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Posty

Posty

Posty

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Hi, i'm thinking of getting a new PC making the jump from AGP to PCI-E... But when built my current system (amd 2500 ith ati 9800) i lost interest in PCs and so now have no idea whats going on. When i left AMD 64 had just come out i think and was the favourite among all of ocuk PCI-E was a few months away and there was talk of a new format different to ATX, did this new format get dropped?

Aside from that i would also like to see what the best bang for the buck is, i don't need top of the range as i can't afford it but i need a PC that can run current and future games for the next year or 2 like my current PC has done. Looking to spend about £350-£450 but keep it closer to £350 :p to replace my AGP set up (i'm guessing that will be CPU, MOBO + Video card) will i also need a new PSU? currently i have a 380w and has RAM changed atall?
 
Posty said:
Hi, i'm thinking of getting a new PC making the jump from AGP to PCI-E... But when built my current system (amd 2500 ith ati 9800) i lost interest in PCs and so now have no idea whats going on. When i left AMD 64 had just come out i think and was the favourite among all of ocuk PCI-E was a few months away and there was talk of a new format different to ATX, did this new format get dropped?

Aside from that i would also like to see what the best bang for the buck is, i don't need top of the range as i can't afford it but i need a PC that can run current and future games for the next year or 2 like my current PC has done. Looking to spend about £350-£450 but keep it closer to £350 :p to replace my AGP set up (i'm guessing that will be CPU, MOBO + Video card) will i also need a new PSU? currently i have a 380w and has RAM changed atall?
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Well, AMD took the crown from Intel & now Intel's about to take it back big-time... Intel Core 2 Duo A.K.A. Conroe will be the new king :D Should be in shops end of July, but already available on Pre-order at OcUK shop :)

PSU, should be fine if rails Amps's are good:
hp7909

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Inte Core 2 Duo rig...
  • Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-126-IN) £129.95
  • Intel DP965LT 965 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-011-IN) £74.95
  • GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC5300 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX21GB5300DC) (MY-030-GL) £54.95
  • PowerColor ATI Radeon X1800 GTO 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-061-PC) £119.95
  • Subtotal £379.80
  • VAT £66.47
  • Total £446.27
 
hp7909 said:
Inte Core 2 Duo rig...
  • Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-126-IN) £129.95
  • Intel DP965LT 965 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-011-IN) £74.95
  • GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC5300 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX21GB5300DC) (MY-030-GL) £54.95
  • PowerColor ATI Radeon X1800 GTO 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-061-PC) £119.95
  • Subtotal £379.80
  • VAT £66.47
  • Total £446.27
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you wanna go

Intel Extreme D975bx-304 975X

Stelly
 
fenderbass86 said:
Only for enthusiast's, 965 is mainstream and while that spec is pretty good, it's not worth putting in a 975X mobo in my opinion.
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Agreed the motherboard isnt going to affect performance anyway so theres no point in spending loads on one.
 
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