Please help me upgrade

[equilibrium]

hi guys!

I know this type of question has been posted many times, but still I am confused and need your help urgently. i need to upgrade my computer which is 3 years old, quickly.
i don't know much about hardware and i need the following parts and came up with these possibilities:- please help.

Motherboard - Intel D101GGC
CPU - Intel Pentium D 2.66 GHz 805 or Intel Pentium4 3.0 GHz HT 630
Cabinet - Antec Black SOHO Tower case TX1050B (my brother's heart is set on it.)
DVD Writer - BENQ DVD DD DW1650
Graphics Card- XFX GeForce 7600GT 256MB PCI-Express DDR3

please help me decide and tell me what to change.
also could anyone tell me where to find them in Kolkata.
thanks in advance.

[Adhip007]

Most of the hardware u'll get it from Eastern logica in Ganesh ave, and for antec cabinets u'll get at Alfatech at kamalaya centre, Lenin sarani.
Why don't u go for AMD soln? Also u need minmum 512MB ram.U should also think of buying new sata hdd.

[montylee]

Intel Pentium D 2.66 GHz 805 is not so good compaired to latest AMDs. U shd go for somewhat higher Pentium D processor.
If u want to stick with Pentium D, wait for a few weeks bcoz Intel will slash the prices of all of its processors. Otherwise go for AMD AM2 or Intel Conroe; but for Conroe, u'll have to wait a while....

[samrulez]

Originally Posted by equilibrium

hi guys!
1>Motherboard - Intel D101GGC
2>CPU- Intel Pentium D 2.66 GHz 805 or Intel Pentium4 3.0 GHz HT 630
3>Cabine- Antec Black SOHO Tower case TX1050B
4>DVD Writer- BENQ DVD DD DW1650
5>Graphics Card- XFX GeForce 7600GT 256MB PCI-Express DDR3

1>ok..........better go for ASUS 945 ...
2>ok......if u can then AMD X2....or PD 805 os ok....for a mid range desktop.
3>Cool......
4>Cool.....
5>Double cool cool

[akshayt]

You are buying a gaming comp, right?

All the components are incorrect except maybe the graphic card, you will need to change everything.

Amd 64 3500 Venice : 5700
or amd 64 3000 Venice : 4500
Venice is a highly overclockable chipset and these cpus even at stock will beat both those cpus in gaming.

Asus A8N E : 5500 or so

2 X 1GB DDR 400 Transcend ( UCCC chips, if not available then Hynix D43 chips)

DVD RW Sony, Benq should be ok but I advise Sony, bad expereince with Benq CD RW, a part of it is very sticky and can damage the cd.

A local cabinet PERIOD, your budget is very low so you can't get anything more than something which costs about 1500 tops.
PSU, atleast a Cooler master 430 for 2700
if you plan to oc a lot and all, then get something more power ful like Cooler mater igreen 500 or igreen 600

your graphic card is ok, but seriously do consider Radeon X1800GTO as well. try to extend your budget to accomodate a 7900GT, 17k +

HDD
250 sata II NCQ SEAGATE : 4200
300 : 4800

[montylee]

Originally Posted by akshayt

Venice is a highly overclockable chipset and these cpus even at stock will beat both those cpus in gaming.

Hey akshayt,

Does the new AMD CPUs based on the AMD AM2 CPUs have Venice Cores too?
What abt AMD X2 Cores?

[equilibrium]

thanks to all of you guys for your very prompt help.

You are buying a gaming comp, right?

i'll use it mainly for 3ds max and Photoshop and maybe some gaming.

All the components are incorrect except maybe the graphic card, you will need to change everything.

Amd 64 3500 Venice : 5700
or amd 64 3000 Venice : 4500
Venice is a highly overclockable chipset and these cpus even at stock will beat both those cpus in gaming.

Asus A8N E : 5500 or s

Intel Pentium D 2.66 GHz 805 is not so good compaired to latest AMDs. U shd go for somewhat higher Pentium D processor.
If u want to stick with Pentium D, wait for a few weeks bcoz Intel will slash the prices of all of its processors. Otherwise go for AMD AM2 or Intel Conroe; but for Conroe, u'll have to wait a while....

thanks for suggesting AMD i've some reasons for sticking to Intel. if i could. i'd wait for Conroe, but i'm in a hurry.

1>ok..........better go for ASUS 945 ...
2>ok......if u can then AMD X2....or PD 805 os ok....for a mid range desktop.
3>Cool......
4>Cool.....
5>Double cool cool

thanks. i might go for 945. could u tell me, how much that'd cost.
my budget is kind of flexible, but i'd rather not spend too much now.

do u guys think my configuration could last another year, may two?
i could upgrade then. from what i can see, something new is always coming along. i heard that intel is already working on four core processor. so...

Most of the hardware u'll get it from Eastern logica in Ganesh ave, and for antec cabinets u'll get at Alfatech at kamalaya centre, Lenin sarani.
Why don't u go for AMD soln? Also u need minmum 512MB ram.U should also think of buying new sata hdd.

thanks for ur recommendation. is it a reliable place? can u negotiate the price there?