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Tygara_19
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Hello everyone! I have a question. I have this
Foxconn A690GM2MA

AMD Athlon 64 x2, 2400 MHz 4600+

1GB DDR2 RAM @ 800 MHz (i don't know the model of it)

Radeon X1300/X1550 Series (512 mb vram)

and some psu (not sure about model) but it does the job.

 

So my question is should i upgrade this to a 8 or so gb of ram and a better video card (wanting your opinion for a good price to performance GPU) with a budget of about $150 for it.

Or my second option is to just sell this for as much as i can possibly get and add some more money and build a mid spec gaming pc (keeping in mind that i have all the needed peripherals and a box so all i really nead is the general components).

Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.

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well you got ddr2 so you need to upgrade your motherboard before upgrading ram so also the cpu and well gpu the intel intergrated graphics is even better than that 

 

On 11/19/2014 at 2:14 PM, Syntaxvgm said:
You would think Ubisoft would support the Bulldozer based architectures more given their digging themed names like bulldozer, Piledriver, Steamroller and Excavator.
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NEW MATE

BETTER (insert snicker joke here)

 

On 11/19/2014 at 2:14 PM, Syntaxvgm said:
You would think Ubisoft would support the Bulldozer based architectures more given their digging themed names like bulldozer, Piledriver, Steamroller and Excavator.
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@Tygara_19 you should get everything new. If you purchased more then there would probably be a bottleneck which will reduce performance.

CPU: Intel i7-4790K @ 4.7GHz --- RAM: Lenovo 1600MHz 16GB --- MOBO: Gigabyte Z97-G7 --- GPU: EVGA GTX 970 FTW ACX 2.0+--- PSU: Corsair CX600 --- Case: Corsair Air 540 --- Cooler: NZXT Kraken X61 --- OS: Windows 8.1 --- Monitor: 24" AOC G2460P + Dell 19" --- Mouse: Logitech MX Perfromance --- Keyboard: Corsair K70 (Cherry MX Brown) --- Audio: Sennheiser HD558


Don't buy a GTX 980, it's overpriced! Buy 2 GTX 970s or 2 R9 290s intstead (the R9 290s would even be cheaper)

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Sell your current stuff wouldn't be worth an upgrade.

<p>CPU: AMD FX-8320 @ 4.0 GHz | GPU: Asus GTX 970 STRIX | RAM: 8GB (2x4GB) Corsair Vengeance LP 1600MHz | Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX | SSD: Samsung 840 EVO 500GB (Boot Drive) | HDD: 500GB | Case: Corsair SPEC-02 Red |PSU: Corsair 750W | OS: Windows 7 64-Bit | Mouse: Corsair M65 (Black) | Keyboard: Corsair K95 RGB (Black w/ Brown Switches)

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the hardware you have might be good for a 1080p media center, or a small home server.

 

BUT FOR THE LOVE OF GOD dont bother with upgrading it.

 

sidenote: that hardware isnt worth a whole lot these days, because (from my limited benchmarking) that thing has comparable power to a raspberry pi.

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get a new pc, it isn't worth upgrading a pc that old

My rig:
CPU: i5 4690k 24/7 @4.4ghz (1.165v) Max 4.7ghz (1.325v) COOLER: NZXT Kraken X61 MOBO: Asus Z97-A   RAM: 16GB Crucial Ballistix Tactical   GPU: EVGA GTX 970 SSC   PSU: EVGA GS 650W   CASE: NZXT Phantom 530 HDD: WD Caviar Blue 1TB + WD Black 2TB

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Oke so i guess im going to collect some money and just build a high-end PC and not worry about it for a good couple of years. Thanks to all for your advice.

Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.

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Oke so i guess im going to collect some money and just build a high-end PC and not worry about it for a good couple of years. Thanks to all for your advice.

You don't need a high end PC to last you a few years. An i5 with 16GB RAM, a Z97 motherboard and GTX 970 will last you quite a few years. And that is no where near high end. 

Pick a price point over ~$750 (For just the tower, no software or peripherals.), and build a system with that and you will be set for a while. 

Fine you want the PSU tier list? Have the PSU tier list: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1116640-psu-tier-list-40-rev-103/

 

Stille (Desktop)

Ryzen 9 3900XT@4.5Ghz - Cryorig H7 Ultimate - 16GB Vengeance LPX 3000Mhz- MSI RTX 3080 Ti Ventus 3x OC - SanDisk Plus 480GB - Crucial MX500 500GB - Intel 660P 1TB SSD - (2x) WD Red 2TB - EVGA G3 650w - Corsair 760T

Evoo Gaming 15"
i7-9750H - 16GB DDR4 - GTX 1660Ti - 480GB SSD M.2 - 1TB 2.5" BX500 SSD 

VM + NAS Server (ProxMox 6.3)

1x Xeon E5-2690 v2  - 92GB ECC DDR3 - Quadro 4000 - Dell H310 HBA (Flashed with IT firmware) -500GB Crucial MX500 (Proxmox Host) Kingston 128GB SSD (FreeNAS dev/ID passthrough) - 8x4TB Toshiba N300 HDD

Toys: Ender 3 Pro, Oculus Rift CV1, Oculus Quest 2, about half a dozen raspberry Pis (2b to 4), Arduino Uno, Arduino Mega, Arduino nano (x3), Arduino nano pro, Atomic Pi. 

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