£450ish on upgrade

slippy · 2 Dec 2007 at 18:59

Hi folks,

I haven't upgraded since 2004, so I think that maybe it's about time..

I'm looking for mobo,ram,graphics and cpu for around 450 quid.

Not really up to date with what's good now, so maybe someone can steer me in the right direction.

Cheers.

slippy · 3 Dec 2007 at 14:37

Hey, thanks for this. Looks like I'm going to have trouble finding a 8800gt this side of Christmas, though.

slippy · 3 Dec 2007 at 15:41

Hi mate,

Yeah, XP. I try to give new windows versions a wide berth for a couple of years

I think I prefer the fabose one. I might as well get a retail cpu. I'm not too fussed on overclocking it just yet, so the fancy cooler would be wasted. And I've used asus mobo's since 2000 with no probs.

What's the onboard audio like these days? worth buying a soundcard on top or not? I don't have a fancy sound system, just some decent sennheisers.

slippy · 3 Dec 2007 at 15:53

It's 500w with the pci-e connection. I had to buy one last year as my antec one went poof!

slippy · 3 Dec 2007 at 16:25

Another q, can you get IDE caddy's you can hotswap with? I have one now, but I have to turn it off before I swap the drives as otherwise it hangs.