Hey all.
I've currently got an old S939 AMD X2 system, with no upgrade path, which is a Joy. When I bought the system I thought that by going dual-core and 64 bit, I'd be gibing myself lots of upgrade options, but as it turned out the socket changed to AM2 a few months later!
So now I'm after a new rig, that can play decent games, for a meager budget.
I'm thinking of getting the Quad core Q6600, as it seems a bargain. I already have a decent case, PSU and a BFG 8800 GT (pre overclocked).
Ideally I need CPU, Mobo, Memory (4Gb), Possibly a HDD, and probably a cpu cooler for a max £500.
Do I wait till spring for the core i7? - to ensure upgradeability?
Assuming I go with a Q6600, what sort of Mobo should I be looking at?
DDR2 or DDR3? Is there much of a performance gap?
Erm, Also, I've never done any overclocking before, but I get the impression that if you're not looking for bleeding edge performance, just a comfortable step up, its not too hard to get a stable system?
This post is a bit of a brain dump of all my questions, hope you can make sense of it, and thanks for any advice!
I've currently got an old S939 AMD X2 system, with no upgrade path, which is a Joy. When I bought the system I thought that by going dual-core and 64 bit, I'd be gibing myself lots of upgrade options, but as it turned out the socket changed to AM2 a few months later!
So now I'm after a new rig, that can play decent games, for a meager budget.
I'm thinking of getting the Quad core Q6600, as it seems a bargain. I already have a decent case, PSU and a BFG 8800 GT (pre overclocked).
Ideally I need CPU, Mobo, Memory (4Gb), Possibly a HDD, and probably a cpu cooler for a max £500.
Do I wait till spring for the core i7? - to ensure upgradeability?
Assuming I go with a Q6600, what sort of Mobo should I be looking at?
DDR2 or DDR3? Is there much of a performance gap?
Erm, Also, I've never done any overclocking before, but I get the impression that if you're not looking for bleeding edge performance, just a comfortable step up, its not too hard to get a stable system?
This post is a bit of a brain dump of all my questions, hope you can make sense of it, and thanks for any advice!
