Spec me some hardware bitches

Baliame · Post by **Baliame** » December 24th, 2007, 2:40

Time to upgrade my computer too. I want to take your suggestions on this now as I'm buying it in January. Total price should be around 228 pounds.

What I need is:
- New mobo
- Compatible at least dualcore CPU
- Compatible videocard which is better than an ATI Radeon X1600.
- 1 GB DDR2 RAM

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » December 24th, 2007, 2:56

http://www.5punk.co.uk/phpbb/viewtopic. ... 74&start=0

Cheapest:
Mobo:Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L (~£65)
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E2160 (£50)
Memory:GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 Or OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 (~£40)

(total ~£155)

Leaves you with about £75 to play with for graphics, which with some shopping around will probably get you a 7900GT or GS.

Post by **deject** » December 24th, 2007, 4:59

How much are Radeon HD 3850's going for over there? That'd be much better than a 7900.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » December 24th, 2007, 9:15

deject wrote:How much are Radeon HD 3850's going for over there? That'd be much better than a 7900.

in the uk the very cheapest is £95.

I'd recommend spending the extra, but if it's not possible, a 7900 is still a damn good card.

Baliame · Post by **Baliame** » December 24th, 2007, 22:05

A little extra is fine. Is it worth getting (well it's pretty much obvious but I'll still still ask it) a higher E-number CPU if I can afford it? (say... E2180 instead of E2160)

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » December 24th, 2007, 22:15

yes, but as cpus are always getting cheaper and faster, if you have to skimp, i'd skimp on the cpu and replace it later.

Baliame · Post by **Baliame** » December 24th, 2007, 22:22

Well, if my old, easily overheating AMD Athlon XP 2800+ is compatible with the new mobo, then yes indeed, I can afford to wait.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » December 24th, 2007, 22:27

save a bit more then, it won't work

Baliame · Post by **Baliame** » December 24th, 2007, 23:37

That I thought.

I'll see what I can do about it. *wanders off to bank*

Post by **HereComesPete** » December 25th, 2007, 0:11

Baliame wrote:Well, if my old, easily overheating AMD Athlon XP 2800+ is compatible with the new mobo, then yes indeed, I can afford to wait.

I'm upgrading from a 3800 because it's far too slow. The 3Gb of ram may well make it nice and fast, but the whole system is bottlenecking my 8800 cupcake card. I'd say wait, and I'll send you my athlon, but if you can afford the change to c2d, do it, because, well, just because.

E-numbers are always good, my personal favourite would be E110, sunset yellow, although E445 is always good for shits and giggles.

eion · Post by **eion** » December 25th, 2007, 0:59

HereComesPete wrote:E-numbers are always good, my personal favourite would be E110, sunset yellow, although E445 is always good for shits and giggles.

Pffft. E102, E174 and E175 for the win.

Baliame · Post by **Baliame** » December 25th, 2007, 1:05

I like E666 (Satan-Acetate) and E404 (Page-Not-Found-Alginate)