Okay, its time to upgrade my Duron 1GHz. [48x cdrom drive] [gig hd]
Q: I have just WOW on my machine today, and finally realized that my computer is not cuttin it. It is “running” the game, but I want some better graphics. This is what I have: Abit AMD
1Ghz Duron
EDIT KT7A Motherboard
Geforce4 MX 460 977 503 320 Megs PC133 Ram
20 and a 60 gig HD (both Maxtor 7200 rpm)
Soundblaster Live! Value
Generic 48x cdrom drive
Windows professional
I XP but try to keep this cheap, I would wait until early next year, depending on how much this will cost as of now.
Re:If your PSU is a quality 200w or above, you'll be fine, and if it's a generic 300w or above, you'll also be fine. As long as you aren't oc'ing the CPU, you'll be fine. Something like this would be a cheap fix if your current PSU doesn't cut it.
SilverStone (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=17-163-101&depa=1)
or…
Antec (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=17-103-913&depa=1)
Re:You can most likely sell your cpu/mobo/RAM on ebay for $75 or so. And a 9600 pro would be a nice card, depending on the price. If it's more than $120, go for a used 9700 pro off ebay.
Re:Originally posted by: guy
Try this, this is the best I could do for you on a budget. And this is pretty much a whole new rig BTW. So you'd see a VERY noticable performance increase.
Motherboard- Chaintech (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-152-040&depa=1) $45
CPU- Sempron 2200+ (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=19-104-208&depa=1) $55
Memory- 512MB low latency Corsair (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=20-145-407&depa=1) $82
Video Card- Gigabyte Radeon 9550 (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-125-141&depa=1) (When it's back in stock) $69
Total cost for a brand spankin new system… $251 
A couple questions:
If I would get this setup, how much do you think I could sell the old system for?
I have seen really good prices for the 9600 Pros, would you recommend those?
Can I still use my current Power Supply and Case?
Re:I reccomend the A64 with a video card off e-bay. You can get a GEF4-TI for 60$, and a 9500 for around the same price. The 9500 is very OC'able, and the GEF4ti is not too shabby either.
Re:Oh man, didn't look at it closely (tryin to do this quickly)! Back to the drawing board.
And mine's better 
Re:Mine's cheaper
And that video card has a crippled 64 bit memory bus, and its refurburbished!
Re:Athlon 64 solution:
Motherboard – 67 bucks (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-128-203&depa=1)
CPU – 129 bucks (http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproductdesc.asp?description=19-103-452&DEPA=1)
Video card – 76 bucks (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-131-250&depa=1)
RAM – 70 bucks (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=20-146-219&depa=1)
That's a bit over budget though (maybe by 30 bucks, including RAM), but it's a great setup.
EDIT: Changed video card. Raises price about 10 bucks but no big deal.
Re:Try this, this is the best I could do for you on a budget. And this is pretty much a whole new rig BTW. So you'd see a VERY noticable performance increase.
Motherboard- Chaintech (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-152-040&depa=1) $45
CPU- Sempron 2200+ (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=19-104-208&depa=1) $55
Memory- 512MB low latency Corsair (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=20-145-407&depa=1) $82
Video Card- Gigabyte Radeon 9550 (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-125-141&depa=1) (When it's back in stock) $69
Total cost for a brand spankin new system… $251
Re:However, you can overclock it. Just hope that this (http://www.glebeci.ca/users/matt/video/Scene_1_AMD_Duron_Vaporizing_final_divx_lq1.avi) doesn't happen :Q
Re:I made a mistake, I have an Abit KT7A motherbaord. I was thinking of the one I had before that.
Re:Oh, lets say 300 bucks tops. I would like it to be around 200-250 though.
At that budget I think your best bet would be a faster CPU and video card (you could get a 9800Pro/5900XT and a TBred AthlonXP for under $300, easy — and you could get a used 9700Pro/9800 and a slightly slower CPU for under $200). Getting up to 512MB of RAM wouldn't hurt, either.
You'll have to ditch the MB and RAM at some point, but I don't think you could get a new CPU/MB/RAM *and* a decent video upgrade for under $300. You might be able to if you sold the old parts to offset some of the cost.
Re:Oh, lets say 300 bucks tops. I would like it to be around 200-250 though. What kind of sucks is that fact that my video card runs bad at its normal speed, I have to underclock it some so the system wont turn off in the middle of a game (like in WC3). However, the card was givin to me for free and is way better than my old radeon LE.
Re:Well, would it just be more cost efficient to start building a new system, or keep my current MB and upgrade the cpu?
Re:A 2400+ is probably the max you can put in there.
Re:Hmm…Duron is almost dead. You might want to upgrade your graphics card instead, because there's really nowhere to upgrade the Duron now (you can upgrade to the 1.8 ghz, which is 50 bucks, but your game will still run pretty slowly). Upgrading graphics cards are pretty expensive though, so if you still really want to up that Duron: http://www.newegg.com/app/View…=19-104-160&depa=0 (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=19-104-160&depa=0)
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