8500 GT or X1500 probably
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133239
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371004
$150
then save up and get something like this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128345
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115052
or on a smaller budget something like
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116063
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128338
that is if your case will take a micro atx
or some atx options
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138121
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813186146
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128077
id say for motherboard and cpu gpu and psu upgrade itd be like 280+ dollars (if your memory and hard drives are good)
u might have cooling problems new case recomened
hmm, i have a 9800gtx with a p4 3.0ghz(getting q6600), and i can get 45fps on crysis on high settings (average 30)so really you should just get a 500 watt psu with at least a 6pin pci-e connector which is like 60 bucks. and you should get an 9800gt which is like 130 bucks so its like a $200 upgrade...
can anyone tell me the difference between my d945 which is dual core and a other dual core(like the e7200 which is clocked at a lower speed)
For starters, it utilizes the newer 45NM processor, meaning it uses up less voltages, meaning again that it doesnt produce as much heat, its more energy efficient, and it DEFINATELY has a higher FSB than your dual pentium. Honestly, for laptops, it'll get you by, its decently fast. But something like the E7200 can be overclocked to like, a 3.2 GHz overclock or so, basically getting more bang for your buck. My E8400 for example, I easliy OCed to 3.6 GHz without any problems, it runs at 27-32 degrees celsius, Idle and load respectively. The GHz is just a reference to what the multiplier/FSB is at, which comes out to your clock speed for you CPU.
Err, in my first sentence, I meant 45nm architecture.
is it a moajor difference in performance
yes my friend yes it is but if i were u i would get the 9400 gt or 9500 gt for now they give good performance and u will not need a power supply upgrade
some benchmarks
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HIGH DETAIL
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Medium Settings
i would recommend the 9500 gt and u can over clock it once u get it for some extra juice and for only 50 bucks its not a bad deal
oh and if u do plan to build a new system make sure u spend atleast 700 dollars so when u upgrade later u wont have to make a new one
good rule - spend atleast 75 - 100 dollars on mother board (MSI P45 chipset)
- 120 dollars for CPU (intel core 2 dou 45 nm 2.53 GHZ)
- 140 dollars for gpu (nvidia zotac 9800 gtx+0
- 55 dollars on 500 gb hard rive from (hictahi 500 gb sata 2 7200 RPM)
- 4GB DDR2 ram 60 bucks ( 800 mhz ocz)
the rest is ur choice
what about this?
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well dont get the 750i mother board
u cant overclock on them at all so go for the 780i and only get 4 gb but 4 sticks
4 GB with 2 sticks < 4 GB with 4 sticks
upgrade that cooler (ur spending 1.5 k already add 20 -30 bucks for full copper and better cooling)
hardrive ur paying 42 bucks for a 160 gb when u could get a 500 gb for 54 bucks
armor case ?? really that bulky piece of metal ... common (ur choice) i would co with termaltake V9 (just came out, ull be unique) .. cheaper than armor
i'm actually spending about 1k (newegg) and the cpu cooler got rated as the best fan and heatsink at frostytech.com. and for the harddrive, i plan on buying 2 for raid 0 but maybe ill consider the 500 gb. Is there an other mobo that i can buy because i think 780i is rather expensive. I'm trying to keep it under $1000 (with rebates)
if you want sli, the 780i is the best board you can get without getting ridiculous in price.. (790i)
after doing more research on the 750i ftw, i decided it's just not worth getting.
to save even more money, i'm not going for sli at all for my build. when ddr3 ram gets much cheaper and the new x58 mobos+core i7 cpus get settled in, that's when i'll make an sli build.
for now, this is my build: http://www.theslicknes.net/?p=50
i go into some detail for each of my parts lol