What should I upgrade next?

[gameboyzz]

Need your advice guys on what I need to upgrade next.

Here are my pc specs

P4 2.53 533 fsb 512 cache cpu
Asus P4PE motherboard
2 120 gb hard drives WD 7200 rpm
Radeon 9700 pro I know this will need to be replaced soon, waiting for 9900
Audigy 2 platinum sound card
Alienware case w/ enermax 350 watt p/s
1 gb of corsair xms pc3500
Pioneer a05 dvdrw
Tdk 52x internal cdrw
Logitech Dual optical mouse
Samsung 955df 19 inch flat monitor

 

[thorin]

Nothing.

Not to sound overly parental or anything but put yer money away and let it earn some interest (however little) and save it for college or an upgrade a year from now. There's absolutely nothing wrong with your system.

Edit: If the choices above don't apply then: buy your wife something, pay of your credit cards, line of credit, mortgage, etc......

Thorin

 

[Electric Amish]

Originally posted by: thorin
Nothing.

Not to sound overly parental or anything but put yer money away and let it earn some interest (however little) and save it for college or an upgrade a year from now. There's absolutely nothing wrong with your system.

Thorin

Agreed.

...and you won't need to upgrade your 9700 Pro soon.

amish

 

[climb4]

If you really want to toss your $$$ away buy a new P4 with HT. And then of course you will have to have a new MB that has HT as well. hehehe :Q

 

[bgeh]

Originally posted by: gameboyzz
Need your advice guys on what I need to upgrade next.

Here are my pc specs

P4 2.53 533 fsb 512 cache cpu
Asus P4PE motherboard
2 120 gb hard drives WD 7200 rpm
Radeon 9700 pro I know this will need to be replaced soon, waiting for 9900
Audigy 2 platinum sound card
Alienware case w/ enermax 350 watt p/s
1 gb of corsair xms pc3500
Pioneer a05 dvdrw
Tdk 52x internal cdrw
Logitech Dual optical mouse
Samsung 955df 19 inch flat monitor

i've tried looking and looking, but there's nothing i can criticize about this computer
and don't change your 9700 pro just yet

 

[busmaster11]

Get a flat panel... Otherwise quit bragging. It's very obvious.

 

[amdskip]

Originally posted by: busmaster11
Get a flat panel... Otherwise quit bragging. It's very obvious.

 

[squidman]

*panting* Radeon 9700 to be replaced soon? *has a stroke* :Q

Is there such thing as a perfect PC? Hopefully i realized the meanoing of my sig below

 

[squidman]

If i had $$$ to buy 9900 (which is about 500 bux i would) given the computer u have, i would either:
1) Take my friends to some eatery/club and have hella friggin fun.
2) rent a hotel room and have fun with my g/f
3) buy my pops some kick-ass present (he never asks for anything )
4) buy myself a Russian motorbike
5) buy MB Quart speakers for me car-o
6) Decorate my room in my dacha in Russia (its so plain right now)
7) buy some powertools (i like to get away from urban Russian life and work with wood and crap)
8) get me a motor for our boat
9) get my pops an SVD-Bear hunting rifle
10) and much more...but WHY THE FVCK WOULD I BUY A MOFVCKING RADEON 9900, IF THE CARD I WOULD (supposedly) HAVE WOULD PROVIDE ME WITH 30+ FPS IN ALL MOFVUCKIN GAMES??! I've been on this student exchange 2 programm 2 moths now, and still cant understand Americans sometimes...

But if thats what u want - then go ahead. Different people got different life prerequisites.

Good luck.

 

[gameboyzz]

busmaster11,

I'm not bragging, its just that with the way technology is moving theres always something new to upgrade.
Thats why I simply came here and asked for some thoughts.

Thanks for the advice guys, Greatly appreciated.

 

[jspeicher]

Eh, upgrading is overrated.

 

[Oalex]

all you need to change is your mouse.......buy a Logitech MX700

you'll get more FPS..... (just kidding)

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: gameboyzz
Need your advice guys on what I need to upgrade next.

Here are my pc specs

P4 2.53 533 fsb 512 cache cpu
Asus P4PE motherboard
2 120 gb hard drives WD 7200 rpm
Radeon 9700 pro I know this will need to be replaced soon, waiting for 9900
Audigy 2 platinum sound card
Alienware case w/ enermax 350 watt p/s
1 gb of corsair xms pc3500
Pioneer a05 dvdrw
Tdk 52x internal cdrw
Logitech Dual optical mouse
Samsung 955df 19 inch flat monitor

Be happy with what you have!

here is my rig for comparison, it will make you feel alot better
asus a7n8x deluxe
5400 rpm 80gig maxtor with a 2mb buffer
athlon xp 1700 @ 2000 levels
asus geforce4 ti4200 8x
512mb of crucial pc2100
samtron 98bdf
asus 52x cdrw
ibm model m keyboard
logitech ifeel mousman optical
altec lansing 4.1 speaker system
radio shack headphones


btw you insane for wanting to upgrade yours

 

[Chaotic42]

Go quad Xeon, or at least dual.

 

[CigarSmokedByClinton]

Rule of thumb: If you need to ask, you don't need to upgrade anything.

Cigar

 

[Budmantom]

3.06

 

[Shagga]

Originally posted by: gameboyzz
Need your advice guys on what I need to upgrade next.

Here are my pc specs

P4 2.53 533 fsb 512 cache cpu
Asus P4PE motherboard
2 120 gb hard drives WD 7200 rpm
Radeon 9700 pro I know this will need to be replaced soon, waiting for 9900
Audigy 2 platinum sound card
Alienware case w/ enermax 350 watt p/s
1 gb of corsair xms pc3500
Pioneer a05 dvdrw
Tdk 52x internal cdrw
Logitech Dual optical mouse
Samsung 955df 19 inch flat monitor

If you really have to, perhaps a quicker CPU and a Humongous 22" Monitor. Then donate the residue to a couple of the guyz on this forum, like Schadenfroh for instance.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: amdskip

Originally posted by: busmaster11
Get a flat panel... Otherwise quit bragging. It's very obvious.

 

[deerslayer]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: amdskip

Originally posted by: busmaster11
Get a flat panel... Otherwise quit bragging. It's very obvious.

 

[Sid59]

Originally posted by: LyNx01

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: amdskip

Originally posted by: busmaster11
Get a flat panel... Otherwise quit bragging. It's very obvious.

 

[gf4200isdabest]

Originally posted by: busmaster11
Get a flat panel... Otherwise quit bragging. It's very obvious.

'nuff said. Shut yer festering gob...

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Well, once I get my system upgraded, I plan to make my next upgrade to a 15,000 RPM SCSI drive. If you have the money, get that. It'll speed up just about everything from loading times to responsiveniess with a like 3.8 or 3.9 ms access time.

 

[driggers]

donate to me!

900mhz athlon tbird
AOpen AK73(A) mboard
256mb 100mhz ram
40gig ibm 75gxp 7200rpm hd
36x cd-rom
12x cd-rw
3dcool case w/ 250w power supply
radeon 8500 64mb vid card
onboard sound
3 piece logitech speaker set
6 year old keyboard
plain ol microsoft intelli mouse
19" viewsonic a90f+ (im satisfied here )

 

[classy]

Originally posted by: busmaster11
Get a flat panel... Otherwise quit bragging. It's very obvious.

LOL. I see nothing to upgrade. But if you have dual dimms, maybe a nice upgrade would be a slick 865pe board. Not that you'll notice anything.

 

[teutonicknight]

Nothing, otherwise, get one of these: