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| Author: | aim_x_here [ Wed Aug 17, 2011 3:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Looking to buy a new PC |
Have not got a great deal of £££s so am looking for advice. Lots of it. Will be on hols for next two weeks so will reply when i get back. Current rig -(info using SiSoftware Sandra) SiSoftware Sandra System Model : System manufacturer System Product Name Workgroup : ********** Host Name :********** User : ******** Processor Model : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E6750 @ 2.66GHz Speed : 2.13GHz Cores per Processor : 2 Unit(s) Threads per Core : 1 Unit(s) Type : Dual-Core Integrated Data Cache : 2x 32kB, Synchronous, Write-Thru, 8-way, 64 byte line size L2 On-board Cache : 4MB, ECC, Synchronous, ATC, 16-way, 64 byte line size, 2 threads sharing System Mainboard : ASUSTeK Computer INC. P5LD2-X BIOS : American Megatrends Inc. 0104 (05/18/2007) Bus(es) : ISA X-Bus PCI PCIe IMB USB i2c/SMBus Multi-Processor (MP) Support : No Multi-Processor Advanced PIC (APIC) : Yes Total Memory : 2GB DIMM DDR2 Chipset Model : ASUS 82945G Processor to I/O Controller Front Side Bus Speed : 4x 267MHz (1GHz) Total Memory : 2GB DIMM DDR2 Memory Bus Speed : 2x 401MHz (802MHz) Memory Module(s) Memory Module : G.Skill F2-5400PHU1-1GBNY 1GB DIMM DDR2 PC2-5300U DDR2-666 (5-5-5-15 3-20-5-3) Memory Module : G.Skill F2-5400PHU1-1GBNY 1GB DIMM DDR2 PC2-5300U DDR2-666 (5-5-5-15 3-20-5-3) Video System Adapter : ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 (2x 320 SP 825MHz, 2x 512MB DDR3 2x901MHz, PCIe 2.00 x16) Graphics Processor Adapter : ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 (2x320SP 825MHz, 2x512MB 901MHz) Adapter : ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 (2x320SP 825MHz, 2x512MB 901MHz) Storage Devices MAXTOR STM3250310AS 250GB (SATA150, NCQ, 8MB Cache) : 233GB (G:) (I:) Generic USB SD Reader (USB) : N/A (M:) Generic USB CF Reader (USB) : N/A (D:) Generic USB SM Reader (USB) : N/A (E:) Generic USB MS Reader (USB) : N/A (F:) HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GSA-H50L (ATA66, DVD+-RW, CD-RW, 2MB Cache) : N/A (H:) LAPY H2RS1YZ (SCSI, BD-R, HD-DVD-R, DVD+-R-DL, CD-R) : N/A (J:) Logical Storage Devices System Drive (I:) : 50GB (NTFS) @ MAXTOR STM3250310AS 250GB (SATA150, NCQ, 8MB Cache) Games Area (G:) : 183GB (NTFS) @ MAXTOR STM3250310AS 250GB (SATA150, NCQ, 8MB Cache) Optical Drive (H:) : N/A @ HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GSA-H50L (ATA66, DVD+-RW, CD-RW, 2MB Cache) Optical Drive (J:) : N/A @ LAPY H2RS1YZ (SCSI, BD-R, HD-DVD-R, DVD+-R-DL, CD-R) 3.5" 1.44MB (A:) : N/A Removable Drive (M:) : N/A @ Generic USB SD Reader (USB) Removable Drive (D:) : N/A @ Generic USB CF Reader (USB) Removable Drive (E:) : N/A @ Generic USB SM Reader (USB) Removable Drive (F:) : N/A @ Generic USB MS Reader (USB) Peripherals LPC Hub Controller 1 : ASUS 82801GB/GR (ICH7) LPC Interface Controller LPC Legacy Controller 1 : Winbond W83627DHG Audio Device : Creative Labs Soundblaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio Audio Device : ATI (AMD) Radeon HD 3870 Audio device Audio Codec : ATI (AMD) AA01h Serial Port(s) : 1 Parallel Port(s) : 1 Disk Controller : ASUS 82801G (ICH7) Ultra ATA Storage Controller Disk