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 Jun 24 2005, 10:09 PM
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I want to ramp up my computer with the best I can buy with the smallest amount of money spent. (Im a little tight on money) My specs are: OS Windows XP My Motherboard is a Aopen Ak79D-400VN CPU: AMD Athlon XP/Duron CPU/Socket A/ 400Mhz Chipset: nVidia Nforce2 SSP/nVidia MCP Graphics: 8x AGP Slot IDE: intergrated ATA 133 Controller Max Disk: 144,000,000GB Main Memory: Dual Channel Mode (128bit)/Support DDR400/DDR DIMM x 3/DIMM type: 64/128/256/512 MB & 1GB/Max Memory 3GB Sound: Realteck AC'97 CODEC on-board (ALC650E)/ 5.1Channel My current Graphics card is: GeForce FX 5200ULTRA AGP 128 MB DDR-650Mhz And I have 512 MB RAM Are there any upgrades (specificly Video Cards and sound Cards) That I could use? If so, are there any cheap solutions? I am an Avid Gamer, and would like to "Trick out my computer" so to speak. 
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 Jun 25 2005, 11:26 PM
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Dear Zeno,
Cheap and tricked out don't go hand and hand. Video Cards The big guys are Abit, ASUS, ATI, and they go down from there. Here is a good card but If you notice it has no fan. Just add a Vantec fan card ($20) and your in business. ZipZoomFly Look at the vid cards a t ZipZoomFly.com and Newegg.com. Your AGP slot is a 8X so keep that in mind. No sense in buying a 4X if you can go 8X. Memory Ram Corsair. I trust them and them only. Go to Corsair.com and plug your motherboard or computer specs into "The Ram Guy" to find the right memory. Don't go cheap on this and get only matching sets ie., 256 with 256, 512 with 512, and so on. I recommend going 2GB (two 1GB sticks) in ram for gamers. You warp through the internet too. Sound Cards Creative Labs. Even there cheap card works great. Remember cooling! Let us know, junkdk 
-------------------- Your Hardware Guide.
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