What Should I Upgrade?

[DeludedGuy]

I haven't upgraded anything for a while, and I dont know if i should or need to. I enjoy playing the odd game, CS: Source, Tactical Ops, Far Cry etc...I do a bit of photoshopping, and to be honest my computer seems perfectly fine for all that.

But I just want to upgrade!

I currently have:

AMD Opteron CABNE clocked at 2.5ghz
ABIT AN8 Ultra
Inno3D 7800GT 256
OCZ 1GB Dual Channel 2.5-3-3-7
X-Fi Xtreme Music
200GB SATA WD
200Gb SATA Maxtor
19" Viewsonic VX912
Logitech G5
Microsoft Multimedia Pro Keyboard
Creative Megaworks 250D Speakers
Lian li PC60 S

The only thing I can think of is 2GB of RAM.

[Scarlet Infidel]

2gb ram is the first thing that sprang into mind for me. Other options are dual core cpu or sell your 7800gt and get a 7900gt (or x1900xt) etc.

TO be honest i dont think you'll get a huge difference, your pc looks good as it is.

If you want to tinker and get some new kit i find messing around with water cooling is very fun and can help silence your pc.

[DeludedGuy]

I have thought about watercooling, are there any small, easy to use kits out there? I dont know much about it.

[Hans Voralberg]

Corsair Nautilus is dead easy to install and the performance is not bad. Or Zalman Reserator. I think 2Gb of memory is the only thing that make sense to upgrade, or another hard drive may be?

[MantisCSS]

agreed, zalman reserator and 2 GB of ram would be fun, maybe an arctic silenecer for ur 7800GT card.

[DeludedGuy]

agreed, zalman reserator and 2 GB of ram would be fun, maybe an arctic silenecer for ur 7800GT card.

I have an NV5 on my 7800GT, so it cool and quite. Overall, my case is quite, with 2x 120MM Silenx fans, and 1x 80mm Silenx fan. I also have a Zalman CNPS9500 CPU heatsink, really quite and performs well.

I was thinking something like the Coolermaster Aquagate, looks really cool.

[itswesty]

It depends on the money you have...conroe perhaps when it comes out, you have a great comp at the moment, so there's not a great deal you can get out of it, I would wait a while...something you probably didn't want anyone to say!

[teachmech]

Some people would love a system like that. I agree with most of the previous posters upgrade to 2Gb and dual core would be sensible if you really must.

[Hans Voralberg]

Aquagate doesnt perform very well from my past experience, IMO looks for something else.

[piranha]

Best and only good wc 'kits' available imo are the swiftech - these include decent pump, 120.2 rad, block, res etc and are cheaper than if bought parts individually.

With a good air cooler such as a thermalright or big TT wc is'nt really needed to get high clocks but if silence is what you want then go for it; i'd just get 2gb of good memory.