AMD - Upgrade spec check

[Nico_Joey]

Looking to move from an old intel system (e6400,680i,ddr2) to an amd machine. I have a nice 20''Samsung monitor and a 4850 with an Accelero S aswell as vista premium waiting to be used.

spec so far

Anything i might be able to cut afew £ off?. Will be gaming mostly, and wanting to keep price/quality as best as possible.

 

[mp260767]

can't see the point in going ddr3, i'd go with an am2+ mobo and ddr2 memory.

have you tried clocking your e6400 ?

 

[BigBruiserAl]

Agree dd3 might be a waste at this stage ddr2 will save some ££3

 

[maxryan]

buliding a similar machine and I got the same AM3 Board and DDR3 (2 x 2GB). The reason for DDR3 for me is because of the new socket AM3 board. if you want DDR2 than you got to get a AM2+ board, but AM2+ is going to get replace with AM3 so for the sack for "future resistant" ( not future proof as that is impossible ) I think its fair to pay abit more for the DDR3 ram eventho there wouldn't be much increase in performance compare to DDR2

 

[Paul2506]

buliding a similar machine and I got the same AM3 Board and DDR3 (2 x 2GB). The reason for DDR3 for me is because of the new socket AM3 board. if you want DDR2 than you got to get a AM2+ board, but AM2+ is going to get replace with AM3 so for the sack for "future resistant" ( not future proof as that is impossible ) I think its far to pay abit more for the DDR3 ram eventho there wouldn't be much increase in performance compare to DDR2

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