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Neoni

Neoni

Neoni

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Hey guy in want of an upgrade soonish, and now i have a job wahey!

well then down to the basics.

all im after is.

-CPU
-Motherboard
-Graphics Card


i have a budget of about 750!

thanks in advance.

-neon
 
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Just a quick one. Went AM2 since it has a better upgrade path.

CP-169-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4400+ 2.20GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail (CP-169-AM)
£279.95 £279.95
MB-142-AS Asus M2N32-SLi-DLX nForce 590 SLi (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-142-AS)
£114.95 £114.95
GX-047-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (3056) (GX-047-CO)
£229.95 £229.95
Subtotal £624.85
VAT £109.35
Total £734.20
 
Beefy RAM too if you want to take advantage of the DDR2 mem controller. But 750 quid budget for 3 items one has to go silly :D

SiriusB
 
PC-M Vip3r said:
Why the SLi MOBO? Its not a SLi card is it?
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Agreed, no need to get a top of the range 590 SLI board. Just get an Abit Ultra (MB-096-AB) or MSI Platinum (MB-070-MS). Wonder when we'll get AM2 crossfire boards. :)

Neon said:
do i need ddr2 ram though? :confused:

im on crucial ballistix atm its not ddr2
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Yes, you need DDR2. If you don't have that (or don't want to buy it) then consider a Socket 939 spec.
 
Explicit said:
Agreed, no need to get a top of the range 590 SLI board. Just get an Abit Ultra (MB-096-AB) or MSI Platinum (MB-070-MS). Wonder when we'll get AM2 crossfire boards. :)



Yes, you need DDR2. If you don't have that (or don't want to buy it) then consider a Socket 939 spec.
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any socket 939 specs then?
 
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4400+ (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA4400CDBOX) (CP-127-AM)
£274.95
DFI LanParty UT NF4 Ultra-D (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-014-DF)
£74.95
Connect3D ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (3056) (GX-047-CO)
£229.95

Total £681.33

Socket 939 spec..

might be able to squeeze in a 4600
 
The ATi is the best card out at the moment. Beats a lot of SLi setups by itself too :D And as already said they're cheaper too :)

I wouldn't bother with a 4600+ as mentioned earlier. The two sweet spots with the X2 range are the 3800+ and 4400+. The 4400+ benefits from a larger cache than the 3800+. All the other CPUs are somewhat useless since you can easily overclock the 3800/4400 to match the higher spec CPUs.

I said in my second post that the spec I originally chose was a little silly. I had 750 quid to spend on 3 items :D However since he doesn't already have DDR2 RAM its all academic.

SiriusB
 
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