JeepRubi Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 I am currently running: -AMD64 3500+ -Nvidia Geforce 7600 GS -1.5 GB Generic RAM -Some cheapo motherboard I was thinking of doing a big upgrade (for me at least) in september, getting a 650i motherboard, 2GB ram, and an Intel Core 2 Duo E6300. (keeping my video card for the time being untill I can save up enough again.) My question is: Would I be farther ahead spending $500 getting that ^^^^ or, for $200-$400 buying an 8600 or an 8800? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death225 Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 From what ive been hearing around in order to get all that you can out of the newer videos cards you are going to need a high end cpu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16820145015 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xrain Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 I'd suggest shelling out the $500 for the new cpu, ram, and mobo because your computer is only as good as its foundation, if your cheapo mobo decides to short out your components, that new video card wouldn't mean much, and besides a new series of video cards are shelled out every 6 months. By the time you get enough money for a new video card you will be able to get a lot better one for the money. And your rendering times will prolly get a bigger drop from the better cpu, than the new video card, not to mention the more it will take until you will have to use your page file from the boost in ram. :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomatoSlayer Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 Get at least the E6600. You won't regret the greater cache. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R315r4z0r Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 Originally posted by TomatoSlayerGet at least the E6600. You won't regret the greater cache. I was about to suggest the exact same thing. What, the E6600 is like.. $20 greater than the E6300, it isn't a big deal if your planning on spending that much. You might as well go with what will last you in the long run. Especially with doing things like working on this mod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeepRubi Posted July 9, 2007 Author Share Posted July 9, 2007 I;m on an extremely tight budget, so I have no choice but to stick with the 6300. I've found some items on eBay: http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewIt...p;rd=1&rd=1 http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewIt...p;rd=1&rd=1 http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewIt...p;rd=1&rd=1 I'm hoping to get them all somewhere around the $200-$275 mark. Otherwise I'll keep scrounging around eBay till I find what I need at a price I can afford. Edit: The 6600 is WAY more than $20 more than the 6300 http://canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=Sh...&cid=CPU.84 and http://canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=Sh...&cid=CPU.84 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthrax Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 Lucky bastard, I only have a FX5200OC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuiki Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 get a Q6600 its not reallly supported by games games now but in th future Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeepRubi Posted July 25, 2007 Author Share Posted July 25, 2007 Okay, I bought : http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewIt...p;rd=1&rd=1 and http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewIt...p;rd=1&rd=1 Now, I'm getting 2x1gb of DDR800 ram. Only thing I haven't bought or decided on is the video card. I am really torn between an 8800gts and an 8600gts, I know the 8800gts is much better, but I don't want to spend that much on a video card. Any advice would be great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Former Developers Havoc89 Posted July 25, 2007 Former Developers Share Posted July 25, 2007 Originally posted by JeepRubiI am currently running: -AMD64 3500+ -Nvidia Geforce 7600 GS -1.5 GB Generic RAM -Some cheapo motherboard I was thinking of doing a big upgrade (for me at least) in september, getting a 650i motherboard, 2GB ram, and an Intel Core 2 Duo E6300. (keeping my video card for the time being untill I can save up enough again.) My question is: Would I be farther ahead spending $500 getting that ^^^^ or, for $200-$400 buying an 8600 or an 8800? Thats your current system? why dont you send that over to me, than i wont have to worry about upgrading my pc :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeepRubi Posted July 25, 2007 Author Share Posted July 25, 2007 Everyone's asking me for my old stuff, let it be known that I am selling it to my Dad, and that is the only reason that I will be able to get this upgrade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeepRubi Posted July 27, 2007 Author Share Posted July 27, 2007 Well, I broke down and got the 8800, it should be here today. As for my other parts I could wait for a very long time as they are from ebay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeepRubi Posted July 29, 2007 Author Share Posted July 29, 2007 Lol @ 8800 in my old system, I'm just going to keep it like that until I get my other parts. (I know I triple posted) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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