£200 to spend - What Upgrades

Gimpymoo

Gimpymoo

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My Current system:

AMD A63 3000+ (939) - Running at stock since Freezer 64 packed in and using stock fan.

MSI Neo4 Platinum Mobo

ATI X800XL VGA

Geil Value DDR 400 2GB (2x1GB)

Am running Vista x64.

PC is heavily used for general duties and gaming.

Im guessing its going to be either CPU or VGA upgrade time.. would like a dual core CPU with a nice amount of cache, but a new graphics card would be nice, although to be fair, the X800 is still a gem of card.

Having to stick with S939 as cannot afford new CPU, MOBO and RAM at present.

Any input appreciated.
 
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Gimpymoo said:
My Current system:

AMD A63 3000+ (939) - Running at stock since Freezer 64 packed in and using stock fan.

MSI Neo4 Platinum Mobo

ATI X800XL VGA

Geil Value DDR 400 2GB (2x1GB)

Am running Vista x64.

PC is heavily used for general duties and gaming.

Im guessing its going to be either CPU or VGA upgrade time.. would like a dual core CPU, but a new graphics card would be nice, although to be fair, the X800 is still a gem of card.

Having to stick with S939 as cannot afford new CPU, MOBO and RAM at present.

Any input appreciated.
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For £200 how about getting http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-071-HT&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=403 and http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-183-AM
I would have said get a 3800+ slightly cheaper but there isnt any on overclockers
 
THanks.

The 4200 CPU looks good.. would have preferred more cache though :(

My VGA is PCIe so looking at this:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-070-HT&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=404

What would the performance be like compared to the X800.. a big jump or just noticeable difference.

My last VGA upgrade was a Nvidia 5700LE 128mb to the 256mb X800XL - I literally did poop my pants when I installed that. I guess the days of being totally freaked out by an upgrade are becoming less and less :(
 
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Umm, I don't know how to describe it as I think it splits the difference between the two. I have an X850 XT PE in my rig and I just built an OC'd E6300 with an X1950 Pro. The X1950 pwns it in 3DMark by just about double and is able to run all new games (STALKER, for instance) at near-max settings at 1440x900 (the only res I tested). My card, on the other hand can play STALKER at medium settings. It's not a mind-blowing difference, seeing as the 800XL is a darn good card) but the difference is significant. You'll be quite happy with those two upgrades, fear not. :)
 
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