New Graphics card and case!

[johntmanic]

Hi people,
Ive just bought the following items:-
C2D E6600 627 B stepping
Abit Quad GT 775 socket motherboard
2GB Gskill 6400HZ

So im in the market for a graphics card! i dont need anything thats going to change the worl, just something that will happy to play half life 2 and cs: source with some of the bells and whistles on?

I think my max price is around £150 because i need a new case as well

I also need a new case, and im thinking the Antec P180 Advanced Super Midi Tower Case, is this a good case? for quietness and cooling?

Any help will be good because im out of the loop with this stuff!

Thanks

John

 

[johntmanic]

Would something like that do? PowerColor ATI Radeon X1950 XT Extreme SILENT Heatpipe 512MB GDDR3 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-070-PC

At the minute ive got a 7800GT so anything better than that will do?

 

[Begbie]

No expert and know its a bit out of your budget, but will run dx10.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-054-OK&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=927

 

[jaykay]

Yer the 8800gts will be much better. I will give a noticable boost from your 7800gt

 

[johntmanic]

Yeah the 8800GTS looks very nice indeed! and its only 25 more isnt it?

 

[TheRealDeal]

Yea 8800 gts 320 is prob the card you should get. Some people picking them up second hand for 140 upwards.176 pound will get you the ocuk version
which is linked above.

 

[johntmanic]

But ive just been looking at this card and it looks pretty big, im just thinking just incase i go sli in the future?

 

[matthew2456]

second hand 8800?

 

[johntmanic]

second hand 8800?

Yeah thats what im thinking! ive just put a thread up in members market

 

[TheRealDeal]

As for sli i wouldn't bother just sell it and get a better card. Sli gives mixed
results and not all games support it. Nvidia really need to put more time into
making sli work better with less bugs but as they don't really release much
drivers for there single card solutions i wouldn't hold my breath for them doing
it for sli.

 

[easyrider]

8800 GTS320mb and Akasa eclipse 62

 

[Buffman]

Go with this case: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-004-NX It looks awesome.

 

[YoungBlood]

Go with this case: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-004-NX It looks awesome.

Im torn between that case and the antec nine hundred. There are actualy some decent reviews of both the cases on youtube.
Im leaning more towards the nine hundred because of the air cooling and I don't mind the noise.

 

[easyrider]

Im torn between that case and the antec nine hundred. There are actualy some decent reviews of both the cases on youtube.
Im leaning more towards the nine hundred because of the air cooling and I don't mind the noise.

Th Antec 900 is a cramped horrible case with questionable build quality.

Get a proper case like the Akasa eclipse 62

 

[truebluecfc]

I have an Antec-900 and it does look amazing and is really good for cooling and extremely good value for its price, only problem is its made out of plastic but i aint botherd by that tbh.

 

[jaykay]

Or you could get a lian li pc-7???

 

[johntmanic]

Just an update..... ive got the Antec silver P180 and a XFX 8800GTS 320MB XXX hopefully that will do me