TRying to breathe life into my computer and could use your help

bhhacker · 02-08-2008, 01:29 PM

I plan on updating my machine a little bit. I mainly use it for browsing and gaming, but lately Ive been looking into giving it a little more power. I am runing an AGP 128mb card, amd 2.0 ghz processor and I have 2 gigs of ram. I want to upgrade my mb so I can use PCI Express and Hopefully Dual core. I dont mind buying another 2 gigs of newer ram as thats like 50$. If I had a budget of 200$ or lower, what combo would you recommend for a motherboard and processor? I play battlefield 2, CS:S, and I just bought Oblivion. Thank you for your time.

2pistolpacker · 02-08-2008, 08:42 PM

I have had great success with the AMD A64 X2 5000 Black Edition which will overclock to 3.0GHz and this MSI motherboard. I own two of these systems and with the GF 8600, they play any game out there. Don't forget to budget in an SATA hard drive. Mike

02-08-2008, 01:29 PM	#1 (permalink)
bhhacker Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 1 OS: xp	TRying to breathe life into my computer and could use your help I plan on updating my machine a little bit. I mainly use it for browsing and gaming, but lately Ive been looking into giving it a little more power. I am runing an AGP 128mb card, amd 2.0 ghz processor and I have 2 gigs of ram. I want to upgrade my mb so I can use PCI Express and Hopefully Dual core. I dont mind buying another 2 gigs of newer ram as thats like 50$. If I had a budget of 200$ or lower, what combo would you recommend for a motherboard and processor? I play battlefield 2, CS:S, and I just bought Oblivion. Thank you for your time.

02-08-2008, 08:42 PM	#2 (permalink)
2pistolpacker Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Lenexa, Ks Posts: 1,038 OS: Win XP Pro My System	Re: TRying to breathe life into my computer and could use your help I have had great success with the AMD A64 X2 5000 Black Edition which will overclock to 3.0GHz and this MSI motherboard. I own two of these systems and with the GF 8600, they play any game out there. Don't forget to budget in an SATA hard drive. Mike __________________ Speak kindly to me, beloved master. Revel in my unconditional love, and give me every minute that you can spare, for my time with you is short. --Your faithful dog