Slowest PC

MarkLP

MarkLP

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After just playing the Test Drive Unlimited Demo and closing it because It was jerking and juddering awfully. I thought am I one of the people with the slowest pc? lol

I haven't upgraded in probably 2 years that was to the 6600GT and a harddrive, which you can't really count.

Have been running the system, bar graphics card, for probably 4 years now, without any major problems, touch wood!

AMD Athlon 2800 'Barton' - Seems to be only running at 1667mhz though :confused:
Asus A7V600-X - I was surprised when I looked on the board to find it had SATA connectors the other day!!
Nvidia 6600GT - This seems to have handled everything i've thrown at it, ok some things on minimum graphics, but Test Drive seems to be just to much :(
1 GB Unbranded RAM - Well, Don't know if i'd notice a difference with branded ram or not!
Hiper 350w psu - Been stable and Quiet!

Once I get some money in I think its time for a proper upgrade, If I upgrade one thing its going to be bottlenecked by something else! I haven't kept up at all with the latest CPU's, Graphics card etc.. so that might be fun!!

So anyone else with a slower gaming pc? :p

Mark
 
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By the way, a 6600gt is not a harddrive, its a graphics card :p

Overclock the CPU and GPu as far as possible, if you know how to? (don't mean to sound patronising if you do)
If only minor improvements from that, consider buying a better graphics card such as a 7600gt for £94.
 
Just spec'd this:

I don't even know if all the components are compatible, which is sad :(



AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ 2.20GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail
(£109.26)

Asus M2N-SLi Deluxe (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
(£88.11)

Kingston HyperX 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Kit (KHX6400D2K2/2G)
(£138.64)

EVGA GeForce 8800 GTS SuperClocked 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
(£223.24)

Samsung SpinPoint T HD501LJ 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM x 2
(£88.11)
(£176.22)

Scythe Infinity Heatpipe CPU Cooler (Socket 478, 775, AM2, 754, 939, 940)
(£31.71)

Creative X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Fatal1ty Professional 7.1 Soundcard - Retail
(£89.29)

Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK)
(£70.49)

Akasa Eclipse 62 Aluminium Case - No PSU
(£93.99)

Akasa Eclipse 62 Window Side Panel
(£15.26)

Sub Total : £891.89
Shipping : £12.95
Vat : £158.35
Total : £1,063.19
 
Cairnsey said:
By the way, a 6600gt is not a harddrive, its a graphics card :p

Overclock the CPU and GPu as far as possible, if you know how to? (don't mean to sound patronising if you do)
If only minor improvements from that, consider buying a better graphics card such as a 7600gt for £94.
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lol, my edit went completely wrong, ment the main upgrade was the graphics card and, harddrives along the way.

I think thats where I went wrong with the CPU speed, i tried overclocking with some help, but think I went completely wrong and thats why its on 1667mhz :(
 
They are, but with £1000 for a complete system, you'd be mad to go with an AMD processor now. They were the fastest for a long time, but when Intel got their Core 2 Duo processors out, the performance bar held by AMD finally fell.

The Core 2 Duo's are also amazing overclocking processors, most can give a 50-75% speed increase on stock volts! :D
 
Tute said:
They are, but with £1000 for a complete system, you'd be mad to go with an AMD processor now. They were the fastest for a long time, but when Intel got their Core 2 Duo processors out, the performance bar held by AMD finally fell.

The Core 2 Duo's are also amazing overclocking processors, most can give a 50-75% speed increase on stock volts! :D
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Ah, I thought AMD were ment to be top dogs for gaming PC? That has completely changed then! If I'm not into overclocking is Intel still the way to go?

masslac said:
I fail to see the purpose of this thread. :confused:
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re-read my first post then.
 
MarkLP said:
Ah, I thought AMD were ment to be top dogs for gaming PC? That has completely changed then! If I'm not into overclocking is Intel still the way to go?



re-read my first post then.
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Core 2 is the new king and if not overclocking, an E6400 or E6600 should keep you happy for a long time.
 
MarkLP said:
Just spec'd this:

I don't even know if all the components are compatible, which is sad :(



AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ 2.20GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail
(£109.26)

Asus M2N-SLi Deluxe (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
(£88.11)

Kingston HyperX 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Kit (KHX6400D2K2/2G)
(£138.64)

EVGA GeForce 8800 GTS SuperClocked 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
(£223.24)

Samsung SpinPoint T HD501LJ 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM x 2
(£88.11)
(£176.22)

Scythe Infinity Heatpipe CPU Cooler (Socket 478, 775, AM2, 754, 939, 940)
(£31.71)

Creative X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Fatal1ty Professional 7.1 Soundcard - Retail
(£89.29)

Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK)
(£70.49)

Akasa Eclipse 62 Aluminium Case - No PSU
(£93.99)

Akasa Eclipse 62 Window Side Panel
(£15.26)

Sub Total : £891.89
Shipping : £12.95
Vat : £158.35
Total : £1,063.19
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Nice spec, just swap the board/memory/cpu for a conroe (Core2Duo) alternative and its all good.

You'll enjoy building inside the Eclipse, its a dream to work with, not the most visually stunning but a grand case all the same. TIP: You'll need fans for that case, it comes as is (no fans).
 
Asus P5W DH Deluxe WiFi (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

and

Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail



I didn't have a clue about the motherboard so I just chose the 975x chipset :confused:
 
masslac said:
It's inferior.

What's your total budget and what exactly do you want it to include?
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Im not buying at the moment, I'm just trying to get back into the swing of things, and get up to date really. Just put that Spec together to see if I was still on the right lines :)
 
MarkLP said:
Im not buying at the moment, I'm just trying to get back into the swing of things, and get up to date really. Just put that Spec together to see if I was still on the right lines :)
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You are mate :)
 
You'll enjoy building inside the Eclipse, its a dream to work with, not the most visually stunning but a grand case all the same. TIP: You'll need
fans for that case, it comes as is (no fans). __________________
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Once you factor in cost of the fans, the Eclipse is quite expensive, I guess ok if you have a couple of spare fans. Eclipse with two fans is £120, not cheap for a midi tower.
 
Depends what you wanna spend, lots of 'Spec me' or 'Conroe' advice threads here mate, use the search.

Everyone will recommend the board they use, apart from a select few lucky enough to use a number of them, so use your own better judgement (and google).

CPU doesnt need to be as high as the 6600, but if it fits the budget its a fine choice and has a larger cache, just don't expect it to OC any further then the lower chips. The e4300 and e6300/6400 are still good chips.

Memory i'd personally go for something with a lower latency, i think you'll find there's some good sets at the same price as that in your spec with tighter timings.
 
squiffy said:
Once you factor in cost of the fans, the Eclipse is quite expensive, I guess ok if you have a couple of spare fans. Eclipse with two fans is £120, not cheap for a midi tower.
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Antec P180 tbh. More for your money overall.
 
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