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Couldn't get the AMD 965 'cause it was out of stock, same with the mobo i was going for, so i bumped it up
Could use spare to probably get another 4850, dunno might be a bit over budget, microcenter doesnt carry 4850s it seems
or could get a cpu fan
Anyway got room for another 2 sticks of RAM and another video card, PSU should hold up through upgrades too np
ed: also SATA6GB/S / USB3.0 for the future

Last edited by Bevo (2010-08-22 13:15:42)

FatherTed
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will cpu not come with a fan and paste?
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FatherTed wrote:

will cpu not come with a fan and paste?
yeh it does, stocks are noisy though, if it doesnt bother you its np

i got a freezer7pro r2 for like $30 just to take the noise down, glad i bought it

or you could get a nicer fan and OC or w/e, up to you m8
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k ill have a trundle aroun now i have a baseline and ill keep bouncing things off

moar possible builds pls

also bevo can you link what you would have fitted assuming everything was in stock?
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FatherTed wrote:

k ill have a trundle aroun now i have a baseline and ill keep bouncing things off

moar possible builds pls

also bevo can you link what you would have fitted assuming everything was in stock?
GIGABYTE GA-870A-UD3
http://www.microdirect.co.uk/Home/Product/47230

AMD CPU AM3 Phenom II x4 965
http://www.microdirect.co.uk/Home/Produ … Retail-Box
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could i ship down to a dual core or are quads (and programs that utilise what a quad can do) becoming more common?
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Quads are the fyooture. Trust.
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FatherTed wrote:

could i ship down to a dual core or are quads (and programs that utilise what a quad can do) becoming more common?
i'd say if you want to keep this pc around for a while, make it a quad core

however i'm not so much in touch with the tech-community-buzz-growth-bullshit

dual core will be just fine for what you have today, may not be that way in a couple years, i say quad core is a safer bet
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oh make it a dual then. i'll be working in a month or so so probably by this time next year ill have the money to build a proper rig. literally i only use my pc for those 3 games and firefox at the moment. i know its hard to balance the money vs the performance but understand that i really dont need to be able to do too much, so don't worry about trying to max the budget
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What are you using atm ted?
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e7200, 4850, 1gb ram D:
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Well you could try this

http://www.microdirect.co.uk/Home/Product/45320

but honestly I would spend the extra 20 squidbillies for the quad, even if for the 955
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o.o

The E7200 is nothing to be sniffed at. I'd recommend sticking with what you've got just now, upgrading the RAM and perhaps your graphics card too. No point in spending ~£300-400 if you're gonna make a brand new rig around the corner.
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ram definitly needs to go 4gb, but i really would like a new cpu - when i got that (2?) years ago it wasnt exactly top of its class then and it honestly does struggle (eve esp).

if it's good money spent ill just consider it an investment and keep it in storage as a back-up PC or move it to my dads house for when im staying there.
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er, agreeing with fin here, you're not gonna see a big increase in processor performance

maybe buy some RAM until you can afford to build a better rig

tbh though i just built a 965 x4 rig, you can wait to throw another gpu on there or w/e - there's no point in going for a halfway upgrade here
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You could get a brand spanking new GPU just now, to get some sorta an upgrade and keep it for your new build, then RAM, then overclock your CPU, and you'll have a mighty fine machine.
https://i.imgur.com/qwWEP9F.png
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so the e7200 isn't the piddly little chip i thought it was? oh my

maybe the 1gb ram is strangling it
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FatherTed wrote:

so the e7200 isn't the piddly little chip i thought it was? oh my

maybe the 1gb ram is strangling it
quite possibly.
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Finray wrote:

You could get a brand spanking new GPU just now, to get some sorta an upgrade and keep it for your new build, then RAM, then overclock your CPU, and you'll have a mighty fine machine.
agreeing with fin again

fuck me what has the world come to

is your mobo ddr2, ddr3?
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I'm going to say yes.
https://i.imgur.com/qwWEP9F.png
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Bevo wrote:

Finray wrote:

You could get a brand spanking new GPU just now, to get some sorta an upgrade and keep it for your new build, then RAM, then overclock your CPU, and you'll have a mighty fine machine.
agreeing with fin again

fuck me what has the world come to

is your mobo ddr2, ddr3?
Lol cheers..

It's S775, so it'll be DDR2.
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i'd even send you my spare ram if i could teddles, got 8gb of ddr2 sitting in a box

cbf with shipping anything intl, eck
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ddr2 afaik

tis a gigabyte p31
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Bevo I could do with a couple of gigs for a server if that's not too forward..
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