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Well it's about that time where I've got some spare cash and have decided to upgrade my pc.

I've got about £1500 to spend, on a gaming rig.

and the list of things that I need are as follows:

Motherboard
Processor
RAM
Graphics Card

I think thats the main things though off the top of my head.

Any help is appreciated.
 
Hi,

Could look at something along the following lines :

BFG GeForce 9800 GX2 1024MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £309.99 (£364.24)

OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-8000C5 1000MHz ReaperX HPC Enhanced Bandwidth Edition Dual Channel DDR2 (OCZ2RPX10004GK) £74.99 (£88.11)

Asus Maximus Formula Intel X38 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £129.99 (£152.74)

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 LGA775 'Yorkfield' 2.66GHz 12MB-cache (1333FSB) Processor - Retail £219.99 (£258.49)

Sub Total : £734.96
Shipping : £8.95
VAT : £130.18
Total : £874.09
 
Lovely budget give a sec... ok... here we go...

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with..
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you would have a monster :)
 
9800GX2 isn't worth SLI'ing as quad SLI sucks. Crossfire scales better than SLI in most cases and even AMD don't get much of their fourth card :(.

If you game at 1920x1200 or higher then I might recommend 2x 8800GTX's as at the top resolutions with AA/AF/HDR applied as the 9800GX2 can slow down and practically hiccup when compared to twin 8800GTX's. The 8800 cards have better bandwidth.

If you are on lets say 1920x1200/1920x1440 then the GX2 might be enough with heaps of AA/AF etc. Any higher then I'd get the 8800GTX's.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=11539322&postcount=42
 
Eva01 said:
Well it's about that time where I've got some spare cash and have decided to upgrade my pc.

I've got about £1500 to spend, on a gaming rig.

and the list of things that I need are as follows:

Motherboard
Processor
RAM
Graphics Card

I think thats the main things though off the top of my head.

Any help is appreciated.
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Is it going to be whole rig or just those 4 ?
What about case ? Monitor, speakers, mice and other stuff like that ?
Are you going to OC it ?
 
Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.00GHz (1333FSB) - Retail £139.99
(£164.49) £139.99
(£164.49)
Tuniq Tower 120-LFB CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775) £29.99
(£35.24) £29.99
(£35.24)
Abit IP35 Pro (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £92.99
(£109.26) £92.99
(£109.26)
GeIL 4GB (4x1GB) PC2-8500C5 1066MHz Black Dragon DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GB24GB8500C5QC) £86.99
(£102.21) £86.99
(£102.21)
Thermaltake VA7000BWA Shark Aluminium Full Tower - Black £69.99
(£82.24) £69.99
(£82.24)
Thermaltake ToughPower 750W Power Supply £74.99
(£88.11) £74.99
(£88.11)
Sub Total : £494.94
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £88.53
Total : £594.42


No point wasting tons of money for quad if it's going to be mainly gaming PC.
Case is subject to change to your personal preference.
For the spare money get yourself 24-26" monitor if you aint got one yet or something else.

This should clock to 3.8ghz without probs and will last you for 1,5year no prob and you gonna save a lot of money which you can spend later for upgrade when new stuff comes out.

Don't waste too much money on unnecessary stuff now when nehalem is on its way :). And this PC is more than fine.
 
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