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06-28-2007, 06:58 AM
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| True Techie  Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Ireland (Come on 'd Paddys)
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|  How good Totally changed my PC set up following advice on the forums. I will be ordering some things from the US (send via friend to ROI) and UK (Will pick up on hols). Here's what my new rig will look like... - Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R Mainboard (129.99 from newegg.com) - 2GB (2x1GB) Corsair Balistix PC2-6400 memory (99.99 from buy.com) - XFX Fatal1ty Edition 8600gt (OC) 256mb (159.99 from buy.com) - Casecom Black/Silver Case w/ Side Window (£17.99 from ebuyer.co.uk) - Antec 500w Basiq Power PSU (£39.86 from Ebuyer) - Existing Seagate 320gb HDD (7200RPM) - Existing Windows Vista (64 bit) and XP (Home) Dual boot - Existing Logitech x-230 2.1 speakers - Existing Hanns-G HU151 15" monitor (will upgrade later) Hows that, I know, I should've got an 8800gts because its $x from such a place but I can't afford one so got the fastest 8600gt I could. Just trying to decide on CPU, e6320 (£100.73) w/aftermarket cooler or e6420 (£166.13) w/stock. I have read the 6400's are better than the 6300's but is it the same in the new 4mb cache versions. By the way, total cost was a respectable €555.55 approx |
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06-28-2007, 07:31 AM
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| True Techie Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Ireland (Come on 'd Paddys)
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| And, mobo Actually on subject on this, ABIT IP35-E LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail -or- GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3R Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail The abit's 119.99, the Gigabyte's 129.99, both from newegg |
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06-28-2007, 08:00 AM
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| Commander SMod  Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: New York City
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  | Re: How good The P35-DS3R is the popular choice, and is known to overclock like a monster, so go with that. It's Crucial Ballistix, not Corsair. Go for the e6320 w/aftermarket cooling. The e6320 and e6420, have around the same overclocking potential, to around 3.0-3.3GHz. Get the 7900GS, instead of the 8600GT. It's just not worth it, if you plan on gaming. Buy.com - EVGA GeForce 7900GS 256MB 500MHz PCI Express x16 Video Card - 256-P2-N624-AR cheaper from newegg: Newegg.com - EVGA 256-P2-N624-AR GeForce 7900GS 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 KO Video Card - Retail I also think, you should get a better power supply, than that choice.
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06-28-2007, 11:43 AM
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| Monster Techie  Join Date: May 2007 Location: Australia
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| Re: How good change ur gpu to a 8800gts 320mb, and ram to 2*1gb gskill hk's, psu to a corsair 520watt
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06-28-2007, 11:57 AM
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| Console Gamer  Join Date: Apr 2006
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| Re: How good save like 20 bucks and get the GSkill DDR2 800 kit thats like 80 bucks and with the money you save get a better video card the 8600GT is crap Last edited by Trotter; 06-28-2007 at 02:01 PM. Reason: Filter missed one |
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