Controller : ASUS 82801GB/GR/GH (ICH7) Serial ATA Storage Controller USB Controller 1 : ASUS 82801G (ICH7) USB Universal Host Controller USB Controller 2 : ASUS 82801G (ICH7) USB Universal Host Controller USB Controller 3 : ASUS 82801G (ICH7) USB Universal Host Controller USB Controller 4 : ASUS 82801G (ICH7) USB Universal Host Controller USB Controller 5 : ASUS 82801G (ICH7) USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Controller SMBus/i2c Controller 1 : Intel 801xx/63xx SMBus Printers and Faxes Printer : PaperPort Color Printer Driver (600x600, Colour) Printer : PaperPort Mono Printer Driver (600x600) Printer : Microsoft XPS Document Writer (600x600, Colour) Printer : Microsoft Office Document Image Writer Driver (200x200) Printer : KODAK ESP 7 AiO (600x600, Colour) Network Services Network Adapter : Atheros L2 Fast Ethernet 10/100 Base-T Controller - Packet Scheduler Miniport (Ethernet, 100Mbps) Power Management Mains (AC) Line Status : On-Line Operating System Windows System : Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5.01.2600 (Service Pack 3) Platform Compliance : x86 So...for a paltry £300 could I get a half-decent Windows 7 pc good enough to run BF3 on a modest setting? (Including getting a legit copy of win 7?) And should I try and re-use the graphics card (details below), Geoff gave it to me and it has served me pretty well so far...possibly overheating now? Or is a newer, cheaper model now faster? SiSoftware Sandra Video Adapter Display : \\.\DISPLAY1 VGA Compatible : No Official Device Name : ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 Hardware ID : PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_950F&SUBSYS_25421002&REV_00 OEM Device Name : ATI (AMD) R680 [Radeon HD 3870 x2] Device Name : ATI (AMD) R680 [Radeon HD 3870 x2] Chipset Model : 2x RV670 Speed : 825MHz Shader Speed : 825MHz Peak Processing Performance (PPP) : 1TFLOPS Adjusted Peak Performance (APP) : 950.4WG Unified Shaders : 320 Unit(s) Raster Operation Units (ROP) : 16 Unit(s) Texture Mapping Units (TMU) : 16 Unit(s) Maximum Pixel Fillrate : 26.4GPixel/s Maximum Texture Fillrate : 26.4GTexel/s Maximum Power : 196.00W Multi Video Card Support Number of Linked Devices : 2 Cores per Device : 2 Crossfire Technology : Yes Logical/Chipset Memory Banks Total Memory : 512MB DDR3 Memory Bus Speed : 2x 901MHz (1.8GHz) Channels : 4 Width : 64-bit Maximum Memory Bus Bandwidth : 56.31GB/s Bus Type : PCIe Version : 2.00 Width : x16 / x16 Speed : 2.5Gbps / 2.5Gbps Maximum Bus Bandwidth : 4GB/s Video BIOS Date of Manufacture : 10 January 2000 Version : 3B40001.104 Direct3D Capabilities Interface Version : 9.00 Model : ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 Video Driver : ati2dvag.dll Library Version : 6.14.10.7193 Has 3D Hardware Acceleration : Yes Hardware Transform & Light : Yes Heads : 1 Pixel Shaders Version : 3.00 Vertex Shaders Version : 3.00 Accelerated Video Decoders MPEG2 IDCT : Yes VC1-D (VC1 VLD) : Yes WMV8-A (WMV8 PostProc) : Yes WMV9-A (WMV9 PostProc) : Yes Accelerated Video Processors Pixel Adaptive Device : Yes Bob Device : Yes Software Device : Yes Video Driver Expected Windows Version : 4.00 Screen Saver Active : 10 minute(s) Low Power Saving Active : No Power Off Saving Active : No Mode Mode : 1280x1024 16M+ TrueColour (32-bit) Refresh Rate : 75Hz Virtual Desktop Size : 1280x1024 Supported Video Modes Mode 2 : 640x480 256 colours (8-bit) 60Hz 72Hz 75Hz Mode 5 : 640x480 64K HiColour (16-bit) 60Hz 72Hz 75Hz Mode 8 : 640x480 16M+ TrueColour (32-bit) 60Hz 72Hz 75Hz Mode 10 : 720x480 256 colours (8-bit) 60Hz 75Hz Mode 12 : 720x480 64K HiColour (16-bit) 60Hz 75Hz Mode 14 : 720x480 16M+ TrueColour (32-bit) 60Hz 75Hz Mode 19 : 800x600 256 colours (8-bit) 56Hz 60Hz 70Hz 72Hz 75Hz Mode 24 : 800x600 64K HiColour (16-bit) 56Hz 60Hz 70Hz 72Hz 75Hz Mode 29 : 800x600 16M+ TrueColour (32-bit) 56Hz 60Hz 70Hz 72Hz 75Hz Mode 31 : 848x480 256 colours (8-bit) 60Hz 75Hz Mode 33 : 848x480 64K HiColour (16-bit) 60Hz 75Hz Mode 35 : 848x480 16M+ TrueColour (32-bit) 60Hz 75Hz Mode 39 : 1024x768 256 colours (8-bit) 60Hz 70Hz 72Hz 75Hz Mode 43 : 1024x768 64K HiColour (16-bit) 60Hz 70Hz 72Hz 75Hz Mode 47 : 1024x768 16M+ TrueColour (32-bit) 60Hz 70Hz 72Hz 75Hz Mode 50 : 1152x864 256 colours (8-bit) 60Hz 70Hz 75Hz Mode 53 : 1152x864 64K HiColour (16-bit) 60Hz 70Hz 75Hz Mode 56 : 1152x864 16M+ TrueColour (32-bit) 60Hz 70Hz 75Hz Mode 58 : 1280x720 256 colours (8-bit) 60Hz 75Hz Mode 60 : 1280x720 64K HiColour (16-bit) 60Hz 75Hz Mode 62 : 1280x720 16M+ TrueColour (32-bit) 60Hz 75Hz Mode 64 : 1280x768 256 colours (8-bit) 60Hz 75Hz Mode 66 : 1280x768 64K HiColour (16-bit) 60Hz 75Hz Mode 68 : 1280x768 16M+ TrueColour (32-bit) 60Hz 75Hz Mode 70 : 1280x800 256 colours (8-bit) 60Hz 75Hz Mode 72 : 1280x800 64K HiColour (16-bit) 60Hz 75Hz Mode 74 : 1280x800 16M+ TrueColour (32-bit) 60Hz 75Hz Mode 78 : 1280x960 256 colours (8-bit) 60Hz 70Hz 72Hz 75Hz Mode 82 : 1280x960 64K HiColour (16-bit) 60Hz 70Hz 72Hz 75Hz Mode 86 : 1280x960 16M+ TrueColour (32-bit) 60Hz 70Hz 72Hz 75Hz Mode 89 : 1280x1024 256 colours (8-bit) 60Hz 70Hz 75Hz Mode 92 : 1280x1024 64K HiColour (16-bit) 60Hz 70Hz 75Hz Mode 95 : 1280x1024 16M+ TrueColour (32-bit) 60Hz 70Hz 75Hz Mode 96 : 640x480 16 colours (4-bit) Mode 97 : 800x600 16 colours (4-bit) Device Mode Characteristics Physical Medium Width : 375 mm, 15 in Physical Medium Height : 300 mm, 12 in Recommended Display Size : 23 in Horizontal/Vertical Resolution : 96x96 dpi Colour Bits/Planes : 32-bit / 1-bit Brushes : 4294967295 Pens : 4294967295 Colours/Shades : 4294967295 Pixel Width/Height/Diagonal : 36 / 36 / 51 Clipping Capabilities Can Clip Output to Rectangle : Yes Can Clip Output to Region : No Raster Capabilities Supports Banding : No Supports Fonts Larger than 64Kb : Yes Can Transfer Bitmaps : Yes Supports Bitmaps Larger than 64Kb : Yes Supports Device Bitmaps : No Supports DIBs : Yes DIBs on Device Surface : Yes Flood Fills : Yes Supports Windows 2.x : Yes Stretch/Compress Bitmaps : Yes Stretch/Compress DIBs : Yes Supports Scaling : No Palette-Based Device : No Saves Bitmap Locally : No Curve Capabilities Can Draw Circles : Yes Can Draw Ellipses : Yes Can Draw Pie Wedges : Yes Can Draw Chord Arcs : Yes Can Draw Wide Borders : Yes Can Draw Styled Borders : Yes Can Draw Wide, Styled Borders : Yes Can Draw Rounded Rectangles : Yes Can Draw Interiors : Yes Line Capabilities Can Draw Polylines : Yes Can Draw Styled Lines : Yes Can Draw Wide Lines : Yes Can Draw Wide, Styled Lines : Yes Can Draw Markers : Yes Can Draw Polymarkers : Yes Can Draw Interiors : Yes Polygonal