JoCool
2012-08-15, 05:57 AM
Hi,
I'm planning on upgrading my system for the release of PS2. I'm a poor university student and to make things worse, married, so the funds are low. I plan on spending €200 in the first round.:boohoo:
What I'm aiming for is to upgrade in serial steps, getting a performance boost first, then eliminating the created bottleneck second.
My system specs are:
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 @ 2.40ghz with 4096KB L2 cache
MicroStar P43-51 Mainboard, S-ATA2, x16 PCIe, 4x Ram
2x 2.00GB of DDR3 (PC3-8500F running at 533MHz, can it go to ~609MHz?), 2 free memory slots on MB
NVIDIA Geforce GTS 250 1.00GB, clocks: Core 702MHz, shader 1502MHz, memory 1000MHz
HDD Western Digital C WD5000AAKS (blue)
Monitor is a Samsung 19" 4:3
I will upgrade the monitor to a 24" HD for 1080p and I'd like to improve FPS on that resolution as well as the texture quality I can use. Therefore I think about buying a graphics card of up to €160 and buy 2x4GB of faster bus memory for €40, to pair it with the older 533MHz.
In spring I would then go for a new board with a new CPU and replace the old 2x2GB DDR3.
My knowledge about today's systems is almost non-existent so I ask you for help and advise on if my general direction is right and what products I should go for (so that a consecutive updates will not be denied).
Best regards!
I'm planning on upgrading my system for the release of PS2. I'm a poor university student and to make things worse, married, so the funds are low. I plan on spending €200 in the first round.:boohoo:
What I'm aiming for is to upgrade in serial steps, getting a performance boost first, then eliminating the created bottleneck second.
My system specs are:
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 @ 2.40ghz with 4096KB L2 cache
MicroStar P43-51 Mainboard, S-ATA2, x16 PCIe, 4x Ram
2x 2.00GB of DDR3 (PC3-8500F running at 533MHz, can it go to ~609MHz?), 2 free memory slots on MB
NVIDIA Geforce GTS 250 1.00GB, clocks: Core 702MHz, shader 1502MHz, memory 1000MHz
HDD Western Digital C WD5000AAKS (blue)
Monitor is a Samsung 19" 4:3
I will upgrade the monitor to a 24" HD for 1080p and I'd like to improve FPS on that resolution as well as the texture quality I can use. Therefore I think about buying a graphics card of up to €160 and buy 2x4GB of faster bus memory for €40, to pair it with the older 533MHz.
In spring I would then go for a new board with a new CPU and replace the old 2x2GB DDR3.
My knowledge about today's systems is almost non-existent so I ask you for help and advise on if my general direction is right and what products I should go for (so that a consecutive updates will not be denied).
Best regards!