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[Ox1de]

Hi guys, thinking of doing an upgrade now (built my current pc in 2004), and with oblivion soon to come was wondering your opinions (mainly for the Gfx card)

Current system is

Amd64 3500+
2x512mb 3200 ram
1 x 74 gig raptor + also storage HDD's
evga 6800gt 256mb
av8 3rd eye mboard
audigy zs sound

What do you think an upgrade to the following will be like, i'll be using my current cpu atm untill i choose to upgrade

DFI LanParty UT NF4 SLI-D (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard Price: £94.95 (£111.57 Including VAT at 17.5%)

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3 (GE2GB3200BDC) Price: £94.95 (£111.57 Including VAT at 17.5%)

Tagan TG530-U22 530W ATX2.01 2Force SLi Compliant Silent PSU (CA-005-TG) Price: £59.95 (£70.44 Including VAT at 17.5%)

Zalman CNPS7700-CU Ultra-Quiet CPU Cooler - Retail (HS-010-ZA) £23

case: ???? undecided

Grahpics card: undecided, was looking into a BFG GeForce 7900 GT OC 256MB GDDR3 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-018-BG) Price: £204.95 (£240.82 Including VAT at 17.5%)

Any suggestions? Mainly need help deciding a decent case + also graphics card that will last and run oblivion well.

thanks in advance

 

[semi-pro waster]

Welcome to the forums, I'd probably pick the X1800XT 512mb at around £250 or if you can stretch the budget maybe look to the X1900XT as I think for the moment ATI offer superior value for money in the high end cards.

Case wise the Akasa Eclipse seems to be good or maybe the Antec P180, both are worth a look although it depends on your budget.

 

[stvmor]

Just a thought!

Try the 2Gig in your current rig 1st as you may find the improvement gives it a bit more life!
If not you can change your mobo and get one of the 'cheap' 1800 or 1900 ATI PCIe graphics cards. They do look good value atm.
Your CPU (assuming it's a 939 Venice?) is still good for some time to come and will probably give a reasonable overclock if necessary.

Sometimes "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" is best?

 

[Ox1de]

ok thanks for advice, had a longer think about this and how does this sound,

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3 (GE2GB3200BDC) (MY-046-GL) Available This Week Only for just £89.95 +VAT.


Asus A8R32-MVP Deluxe Crossfire (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-131-AS) Available This Week Only for just £104.95 +VAT.


Connect3D ATI Radeon X1900 XT-X 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (3055) (GX-046-CO) Available This Week Only for just £264.95 +VAT.

Akasa Eclipse-62 Aluminum Case (CA-005-AK) Price: £66.95 (£78.67 Including VAT at 17.5%)


Enermax Noisetaker 600W EG701AX-VE(W) SFMA ATX2.0 SLI Compliant PSU (CA-021-EN) Available This Week Only for just £69.95 +VAT.

All this for £608.47 thanks to the "this weeks offers"

Sound good? Pretty close to ordering now

 

[fenderbass86]

That all looks Very good with a capital 'V'!

 

[helpimcrap]

yep. very good... even better that its all on offer! lol.

 

[stvmor]

Don't forget the fans!

Yep, very nice
I fancy the eclipse but my Sonata does ok
I don't think the eclipse comes with fans so order a couple of Akasa Ambers with it!