Just Orderd My Upgrade - What Do You Think ?

alex2zulu · 21 Jul 2008 at 02:01

hey guys,

It's been a long time since I last put together a new gaming rig for myself.
Heres what i came up with, due tuesday, cant wait. oh and all payed for aswell not a penny spent

let rip guys

BFG GeForce GTX 260 OC 896MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) £179.99

Asus P5Q-E Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
£84.99

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 LGA775 'Yorkfield' 2.50GHz 6MB-cache (1333FSB) Processor
£154.99

Corsair TX 650W ATX2.2 SLi Compliant PSU
£54.99

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (66I-01939) £58.99

OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2 (OCZ2G8004GK)
£51.99

Will_3rd · 21 Jul 2008 at 02:13

Doesn't look too bad, not sure on the CPU personally. But then again I am a bit out of the loop.

Craig321 · 21 Jul 2008 at 02:19

Nice upgrade you've got yourself there... well a whole new PC basically

Enjoy

Make sure you get a 24"+ screen

alex2zulu · 21 Jul 2008 at 02:36

awesome.
got a samsung HDTV i use when i wanna play properly thats 1360x768 so basicly 720p
then a 19inch thats 1440x900 strange res's anoying sometimes lol

any idea on screens. cash is short on this one boys, just an idea really. something middle res?

ty

neoboy · 21 Jul 2008 at 03:24

Aren't Intel price drops scheduled for 21/22nd July?

TheRedZealot · 21 Jul 2008 at 08:15

looks nice but i would have ordered a HD4870 and changed the RAM, those sticks are dieing easily lately.

alex2zulu · 21 Jul 2008 at 12:55

about price drops. my dad has payed for this all, you might call it "guilt money" for a life of abuse, so to be honest price drops wont effect this one

as far as *** ATI cards go, i was thinking the very same thing. i dont know why i chose the nvidia card. theres not all that much in it really. especialy when your playing battlefield 2 or fear or something of the like

thats for all your input. i live it when a rig comes together

mp260767 · 21 Jul 2008 at 13:53

looks fine, would have gone with a q6600/4870 if i was paying for it.

Defiant306 · 21 Jul 2008 at 20:50

mp260767 said:
looks fine, would have gone with a q6600/4870 if i was paying for it.

Second

reflux · 21 Jul 2008 at 21:44

Q9300s are not very good, they overclock worse than the Q6600 and perform worse clock for clock due to the smaller cache

Would have got a 4870 as well, as fast as the GTX 260 but way cheaper.

snowdog · 21 Jul 2008 at 22:08

mp260767 said:
looks fine, would have gone with a q6600/4870 if i was paying for it.