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AM2 is common. I don't think you should be looking at AM2 since you have the budget to get a conroe. I'd say wait for conroe to be more common and there motherboards to be common.

I have a 9700 AGP graphics card and thats fine for the games i play like CS source on low settings. If your having problems with games or want them to run on full settings then get a new graphics card. I'm going to wait but thats mainly because of the expense from going AGP to PCI-E
 
im sorry i must seem like a noob now, but i havent been in the computer hardware stuff for about a year and a half now.. whats a conroe? is it a new type of amd or intel platform?
 
Conroe aka Core 2 Duo is Intel's just released new cpu, its slowest chip the 6300 is known to keep up with the top AMD offerings, which is a huge saving.

If you did upgrade, it makes sense to buy a conroe over the other systems suggested.

Alternatively you could get a PCI-E mobo, £70 max, another gig or ram £70 max, and grab an x1800xt for about £140 - £150. I make that a £300 max upgrade that should see a good boost in gaming.

Really its down to you, do you want to spend more or less?.....
 
SYSTEM 1 CONROE
£180 Intel Core 2 DUO E6400 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.13GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
£117 Abit AB9 Pro (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-105-AB)
£260 HIS ATI Radeon X1900 XT ICEQ 3 SILENT Heatpipe 512MB GDDR3
£250 Patriot 2GB (2x1GB) PC7200 900MHz DDR2 Dual Channel Kit

£807

SYSTEM 2 939
£78 AMD Athlon 64 3800+ Venice (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3800BPBOX) (CP-116-AM)
£66 Asus A8N-SLi SE nForce4 SLi (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard
£130 GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3 (GE2GB3200BDC)
£184 BFG GeForce 7900 GT OC 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)

£458

SYSTEM 3 AM2
£82 AMD Athlon 64 3800+ 2.4GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail (CP-165-AM)
£105 Asus M2N-SLi Deluxe (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
£184 BFG GeForce 7900 GT OC 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)
£250 Patriot 2GB (2x1GB) PC7200 900MHz DDR2 Dual Channel Kit

£621

Right guys this is it, the 3 systems, what do you recommend going for? bear in mind i am like 19 and i know i could spend up to 1000 on upgrading, i dont neccessarily want to unless performances would be blisteringly faster. i dont neccessarily think any of these systems would be slow / much slower than the other, whats the new conroe proccessors like? good for gamnig? as amd used to always have the ballpark there!
 
phawkins576 said:
SYSTEM 1 CONROE
£180 Intel Core 2 DUO E6400 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.13GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
£117 Abit AB9 Pro (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-105-AB)
£260 HIS ATI Radeon X1900 XT ICEQ 3 SILENT Heatpipe 512MB GDDR3
£250 Patriot 2GB (2x1GB) PC7200 900MHz DDR2 Dual Channel Kit

£807
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That conroe system would absolutely wipe the floor with the other 2. I wouldn't personally spend so much on the ram though. I'd personally recommend getting GSkill NR 6400 ram. Thats like a £100+ saving. It may be worth your while waiting a month or so until you can really sus out what motherboard is best to go for.

Also, if direct x 10 cards from Nvidia are out fairly soon it may be worth waiting to see what the price drops are like.
 
you gotta be retarded to buy an am2 / 939 over a conroe setup.

Wait for dx10 cards and decent conroe mobo's (rd600) its not like your current setup is bad.
 
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