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Need m-atx motherboard, cpu, memory and gpu,

Cheapest I can do it for really, I'd like £300 lol

Basically my ageing q6600/8800gtx set up is a bit pants

thanks
 
stinka said:
Need m-atx motherboard, cpu, memory and gpu,

Cheapest I can do it for really, I'd like £300 lol

Basically my ageing q6600/8800gtx set up is a bit pants

thanks
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Anyway to increase yer budget yer going to struggle to get all that for 300. Would be possible with amd build but yer limiting yer gpu.
 
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-115-MS
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-244-AM
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-369-GI
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-133-CR

£294.90 Never included shipping as yer post count you can get free or from location you can get the bus

The motherboard is AM3+ so could get bully at later date (No point tbh tho). I would advise you save a little more tho and get an intel system. The cpu can be clocked easy enough to 3.7-8 on stock cooler anymore would need aftermarket.

This should run BF3 ok
 
My immediate thought was for a i3 2100,


Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
HIS ATI Radeon HD 6850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with DIRT3 & Deus Ex PC Games £111.95
(£93.29) £111.95
(£93.29)
Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £89.99
(£74.99) £89.99
(£74.99)
MSI H67MA-E35 Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro-ATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) **B3 REVISION** £61.99
(£51.66) £61.99
(£51.66)
Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £23.99
(£19.99) £23.99
(£19.99)
Sub Total : £239.93
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £49.89
Total : £299.32

This motherboard has SATA3.0 and USB3.0
 
Why don't you keep your Q6600. Find a decent board with overclocking capabilities. Second hand for £30. Get a third party cooler. £20. Overclock it to anything past 3.2Ghz.

Depending on your ram. Get some second hand PC2-6400 stuff for £30 (4GB)

Keep your HDD, if it's sata... it'll be fine.

Then all you need to splash out on is a fancy new GPU. Get the best you can afford. £200 left.... so a 6950 would fit in the budget nicely. That will be a lot better for BF3 than spending £300 on a whole new range of kit.

Upgrade the rest when you can afford it. The GPU will be fine to swap into a new build obviously. Your PSU is obviously fine also.

If your current mobo is upto the job of overclocking... then quids in.
 
Buchanan0204 said:
Why don't you keep your Q6600. Find a decent board with overclocking capabilities. Second hand for £30. Get a third party cooler. £20. Overclock it to anything past 3.2Ghz.

Depending on your ram. Get some second hand PC2-6400 stuff for £30 (4GB)

Keep your HDD, if it's sata... it'll be fine.

Then all you need to splash out on is a fancy new GPU. Get the best you can afford. £200 left.... so a 6950 would fit in the budget nicely. That will be a lot better for BF3 than spending £300 on a whole new range of kit.

Upgrade the rest when you can afford it. The GPU will be fine to swap into a new build obviously. Your PSU is obviously fine also.

If your current mobo is upto the job of overclocking... then quids in.
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mobo is ok tbh, its an asus thing that allows overclocking, its got o/b hdmi and stuff but i did have it at 3.3 stable for a while

i need to clean it out, as its full of dust, then ill have a go at getting a stable clock and then look for a half decent gpu for £150

thanks
 
stinka said:
mobo is ok tbh, its an asus thing that allows overclocking, its got o/b hdmi and stuff but i did have it at 3.3 stable for a while

i need to clean it out, as its full of dust, then ill have a go at getting a stable clock and then look for a half decent gpu for £150

thanks
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I agree, overclock your cpu as a Q6600 is still decent and use a £20-30 cooler like Gelid Tranquillo is £23.99 this week yet very good.

As for gfx card this is a good one: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-247-AS&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1341 comes with new Batman game too which is out next Friday. :) (a 6950 2gb is best bet though if you want to use high amounts of AA in games)
 
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