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12-04-2006, 04:05 PM
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Upgrade Help
Hay,
I'm looking to upgrade my current PC, i'm looking to spend under £600, how does this sound....... Graphics Cards :GeCube Radeon x1300 Pro Crossfire 512mb x2 M'Board : MSI RD480 NEO 2-FI PSU: Thermal tek W0096 550w CPU: Athlon 64 4200+ Memory: Bytestar 512mb PC3200 DDR400mz x3 Currently i have Graphics Cards :256MB RADEON 9600XT 8X AGP M'Board : ASUS K8N-E Deluxe PSU: STD 350w CPU: Athlon 64 3200+ (754 pin) Memory: 2x 512mb pc3200 ddr400 Cheers |
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12-04-2006, 04:12 PM
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for £600 you should easily be able to go for a Core2Duo which would be much faster than the AMD line
Also don't go for low end cards in crossfire, a single higher end card would perform much better
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12-04-2006, 04:16 PM
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2. You want to stick to brand name RAM. 3. While you are upgrading your CPU, Ram, and motherboard, consider upgrading to an Intel Core 2 Duo setup. 4. Can you post links to everything you are buying?
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12-04-2006, 04:18 PM
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i'm just doing reasurch at the moment, i use the pc for Music, Movies, Gaming and work so would a Intel Core 2 Duo be better than AMD, and would i be able to find a setup under £600?
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12-04-2006, 04:25 PM
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http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/113963
ASUS P5B DLX/WIFI-AP £124.94 inc VAT http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/112704 Core 2 Duo E6300 1.86ghz - Skt775 £117.35 inc VAT http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/118094 XFX GeForce 7950 GT ExTreme Edition 512 MB GDDR3 Digital Visual Interface (DVI) ( HDCP ) HDTV out PCI-E £204.97 inc VAT http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/92870 Corsair (TWIN2X1024A-6400) XMS2-6400 1024MB 5-5-5-12 2x240 DIMM Black XMS2 Heat Spreader £104.69 inc VAT http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/114931 Antec TruePower Trio 550W PSU - With 3x 12v Rails and 120mm Fan £65.90 inc VAT Total £617.85 sure that could be trimmed easily enough to go under £600 easily enough, let me see what i can trim off 
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12-04-2006, 04:26 PM
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EDIT: nvm. jimmymac has a great setup going there.
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12-04-2006, 04:32 PM
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Yep the one i posted was 575.00, the main thin i want to do is to be able to play the latest games, and unfortunatly the Graphic card i've got is bollicks, and my motherboard is not PCI-E and the cost of a decent AGP graphics card is stupid, so i think a overhall is due.
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12-04-2006, 04:36 PM
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Cheers Bud, the duo core below seams to be less than i have now, the 64 3200+ is 2.2GHz acording to Ebuyer, or is AMD and Intel GHz rating completly different?
Sorry i'm a bit of a newbee, if you hadent noticed http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/112704 Core 2 Duo E6300 1.86ghz - Skt775 £117.35 inc VAT |
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12-04-2006, 04:39 PM
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the ghz rating means very little at the mo, the core2duo line is currently destroying anything in its path
an e6600 will ice an athlon 64 fx-62
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12-04-2006, 08:13 PM
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from that build up there, you could probably trim price off the PSU.
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