Have Money - What to buy?

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old.GateKeeper

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I feel the need to spend some Christmas money.

I have about £200 to spend on a upgrade.

What do you think i need?

Asus A7V133 (Rev 1.04) Mobo
1GHz T'Bird @ 1133MHz
Alpha PAL8045 HSF (30C system 40-45C CPU)
392Mb PC133 CAS2
Geforce 2mx 32Mb
OnBoard Sound (I have an SBLive! Player but its Shit!)
46Gb IBM 75GXP HDD
13.6 GB Fujitisu HDD
8 4 24 Yamaha CD Burner
6 24 DVD drive
15" Moniter (good CTX)
OK Stereo Speakers
MS Intellimouse Explorer
MS Natural Keyboard Pro

I was thinking of:

Sonic Fury sound card
A New CD Burner (Probably a Plextor 24x)

Any suggestions?

GAteK
 
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Wij

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Get a better gfx card. GF3 Ti200 should do you fine :)
 
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Will

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Didn't read that bit. Silly me.

Save up for a better monitor.;)
 
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FuZor

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Yep, for a quick boost in performance go for new graphics. However a monitor would be VERY beneficial!!! 15" is a little bit small now!!! get a 17" at least and save your eyes from burning man!!! :)


The Live! should be good!!! what the problem???
Whack it back in m8 with new drivers and enjoy the sweet effects that is EAX!

:sex:
 
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~YuckFou~

Guest
I run an SB live, with fpss speaker system, sounds good to me, eax really helps in CS too, I know where the enemy is by sound.
I'd try reinstalling and updating drivers.
 
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FuZor

Guest
yup, I agree the LIVE! will rip the piss out of your crappy on-board sound!!!!! an upgrade for free!

Now there's somethin you don't see every day!! :)


:flame:
 
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old.GateKeeper

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The Live! was nothing but problems - It caused CS to crash alot.

I have vowed never to have another Creative Labs piece of hardware in my system again.

I also have a DXR3 DVD decoder card which is currently in the same aint-static bag as the Live! in my cupboard.

I was thinking that a iiamya 452 pro would be nice but at £360 a little out of my price range

GAteKeeper
 
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Grimes

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Originally posted by GateKeeper
I have vowed never to have another Creative Labs piece of hardware in my system again.
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speak the truth brother! :D
every piece of CL's equipment I've had has been a piece of shit
 
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bodhi

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I've never had any problems with ANY CL products. Well, apart from my CL TNT2U. But thats cos the Detonators refused to work well on my system at all.
 
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old.mike15

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I have never had any probs with any CL hardware ive bought.
 
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old.GateKeeper

Guest
I now have less money.

I had to go out and buy a printer.

HP Deskjet 940c cost me £100 + a USB cable

GAteK
 
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Grimes

Guest
Perhaps I'm a little jaded to CL's stuff but the 2 CDroms I've had have been nothing but trouble - skipping tracks etc , noisey as hell.
As for sound cards, while the hardware itself is good, the software they supply is a bit over the top and has caused no end of glitches with whatever OS at the time.

However I have found a nice workaround for the soundcards, when asked to build a system or insert one of these 5.1 live things into a system, getting the "OEM" (not CL's "oem" version one) version direct from the PCB maker ECS you have the same hardware but without the bloatware drivers/software at a decent price.
 
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FuZor

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Originally posted by Grimes
Perhaps I'm a little jaded to CL's stuff but the 2 CDroms I've had have been nothing but trouble - skipping tracks etc , noisey as hell.
As for sound cards, while the hardware itself is good, the software they supply is a bit over the top and has caused no end of glitches with whatever OS at the time.

However I have found a nice workaround for the soundcards, when asked to build a system or insert one of these 5.1 live things into a system, getting the "OEM" (not CL's "oem" version one) version direct from the PCB maker ECS you have the same hardware but without the bloatware drivers/software at a decent price.
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Yea the software is Crap, I tend not to bother installing it, apart from the free games, and other free software NOT MADE BY CREATIVE.
 
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Summo

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Ignore all of these people. I'm right, and here's why...

Get yerself a nice new 19" monitor for only £180. Taxan (scroll down) are still selling their ex-review Ergovision 975 TCO 95 19 inch multi-scan colour monitors. Myself, WPKenny and a couple of others on the forum have bought these and they've been great (though Kenny had some probs so Taxan replaced his)

I swear that it will make the most difference to your gaming and general PC experience. Far more than a new graphics card.


/edit: See this thread for more info.
 
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bodhi

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I can vouch for summo on this one. I've had an Ergovision 975 for 3 years now, and it's been a joy to use all the way through (except when I have to carry it somewhere, fuck me its a heavy fucker.
 
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old.Jas

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Originally posted by Bodhi
fuck me its a heavy fucker
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Tell me about it. My mate and I were sat on the same table at I9 with a 19" and a 21"

The table met its match - and cracked right in the middle

My table at home is taking the strain as well -

desktopphoto.jpg
 
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Embattle

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Something in my setup is giving me no end of image problems and it's hard finding out what :(
 
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