Blackbox ideas.
 

so my computers name is BlackBox, simply because its a black box...
well i am currently running an
AMD 4400+ 64X2 processor
2 GIG kindgston 772 ram
500 gb IDE
500 gb SATa
800 Watt PS
a small graphics card don't remember which one...
i have two scuzzy drives in a case,
and in total about 11 fans.
3 120mm fans, 2 72 mm fans, 2 fans on my PS, a fan on my CPU, and aftermarket fan on my graphic card, 2 small fans on each of my HD, and 2 fans on my scuzzy case.
pictures
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what i want to do is get 2 more gig of ram, find the scuzzy connectors, upgrade to a 6400+ amd 64X2 processor, and get a better graphic card, <<< thats what i need help with.. which one... if will be something i want to buy pretty soon...
and my two command centers.
first room
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basement
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All I noticed was your carpet.

lol

ha ha ah i love the carpet... its cool and different.. :D

what you need is to clean that thing out. dust city!

whenever I nedd to by computer stuff I use this web site
http://www.gearxs.com/store/

they have some good prices but its cause alot of there stuff is off brand but it's still good quality

Try xoxide.com, americanmuscle's sister site. Newegg always has good stuff. But I do not know where to go for opinions... try xoxide's forums.

okay my current graphic card is a Geforce 8500 GT 512mb. its okay, but its core clocking sucks.. and it won't o/c well at all... i play some games, but i mainly want a nice clean picture on a big tv for movies and such... if that helps with the graphic card ideas any??

i was looking at something like the 9600 GTX or something, but i have a ATI board, so i kinda wanted to cross-fire two cards, what are the pros and cons of ATI vs. Nivdia??

ATI generally performs better for your photoshop, and other things like that. Only the newest series of ATI's have really impressed me on gaming. NVIDIA kills in the gaming market. The BFG 9800gtx+ is one of the best all around cards you can buy. The 9800 outperforms most cards in a crossfire/sli format even. If I had to redo my system that's probably the only thing I'd change.

For gaming I've always been told to get NVIDIA and for photoshop, blah blah to get ATI.

i would love the BFG 9800+ GTX, but they are pricey just like any other really good new product for computers, i think i will just get a really nice older model when i do buy one..