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Originally posted by SciManAl+16 October 2003 - 22:38--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (SciManAl &#064; 16 October 2003 - 22:38)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Hey check dis site out&#33;&#33;&#33; Compgeeks.com it has all of the things you are asking for, for a loot cheapper...&nbsp; combo mobo deals are the best... [/b]

And their usually off name "economy" line mobos

Originally posted by kurtsl0an@16 October 2003 - 20:59
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@17 October 2003 - 01:19
We share the same mobo and chip.

Get more memory.

500MB is plenty fer a 2600 - afta that, ur bottleneck will b the processor anyways. [/quote]
Agreed, 512 of Memory is enough for anything you would want to do on that 333 FSB Chip and Memory.

Go for a new video card, a 9600 is like 140 bucks easy.

And if you still want to blow the rest of the money, I would probably suggest,

A nice overclocking fan, get some extra performance, if your Mobo allows overclocking - 40 Bucks for a good fan and heatsink.

A good sound card, that blows away just the basic onboard - 30 bucks, on the low end.

Nice speakers perhaps? If your just using 2 basic ones, I would suggest atleast getting a nice two piece set, like the logitech, 340Z I believe? - 50 bucks.

A bigger hard drive if you have an open spot on either of your IDE channels. - 80 bucks for an 80 Gig is about right, give or take 5 or so bucks.

[bigdawgfoxx]

Ok why is the 9500 more then the 9600? I thought the higher you went up the better the card was? whats up with that? thanx&#33;

[adamp2p]

Originally posted by bigdawgfoxx@18 October 2003 - 02:33
Ok why is the 9500 more then the 9600? I thought the higher you went up the better the card was? whats up with that? thanx&#33;

Well the 9600 pro, that is, is off by 4 pixel pipelines from the 9500 pro, but I have read that those 4 extra pixel pipelines turn the speed on the card way down--I think that they cause a lot more heat. That is why the 9500 pro has the clock that is does, which is significantly lower. The memory modules on the 9600 pro overclock very well. If check out the speeds that 3rd gen noob was testing you see that the clock is over 100 MHz higher than the 9500.

I personally think that the 9600 pro at the &#036;140 price point is the better buy over the 9500 pro (as far as price/performance goes). The 9500 pro costs &#036;200 (all USD). 9500 pro is a better overall card, but not &#036;60 worth more.