I bought the AMD X3 720 BE and Unlocked the 4th core and overclocked it to 3.6 $145.00 for a QUAD not bad. I also bought a Biostar T-Force Motherboard (Open Box ) for $70.00 that runs this X3. Now all I need is a new card .... I was thinking of the 4890 but my 8800GTX runs so good with this upgrade I might wait.
I forgot...... I also bought 8GB of G.SKILL DDR2 1066 memory for this machine. And I bought a Corsair 850TX power supply and the Cool masters Cosmos 1000 case.
No real need to upgrade from your 8800. They should be good for a while yet - wait until something killer comes out that makes it work too hard. Then you can get a card that's faster and cheaper too.
Oh, and if you got 8 GB, you need to be running a 64-bit OS. A 32-bit OS can't see anything above 4.
No real need to upgrade from your 8800. They should be good for a while yet - wait until something killer comes out that makes it work too hard. Then you can get a card that's faster and cheaper too.
Oh, and if you got 8 GB, you need to be running a 64-bit OS. A 32-bit OS can't see anything above 4.
Damn.. That's a sweet upgrade. I just got my new notebook, but would love to get a few upgraded pieces in this old desktop.. But the notebook is nice: Core2 Duo @ 2.53GHz, 4Gb RAM, Vista 64 Premium, 512Mb Geforce 9800 GTX, 16" screen, Blu-Ray super multi drive, and all the other goodies. 320Gb 7200 RPM hdd... Should gone for the 1Gb video, but wasn't diggin the extra $125 for it..
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$145.00 for a QUAD not bad. I also bought a Biostar T-Force Motherboard (Open Box ) for $70.00 that runs this X3. Now all I need is a new card .... I was thinking of the 4890 but my 8800GTX runs so good with this upgrade I might wait. 
