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2007-06-17 13:03:03

#1

wensleydale8: Member; +81|7240|LEEDS!!!!!, Yorkshire

I would like to know what the best motherboard GFX card, sound card and amount of RAM are.

My processor is a Intel Pentium 4 (3.0)GHz so i think thats fine but basically I need better in ternals. Im setting a budget of around £350 -+£30.

THanks for your help in advance.

MY current specs are
1GB RAM
3.0GHz processor
ATI Raedon X300 128mb
SB Audigy2 ZS Audio

Last edited by wensleydale8 (2007-06-17 13:06:03)

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2007-06-17 13:09:54

#2

Cookie.VXT: Bringer Of Cookies.; +178|6907|UK

there arnt many p4 mobos around now

Mobo

Memory

GFX

id have them if it was me

2007-06-17 13:13:32

#3

buLLet_t00th: Mr. Boombastic; +178|6913|Stealth City, UK

I think it would be wise to get a Core 2 Duo, they aren't particuarly expensive, but your options will be much greater.

And to Zero! that mobo and graphics wouldn't work, it only has an AGP slot and that graphics is a PCIe card me thinks.

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2007-06-17 13:18:32

#4

wensleydale8: Member; +81|7240|LEEDS!!!!!, Yorkshire

Well I would Like a newer processor but one with the sam or faster clock speed.

Well If I spend a bit more cash I am willing to spend around £250 on a New processor and I will stretch my budget to £500 in stead of the original 350. so play around and see what is the best that i can get for that amount of money.

Last edited by wensleydale8 (2007-06-17 13:25:03)

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2007-06-17 13:19:48

#5

buLLet_t00th: Mr. Boombastic; +178|6913|Stealth City, UK

wensleydale8 wrote:
Well I would Like a newer processor but one with the sam or faster clock speed.

What you have now is just one core, what you get with C2D is either 2 or 4 cores, even if it says 2.0Ghz what you are really getting is two at that speed.

And you only really need a sound card if you've got amazing 5.1 or 7.1 speakers. The onboard sound can handle speakers pretty well on the newer boards.

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2007-06-17 13:25:54

#6

buLLet_t00th: Mr. Boombastic; +178|6913|Stealth City, UK

Gigabyte GA P35-DS3R, iP35 Express, S775, PCI-E(x16), DDR2 1066/533/667/800, SATA II, SATA RAID, ATX    £88.13

Intel Core 2 Duo E4400, Socket 775, 2.0 GHz, 800MHz FSB, Allendale Core, 2MB Cache, Retail    £88.11

256MbXFX 7800GT,Mem Clock 1050 MHz,GPU 450 MHz,24 Pipes, Dual DVI-VIVO    £104.32

2Gb (2X1GB) Corsair TwinX XMS2, DDR2 PC5400 (667), 240 Pin, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 4-4-4-12    £46.46

Total: £332

2007-06-17 13:27:32

#7

wensleydale8: Member; +81|7240|LEEDS!!!!!, Yorkshire

I have found this Whether it will asist you or not I dont know but its a AMD processor. (its a 3.0GHz dual core So please try and work with this processor in mind.

Not a intel(much more expensive)

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/ … oid=-28011

Last edited by wensleydale8 (2007-06-17 13:29:08)

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2007-06-17 13:27:32

#8

Zimmer: Un Moderador; +1,688|7227|Scotland

Bullet... that CPU fails. Badly.

2007-06-17 13:28:38

#9

Zimmer: Un Moderador; +1,688|7227|Scotland

wensleydale8 wrote:
I have found this Whether it will asist you or not I dont know but its a AMD processor not a intel(much more expensive)

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/ … oid=-28011

No, no, no and NO.

C2D = cheaper, faster and better than AMD.

Fact.

2007-06-17 13:31:50

#10

buLLet_t00th: Mr. Boombastic; +178|6913|Stealth City, UK

Zimmer wrote:
Bullet... that CPU fails. Badly.

For what he wants to do and for that price its pretty good. They're the easiest chip to clock and a monkey could get that up to E6600 speed, the FSB doesn't matter because the RAM isn't anything special.

2007-06-17 13:32:05

#11

wensleydale8: Member; +81|7240|LEEDS!!!!!, Yorkshire

Now im the idiot I found a better one in my price range.

