what to do

paulski

paulski

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cant work out what to do

option 1

i have a games pc that i can upgrade spec is:
asus av8 m/board
9800 pro (agp)
1gig ram
amd 3700+
so i can up the ram and g/card to 1950pro but that about it

option 2

build new m/c budget around £500
i was thinking about some thing like this
OcUK ATI Radeon X1950 Pro 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £69.99
(£82.24) £69.99
(£82.24)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.33GHz (1333FSB) - Retail £91.99
(£108.09) £91.99
(£108.09)
Abit IP35-E (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £54.99
(£64.61) £54.99
(£64.61)
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £29.99
(£35.24) £29.99
(£35.24)
Antec Sonata III Piano Black Quiet Case - EarthWatts 500W PSU £67.99
(£79.89) £67.99
(£79.89)
Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKS) £53.99
(£63.44) £53.99
(£63.44)
Asus DRW-1814BLT 18x18 DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - Retail £15.99
(£18.79) £15.99
(£18.79)
Sub Total : £384.93
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £69.28
Total : £465.16

will it be worth doing option 2 now or option 1 now and save more money and build a new mc next year
thanks
paul
 
even though you would be spendin a lot more money, it might be wiser to get a totally new rig. It's not a bad idea to upgrade your existing rig, but you'll probably reach a point (like i did with my ye olde dell) sometime soon where you just can't upgrade it and you'll be forced to get a new one.

I suppose it depends on how long you want it to last. Your existing one could last another 1-2 years at playable frame rates, the new one could last anywhere between 2-4 years, even before you upgrade it (providing you get a half decent gfx card to begin with lol :))
 
Option 2 is obviously going to be a better PC but i don't think it's worth going to all that expense and having an x1950pro knowing that you could buy the AGP version for what you have now. It would be faster but not by a huge amount. I would drop the CPU to an e2180 and up the GFX card to an 8800gt
 
mame said:
Option 2 is obviously going to be a better PC but i don't think it's worth going to all that expense and having an x1950pro knowing that you could buy the AGP version for what you have now. It would be faster but not by a huge amount. I would drop the CPU to an e2180 and up the GFX card to an 8800gt
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Seconded!
 
i put the 1950 pro in both spec just to keep it the same
budget is up to £500 so could go for the 8800gt
is the psu in the case ok
paul
 
you could build somthing like this, wouldnt be too bad a gaming pc actually. you should be able to overclock the cpu nicely on that motherboard i do believe :)

 
if i went for the new rig what would be the best version of windows to get
i have never overclock any thing before how easy is it to do for a beginner
also once its done can you just leave it or do you keep having to play with it
paul
 
I would say get windows vista home premium 64bit but if you have any other things like printers etc just check that there are drivers available for vista 64. Overclocking is easy if you read about the hardware you buy and take your time. Once you have it overclocked you can just leave it as it is but you will probably find you keep trying for that extra bit. This isn't really a problem if you remember your last good BIOS settings.
 
mame said:
Overclocking is easy if you read about the hardware you buy and take your time. Once you have it overclocked you can just leave it as it is but you will probably find you keep trying for that extra bit. This isn't really a problem if you remember your last good BIOS settings.
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Yeah, if you use the same processor and cooler that llwayneio specced, you'll easily be able to get it up to and even past 3Ghz. There's loads of info on how to do it on the overclocking section in these forums.
 
Yeah I got loads of advice when building my rig a few eeks ago about getting a decent psu is one of the most important thing you can do. If a bad quality one goes, it can take out your mobo and sometimes even more components with it. Ask anyone one here and they'll probably steer you in the Corsair (Seasonic) direction, for good reason. They make some good quality PSU's. I myself have got a Coolermaster Modular one, and I've had no problems whatsoever so far. The main thing when buying one is not the power output, but who actually makes it.
 
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