Going Intel? Please advise

[regul8]

How do!

My system is in need of a upgrade, currently I am running a 3800 Sanny which needs upgrading as I want to be able to play AoC and WAR when released.

I have been advised to go Intel now (I have always been an AMD person) but I know nothing about Intel.

I dont wanna spend a load of money, but I want a system that will suffice for AoC and WAR. I currently have a 1900XTX which I want to keep for the time being and then upgrade later when WAR comes out (I am hoping that the 1900XTX will do me with AoC as I cannot afford to upgrade both).

So what m/b, cpu and memory (should i get 4gig) do you recommend thats nto going to break the bank, id like to keep this as close to £300 as possible....

 

[semi-pro waster]

You've got a few options for that sort of budget. This should do a decent job and allows a fair bit of overclocking.

Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 PC2-6400C5 TwinX (2x2GB) £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.00GHz (1333FSB) - Retail £112.99
(£132.76) £112.99
(£132.76)
Asus P5K Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
Sub Total : £232.97
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £8.25
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £42.21
Total : £283.43

 

[regul8]

My main issue is not having a clue what all the different m/b types are, with AMD its easy, but there seems to be loads of different ones for Intel chips. I only use Asus ones though so yours is a good example

Looks very good mate, thanks