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| Author: | Scorchedbee =GCHQ= [ Fri Oct 29, 2010 10:37 am ] |
| Post subject: | upgrade |
ok guys got £200 to play with currently got 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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| Author: | Tjolbi=GCHQ= [ Fri Oct 29, 2010 5:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: upgrade |
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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| Author: | oap [ Fri Oct 29, 2010 7:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: upgrade |
Get rid of the cheapo psu (quality is better than excess power) then worry about quality components. |
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| Author: | happyslappy [ Fri Oct 29, 2010 11:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: upgrade |
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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| Author: | Scorchedbee =GCHQ= [ Fri Oct 29, 2010 11:07 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: upgrade |
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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| Author: | CoolMan=GCHQ= [ Fri Oct 29, 2010 11:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: upgrade |
what resolution monitor do you use? |
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| Author: | Scorchedbee =GCHQ= [ Sat Oct 30, 2010 9:00 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: upgrade |
23" 1920x1080 |
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| Author: | happyslappy [ Sat Oct 30, 2010 10:11 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: upgrade |
the 5850 will be fine with that |
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| Author: | LeBeourfCurtaine [ Sun Oct 31, 2010 11:01 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: upgrade |
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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| Author: | CoolMan=GCHQ= [ Sun Oct 31, 2010 4:17 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: upgrade |
just buy lots of games |
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| Author: | Scorchedbee =GCHQ= [ Sun Oct 31, 2010 10:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: upgrade |
looks like sound advice, been looking at these AMD cpus too, the 955 black looks interesting |
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