Hi guys, havn't been on here for quite a while.
Anyway, I've had my current system for nearly 2 years and I'm wondering if it's time for an upgrade?
Budget wise I'm thinking £1000-£1200ish. Dont need monitor, speakers, keyboard, mouse etc, just the tower.
I like to keep an eye on the latest hardware but couldn't tell you that much about the subtle differences.
You guys helped me out a lot on my last build so a bit of advice would once again be welcomed!
CPU wise I originally thought it had to be an i7, but the quad core athlons look pretty good and a lot cheaper? My curent machine has a Q6600 overclocked to around 3GHz, would the athlon be much better or the i7 the one to go for?
Also on graphics I really regret not getting an SLI board. At the time they were pretty new and with a 8800Ultra I never thought I would want/need to upgrade. So I definately want an SLI/Crossfire (or even tripple) capable board (preferable Gigabyte, had a lot of problems with Asus boards in the past). Which leads me to graphics, I'd like at least one 'decent' card (maybe a dual) with the option to SLI or Crossfire later. Once again I've heared a lot of good things about the ATI stuff especially comparing price to the few extra fps you get from the GeForce stuff.
If anyone can point me out what products I should be looking for CPU/Mobo/Graphics I'll spec something up.
Thanks!
Anyway, I've had my current system for nearly 2 years and I'm wondering if it's time for an upgrade?
Budget wise I'm thinking £1000-£1200ish. Dont need monitor, speakers, keyboard, mouse etc, just the tower.
I like to keep an eye on the latest hardware but couldn't tell you that much about the subtle differences.
You guys helped me out a lot on my last build so a bit of advice would once again be welcomed!
CPU wise I originally thought it had to be an i7, but the quad core athlons look pretty good and a lot cheaper? My curent machine has a Q6600 overclocked to around 3GHz, would the athlon be much better or the i7 the one to go for?
Also on graphics I really regret not getting an SLI board. At the time they were pretty new and with a 8800Ultra I never thought I would want/need to upgrade. So I definately want an SLI/Crossfire (or even tripple) capable board (preferable Gigabyte, had a lot of problems with Asus boards in the past). Which leads me to graphics, I'd like at least one 'decent' card (maybe a dual) with the option to SLI or Crossfire later. Once again I've heared a lot of good things about the ATI stuff especially comparing price to the few extra fps you get from the GeForce stuff.
If anyone can point me out what products I should be looking for CPU/Mobo/Graphics I'll spec something up.
Thanks!
Not sure the gf would agree but hey!