What you think?

DavsTaylor · 1 Oct 2007 at 15:07

Hello, this is my first post so give me a chance at this stuff ^_^ i just bought a new motherboard, CPU, RAM and Heatsink upgrading my old machine which I built and I want to see what you guys think about it, this is what it stands at

I have the setup before you try giving advise on how to change it

There is a media card reader and another IDE hard drive but I couldn't find it on overclockers so here it is

I got some emachine dvd/cd drives in at the moment as the other ones are in my dads pc due to him burning out his own, some how :S
Ooops I forgot to add the gfx card BFG GeForce 8600 GTS OC2 ThermoIntelligence 256MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)

Lanz · 1 Oct 2007 at 15:22

You could get a Quad Core + i650 Ultra motherboard for the same price as your AMD setup.

And you have a nice cpu, but yet you got a average gpu, you'd be better off spending less on the cpu and more on a decent graphics card.

DavsTaylor · 1 Oct 2007 at 15:36

GFX Card is my next thing you have to remember I am 16 so give me time

I am still at school but got a new job so I will hopefully invest in one soon but thanks for the advice

steve258 · 1 Oct 2007 at 15:39

So you already have the stuff?

As said you could've gone for a quad core chip with that kind of money, or a nice 8800gts / 2900pro if you use your pc for games.

The sound card is a bit overkill as you could get an extreme gamer / music and save £40.

DavsTaylor · 1 Oct 2007 at 15:45

I am hoping to get a 8800 soon once my job kicks in abit more, the sound card I got as a chanukah present from my granddad, so I guess I could agree but then again, why complain?

WarBird · 1 Oct 2007 at 16:13

get a super cheapy gfx card in the mean time then go straight to an 8800, at least you won't lose much money

DavsTaylor · 1 Oct 2007 at 18:18

Cheers for feedback

mame · 1 Oct 2007 at 18:34

Looks good to me. I would have got a cheaper sound card. I think the athlon 6000+ is a better buy than the 6400+