Core components £250-£300 to spend...

rob0r said:
Thanks for explaining, so to clarify the extra expense of the 6000 is warranted due to being more powerful overall?
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to be honest, it would be quite close in my opinion, i doubt you would notice it much, or even at all playing games, but i would say the higher clock speed would come in more handy than the extra L3 cpu cache :p
 
In that case I might just save myself a bit of cash and get the 7750. I'm pretty happy with the spec below. Just one question, is the corsair ram worth it over the kingston? With these specs, is XP really a no no?

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
XFX ATI Radeon HD 4850 "XXX Edition" 512MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £109.99
(£95.64) £109.99
(£95.64)
Gigabyte GA-MA78G-DS3H AMD 780G (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £73.59
(£63.99) £73.59
(£63.99)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 7750+ Black Edition 2.70GHz (Socket AM2+) - Retail £57.49
(£49.99) £57.49
(£49.99)
Corsair XMS2 4GB DDR2 PC2-8500C5 TwinX (2x2GB) Dual Channel Kit (Twin2X4096-8500C5) £39.99
(£34.77) £39.99
(£34.77)
Sub Total : £244.39
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £38.08
Total : £291.97

I'm coming from a 3000xp, asus a7n8x, 9800 pro and 1gb 3200 ram so I don't think I'll notice the difference in the cpu!
 
rob0r said:
In that case I might just save myself a bit of cash and get the 7750. I'm pretty happy with the spec below. Just one question, is the corsair ram worth it over the kingston? With these specs, is XP really a no no?

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
XFX ATI Radeon HD 4850 "XXX Edition" 512MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £109.99
(£95.64) £109.99
(£95.64)
Gigabyte GA-MA78G-DS3H AMD 780G (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £73.59
(£63.99) £73.59
(£63.99)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 7750+ Black Edition 2.70GHz (Socket AM2+) - Retail £57.49
(£49.99) £57.49
(£49.99)
Corsair XMS2 4GB DDR2 PC2-8500C5 TwinX (2x2GB) Dual Channel Kit (Twin2X4096-8500C5) £39.99
(£34.77) £39.99
(£34.77)
Sub Total : £244.39
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £38.08
Total : £291.97

I'm coming from a 3000xp, asus a7n8x, 9800 pro and 1gb 3200 ram so I don't think I'll notice the difference in the cpu!
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cant complain :p looks good :)

do you already have a os.? thats is more than capable of vista :)

i cant fault corsair, solid stuff :D and £2 cheaper lol
 
rob0r said:
I have XP pro, and thats what I was planning on using. Someone mentioned there's a ram limit in XP... Really unsure!
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ahh yeah, do you know if its 32 or 62bit.?

a 32bit os, any os - xp/vista/2000 etc all have a ram limit

a 32bit os can only reconise around 3.25-3.5gigs of ram, you can still install 4gigs and it will work fine though. you just wont utilise it all but its so cheap anyways theres no point in getting less than 4gigs with windows 7 around the corner.
 
Ahh, I meant I'll stick with windows and wait for 7. I'm not waiting to buy these components, I'm ordering them today!

Thanks for your help :)
 
rob0r said:
I bet I'm really annoying! The gigabyte mobo...

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-122-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=808

On the short description on the mobo product selection page says it's AM2 only, while the actual product page is saying it's AM2+. Just concerned since I may upgrade in the future, or is there nothing to worry about?

Cheers
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Yes this board will be fine for upgrading, as it will take the AM3 CPU's once the bios is flashed

But there is on thing that you should look in to before this board, is what version of the bios it comes with, because it will need a newer version of the bios to take any AM2+ or AM3 CPU's. If you buy either the 7750+ or the X3 720, there is the risk if it comes with with a older bios you will not be able to boot the the PC up until the bios is flashed to flash it you will need to use a AM2 CPU.

The biostar board i specd you earlier in this thread WILL work & boot the bios & let you flash it after wards.

But if you still want the Gigabyte GA-MA78G-DS3H i would phone up to check what version of the bios is on the board before buying
 
Na, I'm not overly fussed with the gigabyte, it was just slightly cheaper. If I favour anything it would be an Asus, just because I liked my a7n8x-deluxes in the past! There is an Asus in the price range, but it's not crossfire ready. Something I'm not overly fussed about right now, but for a few extra quid I suppose it wouldn't hurt. It's looking like the biostar, unless there's another board I should be looking at.

Cheers
 
Well I've gone and bought it.

XFX 4850, AMD 7750, Asus MA738 pro, corsair 4gb. Well excited! £295 inc. delivery

Thanks for your help.
 
sketch145 said:
sounds good, you should post some before and after pics/benchmarks.

are you planning to overclock the 7750?
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I would, but my PC is currently in bits broken hence the upgrade. Should be good to see how well it performs though. It turns out I'm going to use Vista Business Edition for the time being.

I don't see much point in me OC'ing. I get the theory and I probably could do it, but it will be such a boost from what I had I just wouldn't notice the difference. Who knows, I might do it in the future.

Cheers
 
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