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Dozer 360

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Hi im new to the overclocking scene and i was just wondering if anyone could advise me on a good PSU and Graphics card to put in my new build.

atm in running on a crummy 450 watt psu and im using the ASRock k10n78's onboard 1gb nVidea 8200 tc.

also the PSU has to be 14cm or less to fit in my case (i know some good ones are 16cm or more) and id prefer it if they were less than £100 each.
 
i dont know the make of the psu its just some cheap one that i picked up, it says win power on it but i have never herd of them.

and as for the graphics card i was hoping for somthing along the Geforce lines to utilise the hybrid sli support on the mb. or is this not worth it?
 
Ben M said:
According to this http://www.legitreviews.com/article/708/1/


And the 9800GTX is over £100. Personally I wouldn't bother, the only benefit of hybrid sli is the power saving, which isn't worth much when you've spent more than you would otherwise on a new gpu.

If you definitely feel that you don't trust that PSU, I'd go for this (it's a bit over, but probably worth it)

Gainward ATI Radeon HD 4650 512MB DDR2 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail (471846200-9702) -£57.49
OCZ StealthXStream 500w Silent ATX2 Power Supply - £51.74
Total (inc. shipping) : £119.29
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thanks i'll have to look into that it looks like a bargin.

but on the price thing i ment £100 each item so is there room in the price for a better graphics card? i know that crysis recomends a 7??mb card.
 
danielmp007 said:
Get this:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-127-XF&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=938

And this:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-037-OC

Should be a good upgrade.

Go for the 4870 @ £164.99 if you can aford it. Defo worth it

dP
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that psu is too big for my case. but thanx anyway.

i might go with Ben M's idea of

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-026-OC
and
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-188-SP

it comes to £230 inc postage so its a bit over budget but i think it would be worth it.

Roll on pay day
 
Guardsmon said:
What are the specifications of the rest of your rig? CPU, memory, are the more important.
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amd phenom 9950 BE
ASRock k10n78 mobo
8gb ram
500gb hdd

atm most of the ram is going to waste on xp 32bit because i no longer have access to a vista cd. i do plan on getting vista ultimate 64bit soon to.
 
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