CorruptAssassin
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Hey all,
Its that time of year again where I have some left over money, and I want to upgrade something relatively cheap in my PC.
My specs are as follows:
AMD 2600+
Gigabyte GA-7VT600
Geforce 6600GT
1gig RAM (PC2700)
40gig HHD (no cache)
Onboard 5.1 AC97 sound
2.1 Logitech x230 speakers
Now, I want to upgrade either my HDD or grab a dedicated sound card. However, I just dont know what to get!!!!
The sound card im considering is:
SB Audigy 2 Value
The hard drive im considering is:
140gig Western Digital with 8meg cache
Im down to 2 gigs on my 40giger, but I think I can manage to uninstall some things (basically, its a juggle of what to keep and what to p*ss off). As for sound, ive noticed sound problems in GTA:SA, and when comparing my PC to a friends who's is almost completely identical (bar a larger hard drive with cache, and a sound blaster audio card), he gets greater performance in games such as Doom 3, HL2, and Battlefield 2.
Therefore, the possibility of running EAX, hardware sound, high sound quality, and gaining performance looks great, whereas a new hard drive will decrease loading times (ive noticed it struggles when loading games/unloading games such as BF2) and give me some breathing room with regards to HDD size.
Any suggestions? I can only get one option, and have around 100-130 to spend (Aussie dollars). To compare the AU$ to US$, a Audigy 2 Value costs about $90. The 140gig HDD costs around $120-130.
Its that time of year again where I have some left over money, and I want to upgrade something relatively cheap in my PC.
My specs are as follows:
AMD 2600+
Gigabyte GA-7VT600
Geforce 6600GT
1gig RAM (PC2700)
40gig HHD (no cache)
Onboard 5.1 AC97 sound
2.1 Logitech x230 speakers
Now, I want to upgrade either my HDD or grab a dedicated sound card. However, I just dont know what to get!!!!
The sound card im considering is:
SB Audigy 2 Value
The hard drive im considering is:
140gig Western Digital with 8meg cache
Im down to 2 gigs on my 40giger, but I think I can manage to uninstall some things (basically, its a juggle of what to keep and what to p*ss off). As for sound, ive noticed sound problems in GTA:SA, and when comparing my PC to a friends who's is almost completely identical (bar a larger hard drive with cache, and a sound blaster audio card), he gets greater performance in games such as Doom 3, HL2, and Battlefield 2.
Therefore, the possibility of running EAX, hardware sound, high sound quality, and gaining performance looks great, whereas a new hard drive will decrease loading times (ive noticed it struggles when loading games/unloading games such as BF2) and give me some breathing room with regards to HDD size.
Any suggestions? I can only get one option, and have around 100-130 to spend (Aussie dollars). To compare the AU$ to US$, a Audigy 2 Value costs about $90. The 140gig HDD costs around $120-130.