Spec check please...
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Plenty of room for improvement here IMO.
Maybe swap the DS3 for the 650i board? I believe it's a better clocker, and supports SLi.
If you can spare it i'd stretch to the Lian-Li PC7+, it's a much better case.
I'd also consider finding the money to go up to one of the Corsair PSUs, they're fantastic.
Swap the DVDRW for the SATA version? That way you could do away with IDE cables altogether.
Not sure what the E6400 would offer you over the E6300, especially if overclocked. You could save a bit of money and lose little, if no, performance.
And finally, if possible, stretch to the PCIe BFG 7600GT. It's really much quicker than the X1650 Pro, which is a poor card for the money.
For all these changes, I don't think they would affect the price much, but you'd end up with a much faster, cooler running system.
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Maybe swap the DS3 for the 650i board? I believe it's a better clocker, and supports SLi.
If you can spare it i'd stretch to the Lian-Li PC7+, it's a much better case.
I'd also consider finding the money to go up to one of the Corsair PSUs, they're fantastic.
Swap the DVDRW for the SATA version? That way you could do away with IDE cables altogether.
Not sure what the E6400 would offer you over the E6300, especially if overclocked. You could save a bit of money and lose little, if no, performance.
And finally, if possible, stretch to the PCIe BFG 7600GT. It's really much quicker than the X1650 Pro, which is a poor card for the money.
For all these changes, I don't think they would affect the price much, but you'd end up with a much faster, cooler running system.
[Edit] Here you go...
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Zogger said:I think it wouldn't be much cooler without any cpu cooling
Meh, it's late!
Retail version of the E6300 is only an extra £3, that would get it going, and give at least a mild overclock. For anything higher, the OP would probably need a meatier H/S like the Tuniq Tower, Scythe Ninja, or Thermalright Ultra-120 with a nice fast 120mm fan. But it all adds to the cost.
thanks for your input so far.
he wont be overclocking at all so thats why i went for the E6400. he plays the odd game but nothing that graphics intensive. just need something that will play the odd game at fairly decent settings.
can someone RTM to get this moved to GH?
he wont be overclocking at all so thats why i went for the E6400. he plays the odd game but nothing that graphics intensive. just need something that will play the odd game at fairly decent settings.
can someone RTM to get this moved to GH?