Capabilities Can Draw Alternate-fill Polygons : Yes Can Draw Winding-fill Polygons : Yes Can Draw Rectangles : Yes Can Draw Scan Lines : Yes Can Draw Wide Borders : Yes Can Draw Styled Borders : Yes Can Draw Wide, Styled Borders : Yes Can Draw Interiors : Yes Text Capabilities Supports Stroke Clip Precision : Yes Supports Stroke Output Precision : Yes Supports Character Output Precision : Yes Supports 90° Character Rotation : No Supports Any Angle Character Rotation : No Supports Independent X-Y Scaling : No Supports Doubled Character for Scaling : No Supports Integer Multiples for Scaling : No Any Multiples for Exact Scaling : No Can Draw Double-Weighted Characters : No Can Italicise : No Can Underline : Yes Can Draw Strikeouts : Yes Can Draw Raster Fonts : Yes Can Draw Vector Fonts : Yes Cannot Scroll Using BitBlt : No Enhanced Video Settings Animation Effects Enabled : Yes Full Windows Drag Enabled : Yes Font Smoothing Enabled : No HighContrast Feature On : No Performance Tips Tip 314 : Video BIOS is too old. Check for an update. Tip 2221 : Driver is not certified. Tip 2 : Double-click tip or press Enter while a tip is selected for more information about the tip. I have a brand new 2tb HDD to pop in but I'd like at some point to get a small SSD to boot the machine faster. I suspect my existing 850w psu is getting a bit wonky... Thought/comments? |
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| Author: | Scorchedbee =GCHQ= [ Wed Aug 17, 2011 5:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Looking to buy a new PC |
HELL YES, i have the e6750. i'd personally say upgrade your rig with say £200, get 4gb of ddr2 800 ram and i have the ati 5850. Plays BFBC2 all full and played the BF3 beta all full. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5850 = £150 http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showprodu ... ubcat=1711 2x2GB Ram = £50 http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showprodu ... subcat=813. Total = £200 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- With that leaves you £100 for an SSD, i got the corsair nova2 60GB for £70 from scan.co.uk. Maybe spend and extra £40 and get the 6950, but i'd say the CPU and rest of your PC will suffice for now with a 5850 and 4GB? |
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| Author: | Scorchedbee =GCHQ= [ Wed Aug 17, 2011 5:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Looking to buy a new PC |
*edit* forgot about windows 7, how much is that nowadays? |
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| Author: | nicey=GCHQ= [ Wed Aug 17, 2011 5:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Looking to buy a new PC |
sent u a pm rob..but this may help someone on the win7 front.... http://www.software4students.co.uk/Micr ... tails.aspx |
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| Author: | RustyMags [ Sun Aug 21, 2011 4:31 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Looking to buy a new PC |
nicey=GCHQ= wrote: sent u a pm rob..but this may help someone on the win7 front.... http://www.software4students.co.uk/Micr ... tails.aspx Got mine through that, cost me about £40. You just need to have an original install, for it to upgrade you. |
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