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And 2 beers. Though I think I'll get him a few extras, I feel like I'm robbing him.

Yeah, I'm wary, I can't remember the figure, but I have a vague idea that I couldn't get above 340. Anyway, he's flogged the 9550 anyway, and feels guilty so I've just got the 6600 for £35 and a couple of pints. Not a bad deal.

A friend has offered me either a q6600 for £50, or a q9550 for £90. Is the 9550 worth the extra? I'm concerned that my motherboard (GA p31-DS3L) might be a limiting factor for either of them, and perhaps the 9550 in particular. He says that I might be better off with the 6600 as my board...

Yeah, thanks, I agree, I've decided just to put the money towards a nice i5 bundle.

My aim is to get a nice new mobo/ram/cpu combo in, probably about 4-6 months, likely an i5/i7 around the £500 mark In the meantime though, is it worth spending a wee bit (max £100) on upgrading my venerable 2180? Just about to get a new GPU/CPU due to hardware failure, and my CPU is...

Yup, I'm going to go for it, I had a sneaky look around to see if it was available with free postage anywhere (my pet hate) and it's still in stock at 399 elsewhere. ell oh ell

Thanks, I'm leaning towards the SOC, and at only a tenner more, even if it was just a wee bit quieter I'd be well chuffed. Night and day, sounds like a big difference. Thanks for the info

Yeah, £200ish is my budget max, though I'd love 570 my PSU purchase rules it out. Not too bothered about the load volume levels, are the 480s reasonable at idle? -EDIT- just been advised in the other thread that the SOC is nice and quiet, so at £220, it looks very, very likely.

Posted a few weeks ago when pondering a 4950 (to unlock) or a 480. Just checking that the consensus is still go 480 if my PSU can handle it. Going to splurge on a Corsair PSU so that's sorted. So 480 still the bees knees, or has something else developed that I've missed (GPU buying is...

Thinking of maybe getting one of these. If I get a SOC and underclock it to standard speeds, would it be nice n quiet? Or am I just as well to get a standard card, like the Asus? Not too bothered with the slight increase the OC would give, but that cooler looks pretty good. If the standard...

Yeah the PSU is past it tbh. I was looking to replace it soon, but money is the issue. As always eh. Looks like either a PSU/GPU if I can get the cash together, or a 6950 if not.

crossfire isn't an option at the moment sadly. Mainly due to the "unplanned" nature of the upgrade. As for the PSU, it's actually a OCUK one from 2008, if I recall, it was about £50, so I don't think it'd be the greatest supply to be honest. I think that Huntkey(?) was the manufacturer, but I...

Haha, and I thought I'd narrowed it down. Anyone else like to chip in on this (and any other) card. Not too noisy is it? Oh, I only have a 550W PSU, would that be sufficient, probably should have mentioned sorry.

Ohgod, I've just wrecked my trusty 4870. There goes my SSD dream 24" 1920x1080 Looking to spend £180 to £220. Probably between a 560Ti and a 2GB 6950 (to be flashed to 6970) Can I have some opinions please. I've lost track of the latest and greatest, and have spent a day or so coming to the...

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