Looking at what to upgrade first.....need suggestions

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#1 kleebomber
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Heres what I Got...

2x1gig OCZ Platinum 3200 333mhz

300gig seagate barracuda 7200rpm

Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe nForce4 (I was planning on going dual gfx card..but decided not to)

BFG 7900 GT/GTO 256mb gfx card

AMD 64 1.8 Denmark

Also, I didn't add the power supply, as I need a new one (the back fan stopped working) so any suggestions on a good fan would be nice.

Now what I'm looking for is not the best of the best of the best, just something thats good for the price pretty much. I'm from cananda, so the site that I usualy go by is NCIX.com, as the actual store is about 45 mins away. Thanks!

PS: if you need anymore info on the specs, I can run down stairs and grab em!

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#2 kaitanuvax
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Heres what I Got...

2x1gig OCZ Platinum 3200 333mhz

300gig seagate barracuda 7200rpm

Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe nForce4 (I was planning on going dual gfx card..but decided not to)

BFG 7900 GT/GTO 256mb gfx card

AMD 64 1.8 Denmark

Also, I didn't add the power supply, as I need a new one (the back fan stopped working) so any suggestions on a good fan would be nice.

Now what I'm looking for is not the best of the best of the best, just something thats good for the price pretty much. I'm from cananda, so the site that I usualy go by is NCIX.com, as the actual store is about 45 mins away. Thanks!

PS: if you need anymore info on the specs, I can run down stairs and grab em!

kleebomber

So...want to tell us your budget? What games you play? Do any photo / video editing or stuff like that? What's your monitor resolution?

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#3 kleebomber
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Well, I don't realy have a budget, as I plan to get it piece by peice and not all at once. I play all the latest games, like Farcry 2, COD, all the newest games more or less. I've got a Samsung SyncMaster997df. As for the resolution, its max is 1920 x 1440 / 64.0 Hzand the sync rate is 160.0 Hz x 96.0 KHz

oh, and I dont' do any editing, just a pretty hardcore gamer lol.

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#4 kaitanuvax
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Huh? Unlimited budget and you want to play every game? Dude, you have to give me SOME restrictions, otherwise I'm going to throw some quad cores and GTX 295s at you..

But, I'll list the weakest links of your system first, and they should be your first priority in upgrading.

1. PSU

-Speaks for itself.

2. Motherboard

-Socket 939 is prehistoric my friend.

3. CPU

-See above.

4. Memory

-333Mhz is very slow.

5. GPU

-I think this is the first time I've told someone their GPU is the least they have to worry about.

Ncix seems to have a nice selection of items, but I'm going to have to stick with Newegg.ca. They offer more itemes to choose from, better deals, are probably as reliable.

Now, about those restrictions...:shock:
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#5 kleebomber
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Well, I guess I could have been a little more detailed with the restrictions lol. But just looking at newegg.ca I've looked at this setup, no idea if its any good, but going on what it can preform ( I think anyways ) I'm always up for suggestions.

MSI KA780G AM2+/AM2 AMD 780G HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard

XFX PVT98GYDLU GeForce 9800 GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card

Rosewill RP600V2-S-SL-S 600W ATX12V v2.01 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready Power Supply

OCZ Reaper HPC 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel

AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000 3.1GHz Socket AM2 89W Dual-Core Processor

any thoughts?

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#6 kleebomber
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oh and

Thermaltake SpinQ Performance Series cooler

just for fun! lol


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#7 kaitanuvax
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I see that you've come back down to earth. I think I have a sense of what you want.

Mobo + PSU Combo: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.155646 - $178.78

CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply

GIGABYTE GA-G31M-ES2L LGA 775 Intel G31 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard

CPU:Intel Core 2 Duo E7300 Wolfdale 2.66GHz 3MB L2 Cache LGA 775 Dual-Core Processor - $148.99

Memory: G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ - $49.39

GPU: SAPPHIRE 100245L Radeon HD 4850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - $179.89

You should be set with future single GPUs with that PSU.