OK, guys, I just purchased this rig from my friend for $1000. My original budget was $2000, and I want this computer to be an Ultimate Gaming Computer (or as close to it as I can get anyway), so tell me what to do with the remaining one grand. Right now, my plan is to up the RAM to 4GB (3 more 1 gig sticks) and switch out the current GPU for the Radeon X1800XT 512MB or the BFG 7800GTX 512MB. I don't want to do SLI/Crossfire because I don't have the money and I don't want to spend that much with Directx10 less than a year away....
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Current Specs:
Processor: AMD Opteron 144, stock 1.8 GHz, running at 2.7 GHz
Motherboard: MSI Neo4-F Socket 939, PCI Express, Gigabit LAN, nForce 4 chipset
RAM: 1 GB G.SKILL DDR500 (Timings: 3-4-4-8-1T @ DDR490)
Video Card: connect3D X800 GTO, modified to X800XL (PCI Express x16)
Hard Drives: [2x] 80 GB Hitachi SATA, RAID 0 (Striped)
Optical Drive: NEC DVD Burner, Black
Floppy Drive: NEC Black
Power Supply: OCZ Modstream 450W modular
Case: Cooler Master Centurion 5 ATX Mid Tower
OS: Windows XP Professional
Benchmarks:
---Super Pi 1.4 with validation: 34.9 seconds (1 million digits)
FD7CD6ED (http://superpi.radeonx.com)
---Aquamark 3: 77,000
---3DMark05: 6200
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Seems like my limiting factor is the CPU...anyway, tell me what you think...Thanks in advance.
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Current Specs:
Processor: AMD Opteron 144, stock 1.8 GHz, running at 2.7 GHz
Motherboard: MSI Neo4-F Socket 939, PCI Express, Gigabit LAN, nForce 4 chipset
RAM: 1 GB G.SKILL DDR500 (Timings: 3-4-4-8-1T @ DDR490)
Video Card: connect3D X800 GTO, modified to X800XL (PCI Express x16)
Hard Drives: [2x] 80 GB Hitachi SATA, RAID 0 (Striped)
Optical Drive: NEC DVD Burner, Black
Floppy Drive: NEC Black
Power Supply: OCZ Modstream 450W modular
Case: Cooler Master Centurion 5 ATX Mid Tower
OS: Windows XP Professional
Benchmarks:
---Super Pi 1.4 with validation: 34.9 seconds (1 million digits)
FD7CD6ED (http://superpi.radeonx.com)
---Aquamark 3: 77,000
---3DMark05: 6200
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Seems like my limiting factor is the CPU...anyway, tell me what you think...Thanks in advance.