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Thread ID: 59460 2005-07-03 07:09:00 Upgrading Question Sleepy (7202) Press F1
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368970 2005-07-03 22:58:00 So for $600, do you think i could get an alright MB, CPU and graphics card, and would this be alright running off the 230W PSU that came with the case. Yep well 1GB a bit uncessary, so 512MB i think i'll get. Preferably the 6600GT, brand not necessary i guess since its coming down to price.

No, even going off pricespy to get a socket 939 MB and matching CPU plus 6600GT and PSU and rma, no it will go over $600. Don't keep the 230w, even though you don't need a huge wattage 230w is just not enough.
pctek (84)
368971 2005-07-04 06:11:00 yeah i have to agree with nearly every one a gig of ram is a little much consider 512mb (lol i have 256 mb of ram and i hardly ever run low on ram then again my page file is 4 gigs....lol) CorbinH (37)
368972 2005-07-04 06:35:00 well i've looked around for a 939 cpu and motherboard and come up with:

ATHLON 64 3000+ Socket 939 $234.93
GIGABYTE GA-K8NSC AMD 64 (nForce3)-939 $123.73
Legend GeForce 6600 GT 128MB AGP $274.50

which comes to a total of $633.16 which is reasonable. Just a little bit over $600, but then theres no power supply. Going for nforce4 motherboard and pci-express card, brings up the price to $700. So staying with nforce 3, and the AGP card, and buying a good power supply instead. But the RAM, would it be alright running 256MB DDR266 RAM?
Sleepy (7202)
368973 2005-07-04 07:23:00 well i've looked around for a 939 cpu and motherboard and come up with:

ATHLON 64 3000+ Socket 939 $234.93
GIGABYTE GA-K8NSC AMD 64 (nForce3)-939 $123.73
Legend GeForce 6600 GT 128MB AGP $274.50

which comes to a total of $633.16 which is reasonable. Just a little bit over $600, but then theres no power supply. Going for nforce4 motherboard and pci-express card, brings up the price to $700. So staying with nforce 3, and the AGP card, and buying a good power supply instead. But the RAM, would it be alright running 256MB DDR266 RAM?
Rams cheap.
pctek (84)
368974 2005-07-04 08:34:00 would it be alright running 256MB DDR266 RAM?
I wouldn't reccomend it. The recent(ish) racing games will run on only 256mb, but they would run a lot better & you could up the settings if you got 512.
Greven (91)
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