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MrX1oo1
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_ 		19. September 2005 @ 21:36 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i currently have a dell dimension 4600 with a 2.8 GHz processor and a pathetic 256 mb of ram. I'm looking to upgrade to two one gb ram so it'd actually be two gb, buying a GeForce? 7800 GT PCIe (PCI Express) Graphics Card (copy and paste thank you very much) and a Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS sound card. should i also look at a new processor for gaming? or is the one i have good enough? if i do need to upgrade what should i upgrade to? Let me know about any of these decisions, cause this is a crap load of money im gonna be spending. Thanks a mil,
MrX
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MrX1oo1
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_ 		19. September 2005 @ 21:48 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Or perhaps would i just be better off going with Dell's Xps gen 2 notebook? kinda expensive for me though
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ozzy214
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_ 		20. September 2005 @ 07:06 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Dell is known for having and using sub standard parts. The best way is to start from scratch. Check out newegg...they are fricking awsemoe. I got a amd 3700+....case....and epox mobo for under 500 hundred with no probs. TRhe only prob I have is the damn vid card keeps crashing. Ati sucks...:>



Plus you probally can reuse things like your cd rom and hard drives, but the mobos and power supplies is not a standard thing with thewm.
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ddp
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_ 		20. September 2005 @ 08:49 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
cpu is alright but you will want more ram. does the motherboard have either an agp slot, pci/e slot or just pci??
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