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Depends on what you have rigth now, post what your box has, and I guess we'll see if its good or not.

edit: oops, didnt see the pics, will say in a min

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If you are planning on doing some serious gaming, go for that grfx card!, I would then upgrade the ram a bit.

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Its a good card. I have a 6600 its very outdated and i run most games very well, 7600 is a very good choice imo. You would probably want to go with more ram as the others said as well.

What kind of socket do you have in your PC you should definately get a core 2 duo, They are very good processors.

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i agree, i'd get more ram..you want at least a gig..i have 2..

than you can get a processor, dual cores are nice...don't go for high end stuff, entry dual core processor gets the job done (i have a  x2 4200+)

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you might want to go for a 7600 GT instead of the GS..

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you might want to go for a 7600 GT instead of the GS..

I would agree with that one..  Also at some point before soon you might want to think moving to an Athlon 64 or x2...  The XP series was great but they are beginning to die out and it is almost impossible to find the chips anymore.

If you are even thinking about running vista get at least 1GB of ram if not 1.5GB. 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130017  Slightly over clocked..

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wait wait....thats the good ol' amd 2400+ xp ? ....the motherboards in that time did not have pci express and I doubt they made some socket A motherboards with pci express...in that case, that video won't work for your setup

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if im right that you are running socketA - scrap the entire idea of upgrading video card - i would advise that you bump up the ram to 1GB and when you have $$$ available change out the entire set-up

I have a socket A rig as my 2nd computer, similar to yours .... 2400+xp athlon, 2gb ram, ati radeon 9000pro - its decent, but not good enough for vista - even in windows xp it is a little sluggish when multitasking

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wait wait....thats the good ol' amd 2400+ xp ? ....the motherboards in that time did not have pci express and I doubt they made some socket A motherboards with pci express...in that case, that video won't work for your setup

i just cought that when i was reading swimmers post. I dont think anyone made a socket A mobo with pci express. your probally going to have to get a AGP video card.

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Ok, well, suggestions for new motherboards/processors that won't cost too much?  How do I find out if I'm on Socket A?  What kind of cooling will I need to add?  Keep in mind guys that I'm also saving for a "desktop replacement" at the same time, this is just going to hold me over. 

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Ok, well, suggestions for new motherboards/processors that won't cost too much?  How do I find out if I'm on Socket A?  Keep in mind guys that I'm also saving for a "desktop replacement" at the same time, this is just going to hold me over. 

here is a decent motherboard and a cheap but fast processor

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131049

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103539

your probably going to have to go with onboard video for now since your old card will not work in most new motherboards.

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the product that I posted and most of the new graphic card have a converter that goes from DVI to VGA.. it is that little adapter in the pictures.

Here are some other great combos..

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2717610&Sku=MBM-A8N5X-3700

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2532189&CatId=1619

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Oh, hehe.  :lol:

I'd like to stay cheap on the motherboard so I can afford to buy everything else, so will that one that dlewis posted for $59.99 suffice?

Now, about that RAM, I'd like to add another 512 MB, any good but cheap solutions?

BTW guys thanks for all your help so far, and for being patient with my lack of computer knowledge.  :-P

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I have the 7600gt and it is a real good card for the money.but for alittle more you can get 7900gs

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130056

as for the memory just make sure the memory timings match your's.use CPUID to check your timings.http://www.cpuid.com/

If you go with socket 939 I would go with this motherboard

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131569

and the 3200 64 venice core

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103535

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Thanks outlaw.  Will there be much difference between that processor you posted and this one dlewis posted?

I'm going to wait to see how much my upgrade is going to cost and how much money I get for Christmas to see if I can get that 7900 GS.

Ok, I did the latency test but I can't make heads or tails of it.  Do you mind telling me what it means?

Cache latency computation, ver 1.0

www.cpuid.com

Computing ...

stride  4      8      16      32      64      128    256    512

size (Kb)

1      3      3      3      3      3      3      3      3

2      3      3      3      3      3      3      3      3

4      3      3      3      3      3      3      3      3

8      3      3      3      3      3      3      3      3

16      3      3      3      3      3      3      3      3

32      3      3      3      3      3      3      3      3

64      3      3      3      3      3      3      3      3

128    4      6      9      18      20      21      20      20

256    4      6      9      18      20      20      21      31

512    25      41      85      170    303    335    350    325

1024    25      56      86      181    306    336    349    325

2048    25      45      88      173    340    330    312    356

4096    38      62      87      173    356    315    342    337

8192    25      44      85      202    323    348    325    343

16384  45      42      85      171    321    351    311    352

32768  20      40      86      170    321    319    351    342

2 cache levels detected

Level 1        size = 64Kb    latency = 3 cycles

Level 2        size = 256Kb    latency = 22 cycles

Is that even what I needed to do?

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you need ddr pc2700 ram.

or look up what kind of mother board you have and see whats the maximum speed it supports

might want to go to AM2 socket if you want AMD.. since its the newest one out...you would be set for a while.

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