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Scorchedbee =GCHQ=
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Post subject: upgrade  Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 10:37 am |
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ok guys got £200 to play with
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q6600
cheapo gigabyte motherboard
4GB ddr2 ram
ATI 5850
ATI XFI fatality soundcard
23" monitor
cheapo case + cheapo 500w psu
250GB HD
Was looking at maybe a SSD and a new case. Something like the fractal R3 and a intel SSD.
so any advice on ssd drives and the R3 case? Any suggestion of anything i could spend my money on better?
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Post subject: Re: upgrade Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 5:37 pm |
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imo putting a lot of money into a case is useless. unless your current one has really bad airflow it won't give you any added performance and you only really look at it when starting up or changing a dvd anyway. i'm not really up to date on parts anymore, so don't know what brand or model is best, but a ssd should be pretty decent value 
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Post subject: Re: upgrade Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 7:47 pm |
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Get rid of the cheapo psu (quality is better than excess power) then worry about quality components.
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Post subject: Re: upgrade Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 11:03 pm |
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erm - if your not playing games what else do you do with the comp?
dont spend 200 on it just for the sake of it is the best advice i can give
the ssd is then only thing you can stick in a new puter when the time comes
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Scorchedbee =GCHQ=
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Post subject: Re: upgrade Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 11:07 pm |
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only reason i want a new case is that my current one is a garish silver thing with a stupidly large front fan. Really like the look of the fractal R3.
SSD just keep getting cheaper so maybe wait for next pc build, psu needs replacing with a decent one.
all i do is play games and off bit of internet. Wanted something to go with the 5850 if you get me. Got a great gpu but wondered if the cpu/mobo/ram was letting it down? cant afford to upgrade that though..... hmmmmm
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Post subject: Re: upgrade Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 11:11 pm |
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what resolution monitor do you use?
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Scorchedbee =GCHQ=
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Post subject: Re: upgrade Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2010 9:00 am |
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23" 1920x1080
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Post subject: Re: upgrade Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2010 10:11 am |
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the 5850 will be fine with that
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Post subject: Re: upgrade Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 11:01 am |
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The stupidly large front fan is probably doing a good job keeping your hard drives cool....? As OAP said, invest in a decent PSU and don't worry about other bits until later. Seasonic are good, as are Fortran Source, Antec.
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Post subject: Re: upgrade Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 4:17 pm |
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just buy lots of games
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Scorchedbee =GCHQ=
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Post subject: Re: upgrade Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 10:43 pm |
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looks like sound advice, been looking at these AMD cpus too, the 955 black looks interesting
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