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Periodically over the last few months I have been visiting good online component retailers, including this one, and filling my basket with lots of juicy electronic goodness. When the time came to pay I would bail out. Mainly because I could not justify, both to myself and my better half, spending £700+ on a new gaming rig. However, in the coming weeks I have managed to free up some extra cash and plan on biting the proverbial bullet by saying goodbye to my long serving and trusty E8400, 8800GTX, Corsair Dominator 4GB and Asus P5Q Pro.
Now, to my question: with a budget of £750 in your hand, if you were a gaming enthusiast in need of a new motherboard, CPU, memory and GPU what would you be spending your cash on? In terms of the future is i7 the way to go? I have pretty much made up my mind on the ATI 5870, but which brand? What speed DDR3 memory would I need? Do I really need an extreme motherboard?
Ok, so that really is a barrage of questions but let me tell you what I want out of my system so that you can answer them more effectively. I am an enthusiast, but not to the point of ridiculous overclocks. I did overclock my E8400 for example, but only as far as it would go with the stock heatsink. I would like to tinker with the processor a little but it isn't a necessity. Essentially, all I would like is a gaming rig that isn't going to need upgrading for a few years. My current rig has lasted me that length of time, I would like to repeat that fortune with my new set up. I will be using Windows 7 64bit, and Windows XP 32bit on a dual boot. Hope you can help!
Regards,
Danny
Now, to my question: with a budget of £750 in your hand, if you were a gaming enthusiast in need of a new motherboard, CPU, memory and GPU what would you be spending your cash on? In terms of the future is i7 the way to go? I have pretty much made up my mind on the ATI 5870, but which brand? What speed DDR3 memory would I need? Do I really need an extreme motherboard?
Ok, so that really is a barrage of questions but let me tell you what I want out of my system so that you can answer them more effectively. I am an enthusiast, but not to the point of ridiculous overclocks. I did overclock my E8400 for example, but only as far as it would go with the stock heatsink. I would like to tinker with the processor a little but it isn't a necessity. Essentially, all I would like is a gaming rig that isn't going to need upgrading for a few years. My current rig has lasted me that length of time, I would like to repeat that fortune with my new set up. I will be using Windows 7 64bit, and Windows XP 32bit on a dual boot. Hope you can help!
Regards,
Danny
