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    Seedler's Avatar T__________________T
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    Well, there's no need for upgrades, but I want to just for some decent performance boost w/o spending too much. Looking at around $400-500 bucks.

    Newer games, especially, bioshock which I tried yesterday, ran fine on medium-low settings. I think either single-core cpu or the ram is bottlenecking.

    So, suggestions?

    PS: specs in sig, with a pos Asus A8N5X mobo
    Biostar XE T5
    i5-750 @ 4.0 GHZ stable (CM Hyper 212)
    2 x 2GB Cosair XMS3 DDR3 1600MHZ
    Radeon 5850 @ 866/1254MHZ
    Intel X25-M in RAID 0
    WD Caviar Black 2TB in RAID 0
    3 x Asus 25.5" VW266H LCD [Eyefinity]

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    AmpeD's Avatar the o'lol factor BT Rep: +10BT Rep +10
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    get more ram
    and for 400-500 bucks get the ram, a socket am2 mobo and a good processor

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    ok, what you need is to buy 2gigs of ram for just 80 bucks (DDR2 800). Then you'll need a new video card which is around $370?
    You should also get the superclocked version, it should increase your chances of getting a free RMA upgrade if you fuck it up later on and its only what? $20 more for better performance?
    As for the mobo and processor, I think my combo is pretty good but you can get the 5600+ for cheaper if you want. The EVGA mobo also comes with lifetime warranty so if it fucks up, you're insured for life .

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    Number one priority.

    Get a life.
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    Political correctness is based on the principle that it's possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.

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    Quote Originally Posted by lynx View Post
    Number one priority.

    Get a life.
    Make sure you get at least v2.0 so you can carry it forward when you reincarnate.
    "I am the one who knocks."- Heisenberg

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    or you could get laid and stop worrying about the speed of your computer

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    Quote Originally Posted by clocker View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by lynx View Post
    Number one priority.

    Get a life.
    Make sure you get at least v2.0 so you can carry it forward when you reincarnate.
    If he does...

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    Quote Originally Posted by AmpeD View Post
    or you could get laid and stop worrying about the speed of your computer



    @ lynx and clocker as well



    wow i just did like 4 massive farts.

    /me brb need deodorant

    ontopic:
    get some more RAM so the girls think ur the sexy

    how about a new monitor or something? get a nice 1 for $400

    or speakers?

    dunno if ur into watching films or what not.

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    Quote Originally Posted by lynx View Post
    Number one priority.

    Get a life.
    Wtf is that.

    Is that similar to the sims or something, so I can find it on trackers and dl.


    mmm on topic, so um decided to get another gig or ram, + a new monitor. Too much money to get new mobo + CPU or gfx card. Should last me another 1-2 years then i'll just get new comp.
    Biostar XE T5
    i5-750 @ 4.0 GHZ stable (CM Hyper 212)
    2 x 2GB Cosair XMS3 DDR3 1600MHZ
    Radeon 5850 @ 866/1254MHZ
    Intel X25-M in RAID 0
    WD Caviar Black 2TB in RAID 0
    3 x Asus 25.5" VW266H LCD [Eyefinity]

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    dude, you're not even dual cored!

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