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Well I was thinking between the GFX card although I would have to wait a bit til DX11 comes out, TV tuner card (which I really want), Hard drive, or Ram. What does ocn think I should upgrade next. Things I will not upgrade so please don't suggest it is monitor, motherboard, cpu, case, mouse, keyboard (cause I pound the crap out of it) and well dvd drive,

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Get a SATA HDD now, one the WD Cavalier Black models, and the tv tuner you want now. Wait a little bit and save up some more money for a new gfx card. Eventually, you're gunna have to upgrade the cpu, though.

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Get a SATA HDD now, one the WD Cavalier Black models, and the tv tuner you want now. Wait a little bit and save up some more money for a new gfx card. Eventually, you're gunna have to upgrade the cpu, though.
that will be like when the quads get lower in price

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and i just realised you have a p4, and a 3650, maybe that's why you don't like crysis

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How much ram do you have?
2 may upgrade to 4 when I get to installing my windows 7 rc

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Definately get a hard drive, doesnt even have to be a Caviar Black to notice a HUGE difference, going from ATA133 to Sata is gonna be leaps and bounds for your rig.
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My vote in order of preference is:

1. WD6401AALS http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136319
I have two of the WD6400AAKS in RAID 0 and they perform great, everything loads up nice and quick plus large file transfers happen super quick.

2. AverMedia Hybrid VolarMax http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16815100035
Great product, its USB so you can use it with multiple computer, has an S-Video/composite adapter right in the box and the picture it provides is very good. Don't use their software though, get Cyberlink's PowerCinema

3. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814131140
$125, it'll give you a huge performance boost in games over what you are running now.

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How much are you willing to spend?
70, im gonna get a hdd and a tv tuner card.

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My vote in order of preference is:

1. WD6401AALS http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136319
I have two of the WD6400AAKS in RAID 0 and they perform great, everything loads up nice and quick plus large file transfers happen super quick.

2. AverMedia Hybrid VolarMax http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16815100035
Great product, its USB so you can use it with multiple computer, has an S-Video/composite adapter right in the box and the picture it provides is very good. Don't use their software though, get Cyberlink's PowerCinema

3. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814131140
$125, it'll give you a huge performance boost in games over what you are running now.
can someone teach me how to quote 2 different people in the same post? I would love to get that gfx card but right now I don't have the money, and I was hoping to get a pci express. I was looking at the WD drive. this is my computer store so bare with it. http://www.ibuildcomputer.com/cgi-bi...AWD&p_vlt=ymbd. That then I was looking at getting the powercolor http://www.ibuildcomputer.com/cgi-bi...VIN&p_vlt=ymbd. I am not 100% sure about the tv card if I get the hard drive. I might get the hard drive and just get a cheap tv card because I just wanna record it.

http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.js...00f5ee0a0aRCRD this is making me feel good.

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