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Originally Posted by Xenium
I would agree with stryprod, upgrade the cpu because you can always upgrade the ram at a later date and cheaper elsewhere. Here's a link for 1GB 1Dimm DDR2 ram for $134. Only thing is...
Im a pro with upgrading. I have been building my own computers sine 97. I am more concerned with the price compared to functionality. I currently have a 8600 1.6 712 ram but when I have 10 IE windows open with outlook, dreamweaver,...
Yea thats what I was thinking, CPU first. Ebay has those locked down at around a 400 dollar pricetag.
I still do not want to pay extra for ram, I was trying to get it all in one package for 1200 minus the DPA and bigbucks no tax...
I configured the 6000 to have 200 dollars left over to spend on either the upgrade to 1.86 cpu OR 1 gig x2 512 at about the same price.
Which would be more effective. I do a lot of surfing with multiple browsers, outlook, excel,...