recomend me an upgrade please

Quango-uk · 26 Jan 2008 at 16:08

I want to get vista and use the directx graphics could someone plese recomend me a cheepish upgrade for a mobo+cpu+ ram from what i have got below
i have an 8800gts pcie graphics card and lots of hds aslo have a corsair 520watt modular psu
was thinking of going intel this time been out fo the loop for a bit not sure whats good these days .

no mater what i try i cant get vists to run with the combo i have atm

asrock 939 dual sata mobo
4400+ amd dual core
2x1 gig of balistix ddr ram

tia

Maccy · 26 Jan 2008 at 16:27

Vista should run on your current setup fine. When you say it can't run, what do you mean? Can you expand on this?

caithomas44 · 26 Jan 2008 at 16:33

give us a budget

Quango-uk · 26 Jan 2008 at 16:34

well ill try

if i use a sata drive it keeps asking for drivers and asrock dont make driver for that mobo. i tried using some drivers for the 939 dual sata but it gets so far and i get the bsod

if i use an ide i have its saying cannot find a valid volume i tried formatting it still says the same

so i gave up

Maccy · 26 Jan 2008 at 16:57

Sounds like a motherboard issue then.

With regards to the upgrade, it depends on your budget

Quango-uk · 26 Jan 2008 at 17:14

well around the £300 say 2x1 gig of ram to start with

caithomas44 · 26 Jan 2008 at 17:21

As posted in another thread by myself 2 minutes ago

or

Quango-uk · 26 Jan 2008 at 18:12

thx guys

Btw Is the quad core better for gaming and or vista than the core duo ?

caithomas44 · 26 Jan 2008 at 18:18

The quad core is a lot better

Quango-uk · 28 Jan 2008 at 08:17

could you also tell me what a good cooler would be for this spec please ?

also would i be able to use my balistix ram for the time being ?

Shrapnel · 28 Jan 2008 at 09:03

Are you planning on over clocking? If not, then the retail cooler is fine (and is also ok for a small over clocker).

Your Ram looks like it's DDr, but this is DDR2 so you will need new Ram.

mp260767 · 28 Jan 2008 at 12:16

have you tried the nvidia site for the mobo drivers for u're asrock as they have uli drivers iirc ?

caithomas44 · 28 Jan 2008 at 12:31

get the freezer pro 7 for a cooler, uner 15 quid and it does a great job!

Quango-uk · 28 Jan 2008 at 13:47

yes I have got those drivers , but to my understanding you need to have them installed and install vista from winxp and do a clean install.
This is where im having the problems , it goes though its setup and I either get incorrect volume on hd, When i try to install on ad ide HD
Orwhen i use Sata i get just past the coping files needed then BSOD saying system halted if this is the first time you have seen this....

I will take another look at it see if im missing something somewhere

Quango-uk · 31 Jan 2008 at 15:17

mananged to get vitsa working only in 32bit and not in 64bit
I have posted a couple of questions about this in the windows forum area .