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Woodentop · 5 Oct 2011 at 21:41

I want to upgrade my machine, i currently have a E6600 Core 2 Duo with a ATI 4870 GPU so an upgrade is well overdue

My question is i am a bit confused by all of the different chipsets and sockets and not really sure what is the best option. I mainly use my machine for gaming so i would like a good fast motherboard & cpu combo. Any ideas?

Woodentop · 5 Oct 2011 at 21:58

I would say about £1500 max but that includes a new graphics card was looking at a ATI 6990.

Woodentop · 6 Oct 2011 at 09:59

Thank you for the replies.
I already have a nice Antec case that i will reuse so i will knock the case off the list. Maybe things have moved on a bit now but when i was looking before crossfire/sli cards were not recommended.

I like ATI cards but im not sold on them so if the 570's are a better option then i will switch to them. I will search for some benchmark tests (if you have any links please post them).

Also are the i5 CPU's the best bet rather than the i7?

Woodentop · 6 Oct 2011 at 13:34

I have an Antec P190 case. Quite old now but i like it.

Woodentop · 6 Oct 2011 at 13:42

Also i noticed that the 580's also come with a 3GB memory option, is it worth spending a little bit more to have double the memory?

Woodentop · 6 Oct 2011 at 19:27

grrr it is hard to decide, so many options :confused:

I want to use 3D tech as well so another choice to be made on that side of things.