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| Author: | Sgt.King =GCHQ= [ Tue Oct 27, 2009 3:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Ive got £500 large - whats the plan ? |
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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| Author: | nicey=GCHQ= [ Tue Oct 27, 2009 7:17 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ive got £500 large - whats the plan ? |
4 years old...whats the gfx card you have in it...agp? |
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| Author: | Sgt.King =GCHQ= [ Tue Oct 27, 2009 9:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ive got £500 large - whats the plan ? |
Its a PCIE card - 8800 GTX OC, so not too bad for now |
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| Author: | Sgt.King =GCHQ= [ Tue Oct 27, 2009 10:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ive got £500 large - whats the plan ? |
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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| Author: | LeBeourfCurtaine [ Tue Oct 27, 2009 11:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ive got £500 large - whats the plan ? |
Pffft, needs someone else to look on Overclockers for him  AMD boxes Intel boxes  Flog/donate your card on here, it's a good'un 
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| Author: | Sgt.King =GCHQ= [ Wed Oct 28, 2009 12:05 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ive got £500 large - whats the plan ? |
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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| Author: | CoolMan=GCHQ= [ Wed Oct 28, 2009 3:18 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ive got £500 large - whats the plan ? |
K. to keep prices down, dont go for the high end stuff, but newer mid range. and i would recommend an sli motherboard as you could pick up another 8800 gtx and really up your performance. Motherboard £99 http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showprodu ... ubcat=1495 cpu £160 http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showprodu ... ubcat=1272 ram £80 http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showprodu ... ubcat=1517 Grand total £410 and mabey a second 8800gtx and still be under budgeet http://www.amazon.co.uk/XFX-8800GTX-768 ... 046&sr=8-1 psu £70 But its just a suggestion. http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showprodu ... ubcat=1098 |
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| Author: | Sgt.King =GCHQ= [ Wed Oct 28, 2009 8:07 am ] |
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Thanks Coolman really appreciate your efforts. I have seen this which is not too far off what you have suggested, what do you think ? http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showprodu ... =BU-010-OB Comes overclocked already ? |
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| Author: | happyslappy [ 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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| Author: | nicey=GCHQ= [ Wed Oct 28, 2009 12:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ive got £500 large - whats the plan ? |
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.. 
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| Author: | Sgt.King =GCHQ= [ Wed Oct 28, 2009 5:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ive got £500 large - whats the plan ? |
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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| Author: | happyslappy [ 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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| Author: | Sgt.King =GCHQ= [ Wed Oct 28, 2009 9:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ive got £500 large - whats the plan ? |
Ok next question - what card do you reckon pal for £150'ish ? |
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| Author: | nicey=GCHQ= [ 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... |
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| Author: | wowyouareacow=GCHQ= [ Wed Oct 28, 2009 10:18 pm ] |
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did u hit your heeeeed while breaking the finger geoffy? |
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