Help with my next upgrade please fellow speed monkeys

richieboy · 18 Oct 2006 at 18:10

Hi chaps,

Im looking to upgrade from a Socket 939 machine to an AM2 one, i already have a case (Lian-Li V2100B - beauty of a thing), and an Enermax Libery 500w PSU. The machine is mostly used for gaming on a 2407WFP, and i'll be needing all the core components such as:

- CPU
- Mobo
- RAM
- GFX card (the manlier the better, for running stuff like COH @ 1920x1600)
- HDD (need around 100GB of storage, not too much)

If you had an unlimited amount of money and wanted a top notch machine, what would you go for?

richieboy · 18 Oct 2006 at 18:43

Minstadave said:
Could you be tempted to ditch AM2 for Conroe?

I could be tempted, but unless things have changed i always thought AMD were the way to go for gaming? :confused:

richieboy · 18 Oct 2006 at 18:55

MagicalTrevor said:
things have changed

Care to elaborate?

richieboy · 18 Oct 2006 at 19:07

semi-pro waster said:
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Thanks, i was looking at an Nvidia 7950GT card over an ATI as i prefer the Nvidia drivers...is the ATI definately the better option without a doubt? After looking at charts for GFX cards the results seem to be up and down all over the place, sometimes the ATI takes the lead and other times the Nvidia does.

Is GeIL any good? I have always been a Corsair man myself, but can be persuaded to change?

EDIT: Are the DFI Socket 775 boards any good? I've got a DFI Ultra-D Expert and love it to bits!

EDIT2: What about the Asus P5WDG2-WS Professional Intel 975X (Socket LGA775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard?

richieboy · 19 Oct 2006 at 22:46

Any good?

Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
Intel Extreme D975bx-305 975X (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2 Dominator PC2-8500C5 TwinX (2x1GB)
EVGA GeForce 7950 GT KO Superclocked 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail

I'm likely to go slightly less crazy with the RAM, most likely some GeIL etc...