Hell's Katz Squad

Ok, here is what I have and I would like suggestions on what I could do to upgrade it some that will be worth the money.

Motherboard: ASUS P5N32SLI-Deluxe Gaming
Chip: Pentium 4 3.0 GHZ Hyperthreading 800 FSB
Graphics Card: Geforce 7800 GT 256 MB
Ram: 2 Gig corsair DDR 2 667 mhz
HD: Western Digital Raptor 150 Gig
Sound Card: Xtreme X-fi Sound Blaster Gaming Edition
Keyboard: Logitech G15
Mouse: Logitech MX Laser 1000
Joystick: Logitech Xtreme Gamer
Monitor: 17' Samsung Sync Master (getting a 24' Gateway in 2 weeks)
Power Supply: Thermaltake 750 Watt

Need some good investment suggestions!

I would recommend that you totally build a complete new PC. It looks like most of your components are outdated.
I have past experience in disposing computer parts, so just send it all to me, and I'll take care of it. 


IMO, you don't need to do anything. Maybe (and I mean MAYBE) if you have a lot of disposable income, you can get some more RAM, or a second monitor (Dual Monitors FTW). A 150gb HD is small imo, but that isnt necessary to get anything bigger if you don't need the space.

Castor wrote:I would recommend that you totally build a complete new PC. It looks like most of your components are outdated.
I have past experience in disposing computer parts, so just send it all to me, and I'll take care of it. 


IMO, you don't need to do anything. Maybe (and I mean MAYBE) if you have a lot of disposable income, you can get some more RAM, or a second monitor (Dual Monitors FTW). A 150gb HD is small imo, but that isnt necessary to get anything bigger if you don't need the space.

Well, when I get the new monitor my 17' will be my 2nd one, and the only reason I have a 150gb HD is because that is the biggest raptor I could find at the time. AND... I really dont need the space because I delete any games/programs I dont use.

It all looks good to me! All I would do is Upgrade to duelcore graphics cards and get two monitors.
Cant think of anything else. Oh yeah, and ill build your computer for you in twice the speed and for half of what-ever castor charges you. *grin* (all the smileys suck lol)  btw, nice rig though. What kinda case do you have, or is it just something you bought at best buy that your upgrading?  
oh yeah, just a thought but you might also want to check out the copperhead razor mouse... those are pretty sweet!

The SATA 150 GB Raptor with 16mb cache IS the drive for a serious gaming rig.
The ultimate is 2 Raptors in a RAID0 config.
Nothing touches them for performance except for 320 SCSI drives and a dedicated SCSI controller.
They are not cheap per GB but worth every single penny.
Hands down the BEST SATA as of today.

You can always get a cheap 500gb or 750gb drive for all your movies and music and dedicate the Raptor for game setups and the OS.

If you look at specs for XPS gaming rigs sold by Dell they list the Raptors as the performance option. 
Dell does have a typo on their site...they show the Raptors have 3gbs interfaces but they are 1.5gbs. 
Don't let that worry you as these drives still outperform the 3gbs interface drives.

I just received my first Raptor I ordered for my RIG build today...it looks nice sitting on my desk right now along side my Quad-Core QX6700 and my OCZ 2FX11502GK memory.