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Should I upgrade my current desktop now or wait? Cost/Benefit

nonjonronnonjonron Member Posts: 139
in Hardware

Hello,

I have the following hardware config:

P4 3.0 GHZ

1022 MB Ram

Nvidia GFORCE 7600 GS

I periodically upgrade to play various games.  Most of my gaming as of late has been confined to Eve On-line although I do dabble in EQ2.  There are some games coming up that hold my interest.  In the short-term Warhammer, in the long-term Diablo III.

I try to time my hardware upgrades to maximize my benefit and minimize my cost.  Question:  will I notice a significant increase in performance if I buy a new desktop in the < $1000 range at this point in time?  If so, does anyone have any hardware recommendations?  I have fallen behind somewhat on the current state of desktop technology.  Thanks.

 

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  • n25phillyn25philly Member Posts: 1,317

    Based on what you have an by how cheap hardware has gotten you should definately go with a new computer than upgrade.  You can put together a rig that would blow yours out of the water for well under $1000

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  • nonjonronnonjonron Member Posts: 139

    Any suggestions with regards to processor, graphics card, memory and sound card in the < $1000 range?  I was considering a Dell.

    How would that machine compare to my current desktop?  Thanks.

  • Tyres100Tyres100 Member Posts: 704

    Hell for only $600 he can build a rig that will kill that one hes got by hundreds of percents better in benchmarks. Go with a new one. In a year or 2 we may see the prices start to go up again due to mining conditions in Africa for obtaining that rare elements found in these products and cell phones.

     

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  • frejofrejo Member Posts: 2

    Go with a radeon hd4850 or hd4870 graphics if you want the most bang for the buck.

    As for cpu a 3GHz core2 duo would suffice, I don't think a quad  core benefits games that much yet.

  • ThunderballsThunderballs Member Posts: 365

    yes the time is now - for a start we are in the middle of a recssion and we have evolved to quad cores at mass market prices and ram is crazy cheap.

     

    you might be able to pick up a decent second hand pc for a $300 and stick something like a HD4870 gfx card in it nd that would be a decent machine for what you want.

     

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  • grimbojgrimboj Member Posts: 2,102

    My PC is better than yours and I cant run the new EVE graphics upgrade :(

    Like the man said you can replace your memory:processor:graphics bottlekneck for $650-$700.

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