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What should I upgrade if I'm noticing slight lag?

Asked by mleja2 in Hardware Components, Computer Memory (RAM), Personal Computers

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So I have the following custom PC:

Asus Striker Extreme
Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 (Overclocked from 2.13 - 2.75ghz)
4gb of DDR 800 Ram running at 5-5-12 (2gb from Mushkin and 2gb from Patriot)
eVGA Nvidia Geforce 8800gts 320-mb overclocked
2x 150gb Western Digitals set to Raid 0 (Win Vista 64bit)
1x 80gb Western Digital (running my linux partition)

I still notice a slight lag in some programs and some productivity of the PC.
Vista's rating gives 5.9's to all categories except Processor where I get 5.5

I play a decent amount of games as well and do a lot of multi-tasking with itunes open, and firefox, and a whole lot at once.

A few things I hear bother me:

Is it wrong if I'm using 2 diff. brands for memory?  Should buy 2x more Patriot and get rid of the Mushkin?

What is the best low budget upgrade for the PC? Hopefully under 100 or 150$?
Another eVGA 8800gts for SLI
A newer nvidia card maybe 9000?

OR - should I upgrade my CPU to quad core or a 3ghz duo core?

I'm sure a lot of this might be opinion or i might get different answers: but if this helps:

I want it to be quicker - more responsive.... and then I'd like it to be better in games... so games are a second priority.Start Free Trial
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Zones: Hardware Components, Computer Memory (RAM), Personal Computers
Tags: Asus/ Intel/ Nvidia, Custom rig that needs upgrade
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