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Help me upgrade please!

Discussion in 'Audio and Video' started by argueta789, Nov 7, 2011.

  1. cliffordcooley TechSpot Paladin

    Yes, however the 533 will give better performance than the 400.
  2. red1776 Omnipotent Ruler of the Universe

  3. argueta789 TechSpot Member

    so what options will open up if i install the intel pentium d 945 presler 3.4 ghz? which card would u recommend then? and i will be buying the corsair 500 w psu. and 1 gb of ram, or will it not matter?
  4. dmill89 TechSpot Guru

    Going up to the Pent D 945 will definately help you with processor intensive tasks, it is basically 2 Pent4s on a single die. However the 4850/4870 would still be around the max you would want to go on video card. Anything much more would be bottlenecked by the CPU / motherboard chipset. The 4850 is a decent card and can still run most current games at meduim settings. Yous should be able to max out an older game like FSX with a PentD/Radeon 4850.
  5. argueta789 TechSpot Member

    Ok guys thanks so much, I will drop the processor out for now , ill buy that later. so it leaves me more money for the card, final decision between radeon hd5770 and the 6770 , or possibly the 4850, also even tho the 5770 and the 6770 are pcie 2.1 , will they still work with my pcie x16 slot? and i have 3 options for the 6770 1.xfx hd677x http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150540 2. his http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161387 or 3. his http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161378
    thank u guys
  6. argueta789 TechSpot Member

    or is there anything better then the presler pentium for my motherboard?
  7. cliffordcooley TechSpot Paladin

    Thats top of the line for your motherboard. If you want to spend your money on better performance you would need to change motherboards. Anyone looking to spend over $200 on upgrades, might consider this option. For an extra $100 or so you could build a machine with 10 times the power.
  8. argueta789 TechSpot Member

  9. cliffordcooley TechSpot Paladin

    Looks good to me. :)

    You ask a question and I'm not sure if you got a response to the question.

    The answer is yes you would need a thermal compound to bond the CPU to the heatsink. Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound is what I am using now. Some work better than other but I couldn't tell you which were better and which were worse.

    newegg thermal compound search
  10. argueta789 TechSpot Member

    Ok if i wanted to upgrade my motherboard which one would fit closely to my current motherboard, and how about then what video card should i buy? becuase i wanna keep that ddr2 memory and use my 300 gb hd and cd drives