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SMASH
September 8th, 2009, 12:24 PM
Ok so here are my important components on my current rig:

Western Digital Caviar Blue WD3200AAKS 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - OEM (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136074)

CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145034)

Intel Core2 Quad Q9400 2.66GHz LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Processor (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115131)

ASUS RAMPAGE FORMULA LGA 775 Intel X48 ATX Intel Motherboard (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131284)

RAIDMAX AURORA 2 RX-700F 700W ATX12V V2.2 / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Power Supply (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817152037)

ATI Radeon HD 4650

I am looking to upgrade some things without breaking the bank. I was originally looking to rebuild but certain things are making me cut back on money. The Thing I really need is a bigger hard drive but I figured if it's possible I'll just add a terabyte onto is. I'm planning a complete wipe and reinstallation of Windows 7 after the upgrade so data isn't a problem and I don't really want to pay for an external hard drive.

So besides the hard drive (the main concern), the mobo and the ram are where I want it, but do you think it'd be wise and somewhat cheap to upgrade the processor and/or the video card? Any suggestions?

Thanks in advanced.

flibitijibibo
September 8th, 2009, 12:45 PM
Your mobo, processor and video card are fine. I would add 1GB RAM at least, and put the rest toward the hard drive.

NullZero
September 8th, 2009, 02:46 PM
What do you tend to use your machine for? If it's gaming, cut a little on the processor, and splash out more for the graphics.

Cojafoji
September 8th, 2009, 02:49 PM
might want to snag some faster ram.

SMASH
September 8th, 2009, 04:05 PM
I was gonna say I wish I could play Crysis at a higher setting, but considering my situation, I think another hard drive is all I'm going to splurge on. I'd get more RAM but currently all my slots are full and brand new RAM seems like a waste of money.

Is there any special way to set up two hard drives or just hook them up like you regularly would and they'll both work?

Bhamid
September 9th, 2009, 12:16 PM
You can hook it up normally and keep them as separate drives or you can put them in a RAID configuration and do funky stuff with it :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID