Q9300 or Q9450 - Page 2

maroon1 · 01-31-2008, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by solidsteve

ok thanks now i'v got either a single gt for £170 or 2x ati 3850 in cf for £210 or sli 2 gt's at a cost of £340 in my head, i wish i didn't have a brain at times it bogles so much

I don't recommend two HD3850, because according to this review a single GTS 512MB is faster in most cases

veedubfreak · 01-31-2008, 02:45 PM

Either get a single GTS512 or 2 3870s.

solidsteve · 01-31-2008, 04:12 PM

thanks for the review

a single 8800 GT is what i'll do now i've had a bit of time to think

ThirdLeft152 · 01-31-2008, 04:27 PM

thats still a good choice. you can actually pick one up for $220-$230. they're realitively cheap. check microcenter

solidsteve · 01-31-2008, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by ThirdLeft152

thats still a good choice. you can actually pick one up for $220-$230. they're realitively cheap. check microcenter

i'm from england so $ are no good to me unfortunately

but there are a few quite cheap places near me so i can pick one up for about £160 - £190

ThirdLeft152 · 01-31-2008, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by solidsteve

i'm from england so $ are no good to me unfortunately

but there are a few quite cheap places near me so i can pick one up for about £160 - £190

well thats unfortunate. well its still a good choice either way i doubt you'll be disappointed.

solidsteve · 01-31-2008, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by ThirdLeft152

well thats unfortunate. well its still a good choice either way i doubt you'll be disappointed.

well my current set-up is not so good, the cpu has been playing up for about 3 months the mobo has had a floppy drive error every time i load for the last 6 months (it dosent even have a floppy)

and to top it all the graphics card blew last night so its just on borrowed time to be honest so even a low end cheep build would be better.

current specs

mobo - asus A7N8X-X running with floppy drive error
cpu - amd sempron 2.2GHz running at constant 1.1 - 1.2 (locked on that dont know why)
gpu - ati radeon 9600 not even working it blew
ram - 1 512mb strip
hdd - a cheep 160GB ide one

everything is on verge or has gone caput

ThirdLeft152 · 01-31-2008, 07:17 PM

well thats no good. does sound like you need a whole new pc, stinks the q9450 won't be out for a couple of months.

Amd gt player · 01-31-2008, 07:21 PM

semprons are garbage, never ever buy sempron or a celeron, there defect chips beign sold to make profit.

solidsteve · 01-31-2008, 07:35 PM

its going to be a few months till i get the money for the cpu so its all good and in the semprons defence its been good to me till now

i kind of guessed it was a money spinner for amd but its served its purpose

01-31-2008, 02:45 PM	#12 (permalink)
veedubfreak Representing Deutschland Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 5,221	Re: Q9300 or Q9450 Either get a single GTS512 or 2 3870s. __________________ Gaming Rig Mountain Mods UFO Intel Q6600 g0 3.6ghz 1.4v Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme 2x2gb Ocz Reapers@ 4-4-4-12 eVga 9800GTX SLI eVga 680i (#2) Corsair 750TX 24" Acer + 24" Soyo 20123 3dmark06 score

01-31-2008, 04:12 PM	#13 (permalink)
solidsteve Super Techie Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 417	Re: Q9300 or Q9450 thanks for the review a single 8800 GT is what i'll do now i've had a bit of time to think __________________ My new pc spec's ~ Case ~ nexus caterpilla (http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Compo...roductId=28763) Mobo ~ Gigabyte GA~P35~DS3R CPU ~ Intel Q6600 HDD ~ 2 x 500gb western digital drives Ram ~ 4GB worth (4 strips) of OCZ 2GB PC2-6400 Platinum Rev 2.0 PSU ~ Corsair 750TX GPU ~ ATI 4850

01-31-2008, 04:27 PM	#14 (permalink)
ThirdLeft152 Monster Techie Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 1,111	Re: Q9300 or Q9450 thats still a good choice. you can actually pick one up for $220-$230. they're realitively cheap. check microcenter __________________ My gaming rig: ABIT AW9D-Max && e6400 @ 3.2ghz eVGA 8800gt @ 685/1000 2gb XMS2 @ 800mhz 4-4-4-12 Antec 900 && Corsair hx 520 22" Westinghouse LCM-22w2 Razer Copperhead && Tarantula 3DMark06 = 12,452 92% of teens have moved on to rap. If you are part of the 8% who still listen to real music, copy this

01-31-2008, 07:17 PM	#18 (permalink)
ThirdLeft152 Monster Techie Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 1,111	Re: Q9300 or Q9450 well thats no good. does sound like you need a whole new pc, stinks the q9450 won't be out for a couple of months. __________________ My gaming rig: ABIT AW9D-Max && e6400 @ 3.2ghz eVGA 8800gt @ 685/1000 2gb XMS2 @ 800mhz 4-4-4-12 Antec 900 && Corsair hx 520 22" Westinghouse LCM-22w2 Razer Copperhead && Tarantula 3DMark06 = 12,452 92% of teens have moved on to rap. If you are part of the 8% who still listen to real music, copy this

01-31-2008, 07:21 PM	#19 (permalink)
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01-31-2008, 07:35 PM	#20 (permalink)
solidsteve Super Techie Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 417	Re: Q9300 or Q9450 its going to be a few months till i get the money for the cpu so its all good and in the semprons defence its been good to me till now i kind of guessed it was a money spinner for amd but its served its purpose __________________ My new pc spec's ~ Case ~ nexus caterpilla (http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Compo...roductId=28763) Mobo ~ Gigabyte GA~P35~DS3R CPU ~ Intel Q6600 HDD ~ 2 x 500gb western digital drives Ram ~ 4GB worth (4 strips) of OCZ 2GB PC2-6400 Platinum Rev 2.0 PSU ~ Corsair 750TX GPU ~ ATI 4850

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