annual upgrade time ?

peter · 29 Jan 2007 at 14:31

last year built a 146 opteron rig overclocked to 2.4 g with a asrock dual mb and a 7800 gt what to do next?
splash out on a 8800 gts £250
go dual core 4600 £123
1950 pro £126
sell the whole lot and go conroe
play coh the most at the moment on a 20 widescreen viewsonic
looking for the best bang for the buck!

melbourne720 · 29 Jan 2007 at 14:44

Best value for money, 8800 GTS. You will have to spend some extra money on new pants, but it is well worth it

If you have the money, go conroe. I wouldn't bother with dual core AMD tbh. For not much more you could get a e4300 + DS3 and clock it way past a 4600!

peter · 29 Jan 2007 at 15:05

conroe upgrade

Intel Core 2 DUO LGA775 E6300 1.86GHz Retail / Gigabyte 965P DS3 / 1GB GeIL PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Kit - Bundle

cost £286.66

buying seperately £277.27

leaning towards the gts as the difference would be more noticeable

melbourne720 · 29 Jan 2007 at 15:08

Good selection, but I would really go for 2GB, even if it is the OCuk PC6400 Value - 2GB really is the standard, and you'll always wish you had if you don't.

Get an aftermarket cooler for that conroe:-

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-003-SY

or

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-000-SB

Luffy · 29 Jan 2007 at 18:02

melbourne720 said:
If you have the money, go conroe. I wouldn't bother with dual core AMD tbh. For not much more you could get a e4300 + DS3 and clock it way past a 4600!

I agree, I went from Opteron 146 @ 2800 to 4200 X2 @ 2750 and got less fps. Now back on the Opty for the time being.
Get the GTS and save for the conroe etc.