PC Upgrades!

[mrmanth]

APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: Lets say today (though realistically more toward 11-10-09...i wonder why =D)

Budget: $700 at the most.

SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Games.

PARTS NOT REQUIRED: mouse, keyboard, monitor, pwr supply (hopefully)

PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: newegg.com unless its cheaper elsewhere obviously.

PARTS PREFERENCES: dont care.

OVERCLOCKING: whatever gives me the most beastly computer.

MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1440x900

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: I want it to be rather beastly. I'm looking to upgrade my video card (radeon 3870) and processor (amd athlon 6400+ 3.2 duo core). I'm assuming I'm going to need a new motherboard.

To sum it up I want a new motherboard, video card, processor, and case for 700 or less. And maybe Vista. I have xp. Not sure how big a deal it is really.

 

[hunter315]

What power supply do you currently have? If you arent planning on buying until november i would hold off a bit, we dont know where the i5 will fall, and the 5xxx series of GPUs will drop the 4xxx series prices considerably(hard to believe considering how fast they are currently dropping)

 

[megamanx00]

Yeah, if you're waiting till November there is no point in doing this now. Prices and availability, as well as combo deals, will be completely different by then. For now a cheap upgrade would getting an AM3 crossfire board, a Phenom II 550, some DDR3 RAM, and another 3870 to run them in crossfire. You can upgrade to a quad core latter on. If you already have a crossfire board, then perhaps upgrading or overclocking your CPU as well as adding another 3870 should give you a decent boost.

 

[mrmanth]

Right now I've got a 500w power supply, ATI Radeon 3870, 3 gigs of ram, and amd 3.2 duo core.