This is the C2d Processor I found. Please tell me whether it is any good.

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/ … oid=-28013

Last edited by wensleydale8 (2007-06-17 13:34:40)

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2007-06-17 13:34:02

#12

buLLet_t00th: Mr. Boombastic; +178|6913|Stealth City, UK

wensleydale8 wrote:
Ah but to get a C2D at 3.0GHz clock speed will cost me £604 and the one in my price range is only a small 2.13 which is frankly not enough.

Now im hte idiot I found a better one in my price range.

I dont think you understand.....did you read my post?

YOU GET TWO CORES AT THAT SPEED!!!

2007-06-17 13:35:30

#13

Zimmer: Un Moderador; +1,688|7227|Scotland

wensleydale8 wrote:
Ah but to get a C2D at 3.0GHz clock speed will cost me £604 and the one in my price range is only a small 2.13 which is frankly not enough.

Now im hte idiot I found a better one in my price range.

Oh jeez. You don't get it, do you?

A C2D means it has 2 CORES. Meaning you can outer perform ANY 1 CORE CPU WITH IT.
Your CPU fails compared to ANY C2D.

The 3.0GHz clock speed is shit compared to a 1.83GHz 2 CORE clock speed.

...

2007-06-17 13:36:12

#14

wensleydale8: Member; +81|7240|LEEDS!!!!!, Yorkshire

Sorr y its because im tired Thanks to being up 40 hours watching le mans and the Grand prix so its my fault for not reading.

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2007-06-17 13:36:40

#15

Zimmer: Un Moderador; +1,688|7227|Scotland

That C2D processor you showed us is COMPLETELY UNECESSARY.

A 1.83GHz is perfectly fine. You can overclock that to over 2.5GHz.

2007-06-17 13:44:07

#16

wensleydale8: Member; +81|7240|LEEDS!!!!!, Yorkshire

Well what speed would i expect to get the C2D processor I showed you clocked up to basically if I can get the total above 6GHz I will be a very happy man.

Put it this way I am willing to spend up to about £600 anymore and i wont even think about getting those things.

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2007-06-17 13:46:49

#17

Zimmer: Un Moderador; +1,688|7227|Scotland

Look. C2D means that the work load is split into 2 cores instead of one.
Like a parallel universe. So everything is done twice as fast. Although that DOES NOT mean your speed will be 6GHz. It just means oyu are lightening the workload done on the cores of the CPU by half.

2007-06-17 13:51:09

#18

buLLet_t00th: Mr. Boombastic; +178|6913|Stealth City, UK

So it went from £350 to £600?

Look up Dual Core and Core 2 Duo on Wiki.

Edit: I don't think anyone has got anything near 6GHz, I think the highest on liquid nitrogen cooling is just over 5GHz.

Last edited by buLLet_t00th (2007-06-17 13:52:31)

2007-06-17 13:57:05

#19

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|7187

buLLet_t00th wrote:
So it went from £350 to £600?

Look up Dual Core and Core 2 Duo on Wiki.

Edit: I don't think anyone has got anything near 6GHz, I think the highest on liquid nitrogen cooling is just over 5GHz.

Orly?

http://www.overclockingwiki.org/joomla/ … oject.html

Last edited by cyborg_ninja-117 (2007-06-17 13:57:20)

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2007-06-17 13:57:27

#20

wensleydale8: Member; +81|7240|LEEDS!!!!!, Yorkshire

well i can borrow money off a person i know and The other is my own just to clear that up.

Please dont turn this into a rant thread or rip my head off Im a bit of a stranger to computer internals apart from the main stuff i already know.

Last edited by wensleydale8 (2007-06-17 14:09:32)

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2007-06-17 13:59:53

#21

buLLet_t00th: Mr. Boombastic; +178|6913|Stealth City, UK

cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:
buLLet_t00th wrote:
So it went from £350 to £600?

Look up Dual Core and Core 2 Duo on Wiki.

Edit: I don't think anyone has got anything near 6GHz, I think the highest on liquid nitrogen cooling is just over 5GHz.
Orly?

http://www.overclockingwiki.org/joomla/ … oject.html

TRYING TO DO THAT.....the highest was at Computex this year. It was higher than 6.3 at computex me thinks.

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