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My current system is a Dell 9150 desktop (had it 18 months) with the following spec:
Pentium 4 (dual core) 940, 3.2ghz
7800GTX
2gb DDR PC2-4300 RAM
320gb HDD
I am planning on getting a Q6600 which seem to be very reasonable in cost right now. Will it make a difference what mobo I get though? Does mobo choice really have much impact in performance? I was thinking about the Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA (Socket 775) because its cheap, but would this be OK? I also need to get a 500w PSU and a new DVD drive so I need to keep costs down. My plan is then to upgrade to a £200ish DX10 gfx card (and maybe vista) around xmas, do you think in the meantime (for the next 4 months or so) my upgraded system would handle Bioshock, DIRT etc at decent detail at 1280x1024?
Pentium 4 (dual core) 940, 3.2ghz
7800GTX
2gb DDR PC2-4300 RAM
320gb HDD
I am planning on getting a Q6600 which seem to be very reasonable in cost right now. Will it make a difference what mobo I get though? Does mobo choice really have much impact in performance? I was thinking about the Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA (Socket 775) because its cheap, but would this be OK? I also need to get a 500w PSU and a new DVD drive so I need to keep costs down. My plan is then to upgrade to a £200ish DX10 gfx card (and maybe vista) around xmas, do you think in the meantime (for the next 4 months or so) my upgraded system would handle Bioshock, DIRT etc at decent detail at 1280x1024?