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Help with new stuff

The Queen · 2008-01-24 15:33:13

My 2800+ computer is getting a bit old now, the last time I upgraded it was to a 9600XT and 768mb of ram!! So i'm looking at a new motherboard, processor and graphics card - maybe. would i have to get new ddr2 ram or does old ddr ram still work in some boards? If that works out too expensive, what's the best agp card I can…

24-01-2008 04:33PM

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The Queen

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My 2800+ computer is getting a bit old now, the last time I upgraded it was to a 9600XT and 768mb of ram!!

So i'm looking at a new motherboard, processor and graphics card - maybe. would i have to get new ddr2 ram or does old ddr ram still work in some boards?

If that works out too expensive, what's the best agp card I can get to go with a 2800+? I don't play many new games mostly battlefield 2 and maybe some call of duty

Thank you!

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#2 24-01-2008 06:39PM

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New motherboard only take ddr2 or ddr3. But a upgrade will be pretty cheap for you.

ip35/ 650i mobo - 70€
E2140cpu - 50€
Ayi 3750 - 150€
2gb ddr2 - 40€
New psu - 50+€

Then sell what you have for 100-150€. So its not too expensive. But for a cheaper route you could upgrade the cpu to a opteron 165 and add in 2gb ram and a 7800/7900 agp. But all that stuff is rare

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