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Teifiterror

Teifiterror

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Ok I am currently running a 6 year old pc with a single core socket 754 athlong 64 3200+ in it with a gig of ram and a 6800 GT (on last legs).

Just got a new PSU so got 650W to play with which should be plenty, so looking for the below:

Motherboard
CPU
RAM
Grpahics Card
Don't need windows, have copy of 7 waiting.

For now I have dual monitors each with 1280x1024 resolution so nothing high but will be looking for a nice 24" monitor in a month or two so higher resolutions will be needed for gaming.

Pc will be used mainly for typical office work and gaming of all sorts.

Bearing in mind what I am upgrading from i think anything would be a step up :p but looking to spend around £400 absolute maximum but anything less would be nice so I can get monitor sooner.

So any suggestions? Will likely buy next week some point as paid Friday.
 
OcUK Value GeForce GTX 460 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £143.98
(£122.54) £143.98
(£122.54)
Asus M4A87TD Evo AMD 870 (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard Asus M4A87TD Evo AMD 870 (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £86.99
(£74.03) £86.99
(£74.03)
OCZ Reaper Low-Latency 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 12800C6 (1600MHz) Dual-Channel (OCZ3RPR1600C6LV4GK) OCZ Reaper Low-Latency 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 12800C6 (1600MHz) Dual-Channel (OCZ3RPR1600C6LV4GK) £86.94
(£73.99) £86.94
(£73.99)
AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 635 2.90GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 635 2.90GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £82.24
(£69.99) £82.24
(£69.99)
Sub Total : £340.55
Shipping cost based on delivery to Amar, with:
FREE SHIPPING (DPD Next Day)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : FREE
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £59.60
Total : £400.15

Hope you bought a decent brand PSU. :)
 
Ah good, yeah that's a great PSU, I've got the 750W version.

You could also try the tri-core chip and hope it'll unlock (not guaranteed!) with the 1GB version of the GTX 460:

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 460 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £182.11
(£154.99) £182.11
(£154.99)
Asus M4A87TD/USB3 AMD 870 (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard Asus M4A87TD/USB3 AMD 870 (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £86.99
(£74.03) £86.99
(£74.03)
OCZ Reaper Low-Latency 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 12800C6 (1600MHz) Dual-Channel (OCZ3RPR1600C6LV4GK) OCZ Reaper Low-Latency 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 12800C6 (1600MHz) Dual-Channel (OCZ3RPR1600C6LV4GK) £86.94
(£73.99) £86.94
(£73.99)
AMD Athlon II X3 Tri Core 440 3.00GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail AMD Athlon II X3 Tri Core 440 3.00GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £60.00
(£51.06) £60.00
(£51.06)
Sub Total : £354.07
Shipping cost based on delivery to Amar, SL2 3EJ with:
FREE SHIPPING (DPD Next Day)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : FREE
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £61.96
Total : £416.03

A tiny bit over your budget, however possibly a better option for when you get the 24" screen.
 
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I wont need many other slots on the board so would it be better to save money and get a micro atx board? as just seem to be lacking slots and crossfire which I wouldn't use anyway?

also is a quad core Athlon II better to get over an Dual core Phenom II?
 
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