Jale
Active member
Now, after 4 years of having the same computer, it's time to upgrade it. The other reason that led me to take this desicion is the death of my ATI Radeon X1600 (well, the whole card is fine, but the fan is broken and burnt) and there's no point in buying another old AGP card. Keep in mind I never do overclocking, so that's not the cause.
These are the alternatives I have in mind (Yeah, the prices are high, but the minimum legal income is about $300 per month, so I'll manage):
Processor:
-- Need suggestion here --
These are the alternatives I have in mind (Yeah, the prices are high, but the minimum legal income is about $300 per month, so I'll manage):
Processor:
- Intel Core 2 Duo E6000 2.40 GHz 1066 FSB ($ 400).
- Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 2.66 GHz 1066 FSB ($ 500).
- Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.66 1066 FSB ($ 680).
- 1 GB DDR2 Kingston ($ 80 X 2).
- 1 GB DDR2 (other brands) ($ 70 X 2).
- nVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT 256 MB ($ 610).
- nVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 640 MB ($ 1,000). -- Nay, too expensive --
- ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro 256 MB ($ 270).
- ATI Radeon HD 3850 256 MB ($ 610).
- Western Digital 500 GB 7200 RPM SATA ($ 360) -- Quite expensive, but affordable --
- Hitachi 160 GB 7200 RPM SATA ($ 190).
- Samsung 400 GB 7200 RPM SATA ($ 280).
-- Need suggestion here --