Kingston 2GB 800 ddr2 1170
250gb Seagate Barracuda SATA 8mb 2430

Total 15870


option 2:AMD Platform
Athlon 64 X2 5000 (2.6G) 1mb DC 3240
Gigabyte MA78GM-S2H AMD780 4430
PC HD3850 512ddr3 256bit dvi PCS 5670
Kingston 2GB 800 ddr2 1170
250gb Seagate Barracuda SATA 8mb 2430

Total 16940

that if you really want to max out what your budget can possibly buy. the rest recycle nalang usa then upgrade it later, but i suggest to get a GOOD 500 Watts PSU (Silverstone ST50F will do) or make those items as your reference and try to look for it on the buy and sell section para masmakatipid pa jud ka.

[poldopunk]

The E5200 is highly overclockable, get a decent cooler, decent mobo and a decent power supply then watch this baby move like an E8xxx err, except for the L2 cache.

[box2joe]

sakto jud ka master poldopunk... hehehehehehe.... if only he could max out his budget up to 25k i suggest he better get the Asus P5Q at 6,700 SRP.... i just bought last monday for my dad's rig.. cool board actually, very decent overclocker just the right combination for the Intel E5200

[Fern]

Dude...... ayaw nalang ug upgrade. its a waste of money ....

*1 gig ddr400 cost 1500 while ddr2 800 rams cost 980 a piece ....

*Your using an AGP while the current trend right now is PCI-E

*These days.... games today are optimized for multi processors


budget lang ug 15k para sa imung new PC .....

my current rig cost me (use as basis) PC Express current cash price

AMD X2 6000 X2 3.1GHZ ---- 4100
Gigabyte MA78GM-S2H ------ 4100 (Integrated video )
4gigram(2x2gig ddr800)------ 2100
250 gig HDD ---------------- 2300
casing --------------------- 1600
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14,200 --13,100 if 2 gig ram --- mas lesser if lower gamay ang proc and casing
you can squeeze out the budget para maka aplit ka ug HD3450 Video card

asssuming if ur going to recycle your DVD drive

[bleed214]

unsa diay difference sa ECS na A780 ug sa Gigabyte na A780?

[Fern]

-ECS mobo have no AM3 socket support, no DVI video connector, upt to only 95 watts tdp processors

-Gigabyte A780 mobos have AM3 support, with DVI connector, and can support 125watts TDP processors