Welsh Dan
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Basically, my motherboard is now fubared.
Given that it needs replacing, might as well upgrade it.
With a budget of £400ish, can you recommend me
a: a motherboard
b: processor
c: PCI-E graphics card
d: at least 3gb ram
I already have a newish Creative X-Fi gamer, as well as an Arctic 700w power supply.
I've always gone with AMD previously, although i'm not too fussy. I want something reasonably good for gaming and whatnot. The motherboard doesn't need onboard sound or graphics either, so i'd prefer to get one without.
Fankoo
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Welsh Dan
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Someone has recommended this for £420 ish.
Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R Socket 775 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard
Corsair 2GB Kit (2x1GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 XMS2 Memory
Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 2.66GHz 1333FSB Socket 775 4MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor
EVGA 8800GTS SuperClocked 320MB DDR3 DVI PCI-E Graphics Card
Any good?
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simon179
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yeh get it or get a evga 775 sli nforce 680 board ther abt 120 am sure ther cheaper than the gigabyte an will probs be better too plus u get 10yr warranty lol
[Edited on 24-10-2007 by simon179]
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simon179
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mind you why get an 8800 wen u cud get 2 8600 in sli an will run faster for cheaper
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Welsh Dan
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About 8 days too late, lol.
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Cosmo
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Registered: 29th Mar 01
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quote: Originally posted by simon179
mind you why get an 8800 wen u cud get 2 8600 in sli an will run faster for cheaper
not really. Not all games/apps can make real use of SLi to its full extent yet, and most tests have shown a decent card to be better quality than two not-so-good.
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