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Post subject: Ive got £500 large - whats the plan ?  Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 3:38 pm |
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Dear Friends, long time no speak,
My PC finally gave up the ghost last night and have decided to treat myself to a new beast.
Problem is I have no idea what is good, what is bad etc, to give you an insight the PC that just packed up was an AMD 4000+ and that was top drawer when I bought it - must be at least 4 years ago now.
So I have a budget of £500 and that needs to cover CPU, MOBO, RAM and PSU. I dont want to spend more than that and I am not into overclocking - I dont need to be at the bleeding edge of technology so something stable that will last 2 years + would be great. The PC will mainly be used for gaming.
Apologies that I havent put together a spec for comment its just that I am so out of touch of what is available at the moment.
In terms of assumptions, I pressume I need Quad Core ? or i7 ? 4gb Ram ? I only use Asus mobos as I have never had an issue with them.
So thanks for reading and any help is warmly appreciated.
King !
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Post subject: Re: Ive got £500 large - whats the plan ? Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 7:17 pm |
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4 years old...whats the gfx card you have in it...agp?
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Post subject: Re: Ive got £500 large - whats the plan ? Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 9:54 pm |
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Its a PCIE card - 8800 GTX OC, so not too bad for now
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Post subject: Re: Ive got £500 large - whats the plan ? Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 10:56 pm |
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Nobody got a view on this ? I thought this place was full of opinions and experts - well it used to be  _________________
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Post subject: Re: Ive got £500 large - whats the plan ? Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 11:41 pm |
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Pffft, needs someone else to look on Overclockers for him  AMD boxesIntel boxes  Flog/donate your card on here, it's a good'un  _________________  The Pancreas of S.T.F.U. | Never take life too seriously - nobody gets out alive anyway. Disco_jim: um..... I have no excuse. | Chips: Thank the Beef | Rev Dr: Beef, I think i wee'd a little
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Post subject: Re: Ive got £500 large - whats the plan ? Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 12:05 am |
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Beefy me old mate, thanks for the response but it is completely what I do NOT need. Please read my 1st post if you want to help. I am quite capable of doing searches on OCUK but if you read my 1st post it does give insight into the help I need and why.
Thanks again.
PS, Also why woudlnt I use the my current card in a new system for the time being ?
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Post subject: Re: Ive got £500 large - whats the plan ? Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 3:18 am |
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Post subject: Re: Ive got £500 large - whats the plan ? Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 8:07 am |
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Post subject: Re: Ive got £500 large - whats the plan ? Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 9:03 am |
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you cant go wrong with what coolman posted and will see ya through for a good few years as long you dont want to get to number 1 in some seti / folding at home group  great for normal everyday use and the odd game _________________ 
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Post subject: Re: Ive got £500 large - whats the plan ? Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 12:23 pm |
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as coolmans......... u can do cheaper with quad core..that'll still be here for a good few years.... as for pc gaming..... no games on the horizon fit enough for a high spec machine..  _________________ Went to a zoo, they only had one animal there, a dog............. It was a shitzu.... I’z leakin… bring amberlamps
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Post subject: Re: Ive got £500 large - whats the plan ? Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 5:47 pm |
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Thanks for all the replies - with respect to teh 8800GTX, if I added another one in SLi does the both cards have to be the same make, same f/w etc?
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Post subject: Re: Ive got £500 large - whats the plan ? Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 7:30 pm |
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i woudlnt bother with sli on a card that old - wont be much more to goto a modern midrange
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Post subject: Re: Ive got £500 large - whats the plan ? Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 9:47 pm |
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Ok next question - what card do you reckon pal for £150'ish ?
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Post subject: Re: Ive got £500 large - whats the plan ? Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 10:16 pm |
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Sgt.King =GCHQ= wrote: Ok next question - what card do you reckon pal for £150'ish ? save ya money on gfx card..theres no game that your current one wont play.....thats my opin anyway... _________________ Went to a zoo, they only had one animal there, a dog............. It was a shitzu.... I’z leakin… bring amberlamps
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Post subject: Re: Ive got £500 large - whats the plan ? Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 10:18 pm |
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