Another help spec upgrade thread :)

Hammy

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Hi guys i have had my current pc 2 years now and i am due an upgrade
current spec is X800 xtpe , msi k8t neo2 and 3200+

looking to spend around these prices
mobo £80
cpu £70
gfx card £100-140
mem £60
H/D £60


have decent case and psu ect so above is all i need for the time being

not bothered if i stay amd or go intel
 
Marginally over on the graphics card but given the money saved on the motherboard and CPU it works out at about the same overall cost. However if you are less of a gamer then the ATI 3850pro might be a better option.

Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKS) £55.99
(£65.79) £55.99
(£65.79)
Gainward BLISS GeForce 8800 GT 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (4718462008965) £134.99
(£158.61) £134.99
(£158.61)
Intel Core 2 Duo E2200 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.20GHz (800FSB) - Retail £49.99
(£58.74) £49.99
(£58.74)
OcUK Value IP35 Pro Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £54.99
(£64.61) £54.99
(£64.61)
GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 800MHz Black Dragon DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GB24GB6400C5DC) £54.99
(£64.61) £54.99
(£64.61)
Sub Total : £350.95
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £8.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £62.98
Total : £422.88
 
looks good semi

one thing tho does the latest mobo's have only one ide slot now
is there an adaptor availabe from sata - ide ?

how does this look

Hitachi Deskstar 7K160 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0Y30006)
£26.99 (£31.71)

MSI K9A Platinum Crossfire (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £56.99 (£66.96)

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4800+ 2.50GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail
£48.99 (£57.56)

OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-5400C5 Dual Channel Vista Upgrade Gold Series DDR2 (OCZ2VU6674GK) £49.99 (£58.74)

PowerColor ATI Radeon HD 3870 XT Extreme 512MB GDDR4 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) -
Retail £119.99 (£140.99)

Sub Total : £302.95

Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £8.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £54.58

Total : £366.48
 
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how many ide connectors do you need ?

if you want a smaller hd than spw's get the seagate 250gb.

i'd go with spw's mob/processor/ram.

if you prefer an ati card go with the powercolour 3870 xt extreme.
 
mp260767 said:
how many ide connectors do you need ?

if you want a smaller hd than spw's get the seagate 250gb.

i'd go with spw's mob/processor/ram.

if you prefer an ati card go with the powercolour 3870 xt extreme.
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just changed the GFX card tnx :)


i have my dvd rom and dvd rw and my 500gb ide hard drive so need 2 ide slots for the 3 drives
i know the sata 500bg HD cheap but i need to keep costs as low as possible
i just need a small hard drive as main for windows and some installed apps/games anthing more than 160gb is over kill as i have the bigger drive for storage
 
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i'd go for a samsung or seagate 160gb drive then, adpaters for ide are available not sure what sort of performance loss there might be.
 
There shouldn't really be any performance loss between SATA and IDE, I don't think using an adapter would change that as such but it might be less reliable and is certainly more cumbersome. I'd either leave out the DVD drive for the moment and just use the DVDRW and hard drive or alternatively buy a cheap PCI IDE controller card which ought to be less than £20 for a basic model.
 
is the
OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-5400C5 Dual Channel Vista Upgrade Gold Series DDR2 (OCZ2VU6674GK)

ok or should i go for


GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 800MHz Black Dragon DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GB24GB6400C5DC)
 
Hammy said:
is the
OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-5400C5 Dual Channel Vista Upgrade Gold Series DDR2 (OCZ2VU6674GK)

ok or should i go for


GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 800MHz Black Dragon DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GB24GB6400C5DC)
Click to expand...

Pretty sure they use the same chips so will give the same results.

I have the OCZ and have them at 5-5-5-18 @ 920mhz and they have been perfect:D

It's all a matter of which you prefer the look of IMO ;)
 
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