OK original specs are
AMD 3700+ socket 939
1 gig of ram
7600GT video card
430 watt power supply
what should I upgrade to give me the biggest boost in performance? im thinking another gig of ram because its cheap and will increase performance but I know the others are important too.
ive been wanting to upgrade my processor for a while now but I simply cant find any dual core socket 939s anywhere. Not even newegg has that many 939s anymore. So im looking at going with another, newer processor but that would require a new motherboard and it might get a bit expensive extremely quickly.
the video card is another thing im looking at. Ive seen some nice ones like the 8800GT but ive heard brand new video cards with older processors leads to bottlenecking so I wont get a full performance boost. dunno...
and my PSU is only 430 so I will probably need to upgrade that if I get one of those huge, new video cards.
my budget isnt very big at all because I'd like to keep it under 150 dollars. I can go a bit over but the price definitely has to be under 200.
thanks
AMD 3700+ socket 939
1 gig of ram
7600GT video card
430 watt power supply
what should I upgrade to give me the biggest boost in performance? im thinking another gig of ram because its cheap and will increase performance but I know the others are important too.
ive been wanting to upgrade my processor for a while now but I simply cant find any dual core socket 939s anywhere. Not even newegg has that many 939s anymore. So im looking at going with another, newer processor but that would require a new motherboard and it might get a bit expensive extremely quickly.
the video card is another thing im looking at. Ive seen some nice ones like the 8800GT but ive heard brand new video cards with older processors leads to bottlenecking so I wont get a full performance boost. dunno...
and my PSU is only 430 so I will probably need to upgrade that if I get one of those huge, new video cards.
my budget isnt very big at all because I'd like to keep it under 150 dollars. I can go a bit over but the price definitely has to be under 200.
thanks