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9/14/12 at 2:49pm
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Okay so I recently posted up about having a $400 budget to do some upgrades. This has changed and now I've got about $700 =/-.

Any suggestions? I am not in the market to Xfire. The other possibility is doing an SSD, but then again, I don't want to format my hard drive now.

Maybe YOTD MXBrowns or the Sensei Raw. and save up the rest?

Suggestions please!!

could be anything, speakers, car upgrades(stock 2005 corolla..... lol) or anything with my room.
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9/14/12 at 5:54pm
Save the money, man.
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9/15/12 at 10:37am
Get a SIGSauer.

Check out the Emerson CQC-7.

Lol.
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10/4/12 at 5:18pm
I would wait until Black Friday, then get everything.
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10/4/12 at 5:37pm

I'd get a SSD and save the rest. You can get a good 128 GB SSD for around $100.

 

Samsung 830 ($90): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147163

Intel 330 ($90): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167121

Kingston HyperX 3K ($100): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820239045

Crucial M4 ($110): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148525

Vertex 4 ($110): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227791

Plextor M5P ($130): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820249026

 

I'd go for the Vertex 4 or the Plextor M5P. A fresh install and setting everything back up only takes a few hours, and if not, I think you can transfer your current installation over to the new disk, but I've never tried it so I'm not sure.


Edited by Ecstacy - 10/4/12 at 5:39pm
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