cpu/ram/gfx card/mobo equip check please

robozric

robozric

robozric

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hi ppl

can someone please have a blast through these 4 items and just give me their thoughts or advice also i have xp pro sp3 at mo should i be upgrading to vista too? to make the most of this equipment

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 LGA775 'Yorkfield' 2.66GHz 12MB-cache (1333FSB) Processor - Retail £175.99
(£206.79) £175.99
(£206.79)
Gigabyte GA-X48T-DQ6 Intel X48 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £159.99
(£187.99) £159.99
(£187.99)
Corsair 2GB DDR3 DHX 1333C9DHX Twin3X (2x1GB) £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
Gainward ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £149.99
(£176.24) £149.99
(£176.24
 
robozric said:
hi ppl

can someone please have a blast through these 4 items and just give me their thoughts or advice also i have xp pro sp3 at mo should i be upgrading to vista too? to make the most of this equipment

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 LGA775 'Yorkfield' 2.66GHz 12MB-cache (1333FSB) Processor - Retail £175.99
(£206.79) £175.99
(£206.79)
Gigabyte GA-X48T-DQ6 Intel X48 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £159.99
(£187.99) £159.99
(£187.99)
Corsair 2GB DDR3 DHX 1333C9DHX Twin3X (2x1GB) £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
Gainward ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £149.99
(£176.24) £149.99
(£176.24
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My thoughts; for a gaming PC get a dual core 8400 but if doing CAD, audio / video editing, lots of multitasking the quad is fine. Id probably choose the Q6600 from a bang per buck perspective though.

Mobo is up to user preference and should be good, has 2 PCI-Express 2.0 (x16 each) slots which is preferred for crossfire.

Ram looks good.

The HD 4870 is a great card and easily the best buy in the high-end segment at moment.

HaPPY GaMING.
 
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if it was me i'd go with x38 (if you plan to run crossfire) or p45/ddr2, for the price of that 2gb ddr3 you can have 4gb of ddr2.

i'd stick with xp/sp3.
 
no plants to do crossfire or overclock much tbh just want a fast stable system really for gaming also not planning doin another upgrade for a while so want a system thats gonna last for a bit also should i go for 4gb ram and vista?
or stick with xp pro sp3
 
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