Sup Everyone, I have this problem that I need help with. First off, I want a new Computer, but I know I dont need one. This is what I have inside my computer,
ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe Motherboard: Socket 939 for AMD CPU, NVIDIA nFORCE 4 SLI, Supports Dual PCI-e VGA Cards, Advanced Overclocking Features
MEMORY
2 512MB Memory Sticks, 2, 1GB = Total of 3 GBs
Hard Drive
3 Hard drives: (a) 120 GB (b) Western Digital Serial ATA 7200RPM 200GB (c) Western Digital Serial ATA 7200RPM 400 GB
Processor and Speed
AMD Athlon 64 Processor with HyperTransport technology. FX-60 Dual Core socket 939
Video Graphics
ATI Radeon X 800XL PCI EXPRESS
CD-ROM drive 48x
DVD+RW/+R drive
CD- 32x/12x/10x
DVD- 8x/24x/24x
Power Supply
Antec 480 watt
My last upgrade was exactly a year ago, I wanted my PC to be one of the most powerful PC in my town (at that time). Now the reason I want to upgrade again is because of all the great DX10 games that are going to come out, but for most importantly for Crysis. I know that game is going to be great, I feel it will push the boundaries among PC games. For that I want to see and feel the full potenial of that game. Not to mention other games that will come out too like bioshock, hellgate, ect. My 1st plan was too spend $3500 or $4000 for a brand new computer. I already thought of what exactly I wanted in this new computer.
ANTEC NINE HUNDRED ULTIMATE GAMER CASE
IM NOT SURE WHAT PROCESSOR BECAUSE IM AN AMD GUY, SO WANTED TO WAIT FOR AMD'S QUAD CORE
SINCE I WAS WAITING ON AMD'S NEW PROCESSOR, THE MOTHERBOARD I NEED DOESNT EXIST YET. SO IM UNDECIDED.
OF COURSE WINDOWS VISTA HOME PREIMUM FOR DX10.
BFG TECHNOLOGIES GEFORCE 8800GTX VIDEO CARD, PCI EXPRESS, 768MB GDDR3
BFG AGEIA PHYSX 128MB GDDR3 PCI PHYSICS ACCELERATOR CARD
GIGABYTE GC-RAMDISK PCI, RAM DRIVE ADD ON CARD ( BASICALLY A CARD WHERE I CAN ADD 4 GB MORE OF RAM THAN WHAT ALREADY IS ON THE MOTHERBOARD.)
AND A POWER SUPPLY
But then I came to my senses and I thought that was too much money for a new computer, especally since I just upgraded a year ago. But then I thought what If I just upgrade certain parts. Like my Video card, Windows vista, get BFG AGEIA PHYSX AND GIGABYTE GC-RAMDISK, plus about 4 more GB of ram for the ram drive add on. I calculated that I would spend about close to $2000. I'm thinking about going to Compusa, I measured my total price from there prices, If you know a cheaper place PLEASE LET ME KNOW!!!!! But that should do it so I can get that great experiance when these games come out....right ??? I'm no hardware expert. Never taken any PC clasess, I just learn off others and through the internet.
So these are my questions, getting that ram card add on should help me alot with speed for the games right??? Plus not to forget my AMD FX-60 DUEL CORE that I already have. I heard other guys say that there PC loads windows in less that 20 seconds because of that PCI ram card. Shouldn't that ram card make up the difference of speed from an FX-60 to todays high end CPU (intel)???? Plus I've heard that they've made a new ram card add on that can hold up 8 GB of ram !!!!! So what do you guys think (besides the fact that I may be crazy)???? Too expensive ?? Is there a different way(beside buying a new console). What ideas or comments do you guys have for me???? Thank You!
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