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Tried the "official" spec me thread but as somebody indicated it got lost in the flood of posts :)

just looking to upgrade my tower and switch back from amd

i was looking at the q9450 or q9550 depending on how much they drop in the rumoured price cuts.

i am trying to make it as future proof as possible so was initially looking at ddr3 but having looked at the negligable performance increase have been a little put off.


BUDGET: £800-£1000

Processor: Yes
Motherboard: Yes
Memory: Yes
Graphics Card(s): Yes
TV Card: No
Hard Drive(s): No
Optical Drive(s): No
Cooling: Yes
Water Cooling: No
Cable(s): No
Sound Card: No
Controller Card(s): No
Case: No
Power Supply: Yes

Keyboard: No
Mouse: No
Headset: No
Speakers: No
Monitor(s): No
Operating System: Yes

Uses: Gaming, programming, photoshop etc
Overclocking: Not usually

Thanks in advance
 
are you programming apps/photoshop compatible with vista/64 bit ?

edit:

maybe drop one of the gfx cards, could up the memory to something like the gksill pc8000/ some pc8500 if you're looking to overclock over the pc6400 limits.

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 LGA775 'Yorkfield' 2.66GHz 12MB-cache (1333FSB) Processor - Retail £175.99 (£206.79)

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (66I-01939) £58.99 (£69.31)

GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 800MHz Black Dragon DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GB24GB6400C5DC) £46.99 (£55.21)

Asus P5E Intel X38 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £109.99
(£129.24)

Thermaltake ToughPower 850W Modular Power Supply £89.99 (£105.74)

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail x2 £151.99 (£178.59) £303.98 (£357.18)

Tuniq Tower 120-LFB CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775) £23.99 (£28.19)

Sub Total : £809.92
Shipping : £9.95
VAT : £143.48
Total : £963.35
 
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thanks a lot that

i typically use microsoft visual studio 2005 - 08 so as far as i know they are 64bit compatible.
 
wait for the price cuts. the q9450 will be obsolete and the q9550 should be around the same price as the 9450 is now.

I would also wait for the 4870x2 as they should be around a similar price as two 4870's but we will see.

Assuming they are similar prices then you could get something like this
Doh missed the psu

I would say mp260767 is very good, but if you can afford to go to £1k then get one of the x38 or x48 asus ROG boards.
 
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