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Name: nonamme
Date: January 25, 2007 at 19:20:04 Pacific
Subject: upgrade for gaming. advise needed.
OS: Windows XP
CPU/Ram: Intel P4 3.0 / 768Mb Ram
Comment:

Hi!

I currently have:
ASUS P4S800, Intel P4 3.0 Mhz, ATI Radeon X850 Pro 256mg, 768 mg RAM, Maxtor 6Y120PO 120GB 7200rpm, POwer supply 430 watt


Planning to upgrade to:
-- ASUS P5B Deluxe/WiFi-AP LGA 775 Intel P965 Express ATX Intel $195
-- Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz LGA 775 $316
-- XFX GeForce 7950GT 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP ExTreme Edition Video Card $290
-- CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) $246
total: $1047


2 reasons:
-- I want to play Gothic 3 (curently takes 3-4 min to load and runs totally slow at lowest settings)
-- I don't want to get back to upgrade for gaming purposes this year

I'm not a pro and chose the components only by reading reviews - please advice:

Question 1: are these components the best solution for gaming for the money (i can spend upto $1,400)?
Question 2: should I get a new hard drive as well?

Thanks,
Jim


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Name: jam
Date: January 25, 2007 at 19:35:13 Pacific
Subject: upgrade for gaming. advise needed.
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$1000+ just to play a game?

The P4S800 is a piece of crap that doesn't support dual channel mode, but then again, you're only running 768MB RAM too.

Have you considered unlocking your X850Pro & flashing it with the X850XT BIOS?

http://www.overclock.net/faqs/44936...


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