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Giomanach Posts: 6095 Joined: 11/19/2003 From: England Status: offline	Just wanting some opinions... - 12/9/2004 16:26:14 When I have the money....I'm looking to do some serious upgrades on PC... Current Specs: 633Mhz Intel Celeron Socket 370 Intel Motherboard (on board vid, sound, USB etc PCI Slot only, can only take upto 1Gb RAM) Netgear 10/100 Ethernet Card C-Media 4 Way Sound Card (Guys gotta have surround sound somehow) 80GB HDD Maxtor Diamond 9 Plus Optorite CD-RW (52x24x52x) 16X DVD ROM 17" CRT Monitor 384Mb RAM (One 256MB and a 128MB) Now...I'm looking at replacing Motherboard for a Socket 478, with onboard Ethernet, 8xAGP, able to take upto 3GB RAM, Radeon 9200 128MB Graphics Card....upgrading to 1GB RAM and a Celeron or P4 at 2.5-3Ghz... When I have the cash...d'ay reckon that's gonna be a good set-up..or do you guys have any recommendations on hardware pieces? Please...no fully built systems - don't trust 'em - and no AMDs - hate them...and try to keep it cheap...this guy dont have a big budget at the best of times... Fire Away... _____________________________


bobby Posts: 11394 Joined: 8/15/1969 From: Seattle WA USA Status: offline	RE: Just wanting some opinions... - 12/9/2004 17:15:33 The only thing I'd recommend is stick with the P4 over the Celeron, and instead of the 9200 spend a little bit more and get a 9600. The price on those has come down quite a bit since PCI-E came out... and its performance over the 9200 is worth the extra cash, IMO. http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=M&Product_Code=190872&Category_Code=VC-ATI 'Course... as long as you're upgrading the mobo, go for one that supports SATA drives and PCI-E. You can't go wrong with a 6800GT graphics card (under $200) By the time you upgrade again there will probably be better selection for PCI-E mobos and cards tho _____________________________ If con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of progress? (in reply to Giomanach)