Ram? Hard Drive? CPU?

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Which one for $150

  1. Ram

    18 vote(s)
    41.9%

  2. HDD

    12 vote(s)
    27.9%

  3. CPU

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    18.6%

  4. None...spend on beer

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  1. #1
    Let's say we had a budget of $150. What would you choose to upgrade out of the three choices and why?
     
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  2. Kerosene

    Kerosene Alpha & Omega™ Staff

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    The main thing holding my PC back is the CPU, but my ancient mobo can't run anything faster than the CPU that I've already got. And buying more RAM wouldn't make any real performance difference, since it's my CPU that maxes out way before my RAM does.

    For ME, I'd buy another external HDD.
     
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  3. deluxdon

    deluxdon Catch Me If You Can...!!!™ Staff

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    I'd definately buy RAM to boost up my CPU speed. I don't have that much to store in my pc so no need to spend more on HDD :D

    DON.
     
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  4. machej

    machej Well-Known Member

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    If my computer was old definitely ram... Lagging is so annoying.
     
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  5. I-G4L

    I-G4L Peon

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    WAIT

    Did you buy it as brand PC (Dell, HP)

    or Did you build it yourself?

    If you bought it as a brand DON'T UPGRADE. The parts are mostly specifically branded. Meaning if you put a part you bought into the brand computer, the part won't work.

    But, anyways. Get RAM so the system runs faster, and overclock the CPU.
     
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  6. KBunn

    KBunn Peon

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    RAM all the way.
     
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  7. getjimmy

    getjimmy Prominent Member

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    I will go with last option,i already have good configuration PC.
     
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    Stroh Notable Member

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    CPU, I have yet to go beyond 1.7 Ghz dual core.
     
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  9. Shazz

    Shazz Prominent Member

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    CPU is what keeps it alive...
     
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    #10
    hard drive not a big issue Id upgrade ram or CPU
     
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    web_hunk Peon

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    I would upgrade the HDD as my PC's HDD is almost full. :)
     
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    dairyman Notable Member

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    I have run out of hard disk space and upgrading the HDD is the need of the hour.
     
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    web_hunk Peon

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    I would upgrade the HDD as my PC's HDD is almost full. :)
     
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  14. Zerosleep

    Zerosleep Established User

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    For $150 I can Buy 2 GB DDR2 RAM and a 500 GB Hdd :)
     
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    UK_Rich Banned

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    #15
    i would rather ram upgrade
     
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  16. dcristo

    dcristo Illustrious Member

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    #16
    On a limited budget I would buy more RAM, it makes a significant difference.
     
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    qprojects Peon

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    I would get RAM.
     
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    abysport Greenhorn

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    #18
    on the cpu coz it increases the overall performance of the system
     
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    i'd get the hard drive if you could use the extra space
     
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    also it depends, how much ram does your system have now? do you really need the upgrade?
     
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