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SciFi

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I am doing an upgrade on my main rig, spending abput £1200.

I have a good monitor, PSU, HDDs etc. This is a main horse power upgrade, so to that end and anyone find any holes in the setup.

Also, I have gone for the PhysX card becaue I can, if I don't I could manage an 8800 Ultra, but as far as I can see that is just a waste.

Gigabyte 3D Aurora 570 Black No PSU £86.99
Asus P5N32-E SLi nForce 680 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient 95W Edition" 2.40GHz
Asus Arctic Square CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/LGA775)
2 * Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2 Dominator PC2-8500C5 TwinX (2x1GB)
OcUK Ageia PhysX Accelerator - OEM
BFG GeForce 8800 GTX OC 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)

Thanks guys.

-SciFi.
 
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Go for a P35 Chipset board such as Abit IP35 Pro or slightly cheaper the Gigabyte GA_P35C_DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard.

You do not need 8500 rated memory, 6400 rated will be just fine. You could quite easily get 4GB of RAM if your looking at spending that amount.

No need for a PhysX Accelerator, the performance you get out of it is not worth the extra cash.

Stick with a 8800GTX, the Ultra is a waste of money.

What PSU have you got?
 
Sorry, forgot the 2* on the RAM.

This spec comes in at the right price and I need to spend the ammount as spending less results in just loosing the cash not making it cheeper for me (long story).

I am going for the 680i as I am an Nvidia man and want to have the SLi option later.


My PSU is at least 650, can't remember exact but a good make not cheap one. It's running a pair of 7800GS in SLi at the moment.

-scifi
 
stickroad said:
Cant say ive heard of that res, what size screen have you got?

If your PSU is just a crappy no name make one, change it and buy one from a good manufacturer.
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Opps, 1680 * 1050 (22" Wide screen)

The PSU is an Enermax Liberty 500W purchased this time last year.

-SciFi.
 
SciFi said:
Opps, 1680 * 1050 (22" Wide screen)

The PSU is an Enermax Liberty 500W purchased this time last year.

-SciFi.
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Well with that res, a single 8800GTX will be more than enough. By the time games appear that will make the GTX struggle a lot their will be a new card out and that will be better buying that then getting another 8800GTX and setting up a SLI config.
 
stickroad said:
Well with that res, a single 8800GTX will be more than enough. By the time games appear that will make the GTX struggle a lot their will be a new card out and that will be better buying that then getting another 8800GTX and setting up a SLI config.
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Ok so given that what chipset? I went for the 680i for the reasons that I mention and becuase I have an nvida chipset now and like it.

I am not into Overclocks realy, I tend to buy a new machine well before I need to OC the rig I have.

My priorities are stability, speed and features.


-SciFi.
 
SciFi said:
Ok so given that what chipset? I went for the 680i for the reasons that I mention and becuase I have an nvida chipset now and like it.

I am not into Overclocks realy, I tend to buy a new machine well before I need to OC the rig I have.

My priorities are stability, speed and features.


-SciFi.
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You my friend have more money than brains....might as well give the change to charity.
 
greeny_fastcar said:
Why don't you just set a price and see what the lovely spec makers of the forums come up with. Might be a shot better than what your picking at the minute?
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Fair enough, I have £1000 Ex VAT to spend including delivery. Anything not spent is a wast.

I have enough storage, an X-FI Sound card and an Enermax 500W PSU.

I will be running Vista 32bit Ultimate (will go 64bit later), playing all the usual games. Single 22" Widescreen.


Priority = Stability/speed then features.

Go to town.
 
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