Upgrading suggestions

[exocer]

I need some help deciding where i should begin the upgrade process. I recently upgraded to 512mb of ram from 256 (big difference, especially in games). But where should i go from here? my computer specs are in my signature.

p.s. my cpu isnt a northwood

[Alientank]

Upgrade the cpu to a 2.4C (has hyperthreading and 800 mhz fsb) and the Abit IC7 if you want to go the intel route, if you go AMD go with the 2500+ barton and the Abit NF7-S but make sure its version 2.0! If you go video card and like to game a lot I would go with atleast a radeon 9800 np or maybe a 9700 pro. I would change the memory to (if you overclock) kingston hyper-x or if you got extra $, corsair XMS. Again I suggested the 2500+ barton and the 2.4C in hopes you would overclock.

[freedon]

I'd say a bigger hard drive

[XP1800]

First off decide whether you want to go Intel or AMD, and most importantly, how much you have to spend.

[exocer]

im thinking of staying with intel. my max supported fsb is 533mhz on this motherboard. the last thing i want to do is upgrade my motherboard though since im not using it to its fullest capability yet, i guess the money can be better spent on another area, like cpu or hard drive for example. any hard drive suggestions?

[Mojo]

CPU and mainboard kinda go hand-in-hand. It's no good you going to a b-type P4.

Get some new, fast hard drives. Possibly a video card if you game heavily, but I think you'll get a huge performance boost out of a pair of 80GB WD 'SE's, or 8MB cache maxtors. Even one would be great.

[bromide]

http://westerndigital.com/en/product...asp?DriveID=42

[exocer]

thanks for the suggestions, its just what i needed.

[crashed13]

Dont go AMD or Hyper threading than you will need both a motherboard and CPU change.

If your board supports 533fsb just buy a faster P4 "B" CPU.