[ Outline ] · Standard · Linear+ Broke and looking for a good deal., need to up my PC

[Pikaporeon]

alright. i am at the moment fairly broke... ive got abotu $40 Canadian to my name

Heres my PC:
AMD 1700+
256 MB DDR SDRAM
ATI Radion 9200 SE Atlantis 128 MB DDR
Sound Blaster 16 PCI

i obviously have more than that, but those are the generic detals. im fine for HD space and what not.


Now, thats beginning to look a bit dated in some ways (especially ram)

I was wondering
A: what should my prioritys be
B: say i need a new processor/ram/whatever what would be a good compromise between price and power
C: Also im running up the specs on my Mobo, il grab them in full later. Its an Asus. How fast a chip can i drop in it? (il get more info on my board later)





Thank you

[Masked Muffin]

A water cooling setup that costs about 50% more than an XP3000+ doesn't make a huge amount of sense to me...

Current processors have been at a bit of a wall for about a year, with not much movement occuring, nowdays the RAM quality is making big moves because people are realising that generic ram that does DDR400 at 3-4-4-8 doesn't quite cut it...

In either case, if you need more speed, save up...

As allways, for gaming hit the AMD's, any of the 64bit range is fantastic...

As for overclocking, find a dedicated Overclocking site and read up on there, i tend to visit www.overclockers.com.au a fair bit...

Oh, and BIOS updates are a must!

Don't know a huge amount about AMD clocking, i use a P4 myself...

I'll stop rambling now