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Author:  Rainbow Dave =GCHQ= [ Sat Jun 24, 2006 11:43 pm ]
Post subject:  Buyer's Guide
I was wondering if anyone had a, or could make a buyers guide for purchasing new parts...Like one which tailors for all price ranges..

Budget > Mid-Range > Beast Machines.

Partly as im looking to upgrade and looking o buy buy some new parts with a absolulty maximum price of £400 I suppose...

Any help from people...Tbh im looking for a PCI-E Motherboard...Processor...Graphics Card...maybe a HDD (depends on the price)...

Cheers in advance.

Colin.
Wins Life
Author:  corned_beef [ Sun Jun 25, 2006 12:17 am ]
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My PC cost £400 when I first bought it......although its worth more as I upgraded.

Get a decent motherboard, going to cost you around £100
CPU....I got a AMD 3800+ recently for £89

HD: depends, 80GB is good enough for me and was quite cheap. Their around £30

For ram, you can pick up 512mb sticks for £15, they're just crap for overclocking, but work fine otherwise

GFX card: I've got a 6600 GT, and that plays most gaes on reasonably medium-high settings. But try and get the best gfx card you can, as they'll soon go out of date (ie geforece 7) ;)

For an optical drive, really matter of choice. More features = more money, but I'm sure a basic DVD drice would be about £20.

You can probably pick up a cheap case for £20-30 with PSU included.

I'll scout around for some links in a minute :)
Author:  Rainbow Dave =GCHQ= [ Sun Jun 25, 2006 12:28 am ]
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Yeah, I just noticed a Athlon64 3800+ for £95, and it looks niiice....

At the moment, Ive got two 80GB HDDs...And its not enough... :twisted: RAM is good, ive got 1GB atm...might buy another stick...

Optical Drive is fine aswell, I picked up a rather good DVD-Writer for £20 :D Cheapest in britain... :D :D Ive got links for anyone who wants a look....
Author:  corned_beef [ Sun Jun 25, 2006 12:32 am ]
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I know little or nothing about ATI/intel computers, so all the links are going to be for AMD/nVidia.

Mobo with intergrated sound and LAN *AM2 Socket#* (non SLi though):click

GFX card: 7600GT
Not actually made by novatech, but its just luck as to what brand you get. I got a chaintech when I ordered my 6600gt from novatech.

CPU: quite cheap, scroll down to the 3800 *AM2* CPU

For the above, I make it about £250, excluding delivery. So theres plenty of room to get better stuff ;)
Author:  corned_beef [ Sun Jun 25, 2006 12:34 am ]
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Double check if your RAM will be compatible with the motherboard before you buy it btw, I didn't and tried fitting some really old ram into the 184-pin on the new motherboard. :s
Author:  Rainbow Dave =GCHQ= [ Sun Jun 25, 2006 1:00 am ]
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Hmm some very nice ideas... :D
Author:  Danny28 [ Sun Jun 25, 2006 10:58 am ]
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I would suggest , if you could go without sm3, to get an x800GTo2 but you better make sure its the red board, dual dvi that has the 480chip. -I had to sent two back but the one i got now Oc'd from 400 to 540mhz np (about another 100mhz on memory too)..it requires a flash being performed but if you got it, i could give you instructions on how to unlock the pipes from 12 to 16.

Just had a look for it, place i got the right version from doesnt sell it now. 7600 might be best bet as its more future proof despite not being as potentially nifty.
Author:  Shrek [ Sun Jun 25, 2006 2:22 pm ]
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cpu wise, if you are looking for and upgrade, wait for a month or two till conroe comes out.

the new intel line of desktop processors (all dual core) are destroying all from the pre-release benchmarks ive seen.

and they seem to capable of a 30-50% overclock with no effort at all.

they start around £130 and go up to £1000 so they will include everything except the real budget machine.

as for graphics.... im not sure at the mo, DX10 is coming soon. so now maybe a bad time to buy.

waiting for the DX10 cards will mean cheaper DX9 cards or should you want/afford the next level of shinney then you have the option.

personally my next machine will be DX10 and conroe or kentsfield (the 4 core eversion of conroe).

just my two pence.
shrek
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