Upgrade Suggestions?

[Denis_dh]

Hey, feel like spending a bit andwould like some suggestion as to what to get!

My current system looks sumtin like :

Chieftec Dragon MidiTower, w/Door, Black, Case w/360W power, DX-01B-D, P4/AMD (UK)
AMD Athlon XP2400+ 2.0 GHz 266 MHz bus, Socket A (Thoroughbred) processor OEM
MSI KT4V mainboard for Socket A Retail, KT400, ATA133, ATX, USB2.0, AGP8X, Sound
Gainward AGP GeForce4 MX440SE 64MB DDR, "PRO/450TV"TV-Out, Retail
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 80G ATA/133 HDD, IDE
Seagate Barracuda V 80GB IDE 7200RPM, IDE, hard disk 2MB cache ST380023A
Western Digital Caviar 160GB S-ATA, Special Edition 8MB cache 7200RPM
Samsung CD recorder IDE 40X/12X/40X, SW-240BEAB, Black design
LG DVD drive IDE 16x/48x (GDR-8161BB)
DDR-DIMM PC2700 512MB DDR CL2.5, Generic memory 184-P (for DDR-PC333MHz)
Sunsway/ST Lab PCI FireWire 2+1 port, Controller, w/Ulead Video software v5.0
VideoLogic ZXR-200, Subwoofer and 2 monitor speakers
NEC Floppy Drive Black 3,5" 1,44MB, Floppy Drive Internal
CNET Modem 56k V90/92 Internal PCI
Cooler Master CPU fan Socket A/7/FCPGA, CP5-6J31C, to 1,4GHz, upto XP2800+


I want to spend around E700 (maybe more/maybe less). I wana get a flat screen 17/19inch monitor & graphics card, also some more RAM. Would like other suggestions?

I have previously bought most of my stuff through komplett.ie and haven't found anywhere else online. Would really appreciate any help you guys can give!!?

[Denis_dh]

Have spent the past few hours reading and looking at prices! Can't really find anywhere with the same overall value that komplett offers! (If it weren't for the high cost of DHL(don't trust their other crowd) I might have ordered by now!)

So far I have

Crucial PC2700 DDR-DIMM 512MB CL2.5 6ns Unbuffered, Non-parity, 2.5V, 64Meg x 64 @ €98.01
or
Corsair Value S. PC2700 DDR-DIMM 512MB Unbuffered, Non-parity, 64Megx64, CL2.5 @ €96.80

Anyone tell me the difference? :confused:

Samsung 19" CRT Syncmaster 957p TCO99 Monitor @ €193.60

Logitech Z-640, 5.1 5 Satellites and Subwoofer 50W RMS @ €87.73

Ain't got a clue bout the grapics card! So many types out there I'm confused :(

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Any help is really appreciated!

[saphalline]

Crucial and Corsair are both excellent RAM manufacturers, not much difference between them. Go for the cheaper Corsair stuff (RAM prices fluctuate a lot!). One note on the RAM - I noticed you currently have generic RAM. There's no guarantee that your current RAM will work with name-brand RAM you buy, so you may end of having to get two more sticks of RAM. Unfortunately, the only way to be sure is to buy new RAM and try it out!

Samsung is also an excellent manufacturer, so you can't go wrong with them. Other good monitor makers: Viewsonic, Sony, etc.

Don't know much about the money conversion, so you'll have to check on this, but I suggest a good mid-range vid card. Either a GeForce FX 5700/5700 Ultra or a Radeon 9600/9600XT. Any of those will blow the socks off your current vid card, but be warned - the next wave of vid cards has just been released so it may be wise to wait another month or so and see if prices drop.