Upgrade Time

[The_Eliminator]

Basically im looking to upgrade my PC specs this weekend and just want a general view on the rig im looking at getting, and anything people would do differently so as to help me out.

Q6600 Intel Core (Will this need liquid cooling?)
8800GTX (Not sure whether to go higher)
Gigabyte Motherboard (still looking)

Any help much appreciated.

[Yukiism]

Re: Upgrade Time

We have a Tech Center for this.

[Jazzman]

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but a ati hd 4850 or, if you got the cash, a hd 4870

get a p45 motherboardm, i have ep45-ds3l from gigabyte and its working great

[CptainCrunch]

Re: Upgrade Time

Basically im looking to upgrade my PC specs this weekend and just want a general view on the rig im looking at getting, and anything people would do differently so as to help me out.

Q6600 Intel Core (Will this need liquid cooling?)
8800GTX (Not sure whether to go higher)
Gigabyte Motherboard (still looking)

Any help much appreciated.

No on the water cooling. Though I do recommend a fan and not to use the stock one. Mine kept popping loose. I have it overclocked to 3.0GHz.

8800GTX is good, but I personally like the 8800 GTS 512. I think the GTX is a bit overpriced, but thats just my opinion.

Gigabyte boards are OK, but I love Asus

Crunch

[=98=]

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Moving to Tech Centre...

[Busby, Paul (Bicci)]

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8800GTX is oooollllddddd go for and ATI 4850 or 4870 :)

I prefer asus motherboards although i have hear their customer service is a bit poo, for me this is no issue as scan deal with asus so i just take it back to them. The P5QL-E is pretty good

[Eagle101]

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its old doesnt mean its dead :P my friend still games on dual 7950GX2s.

Neways if you are upgrading from an old car yeah pretty much go with the 48 series, a p45 board, and a q66 aint that bad although i would personally recommned a C2D E8400.

[=98=]

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A 8800gtx to 4850 wouldn't be that great a upgrade.

[Skaggy]

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What are your current specs and budget?

Are you reusing the case, HDD, PSU etc?

[AvalancheDiode]

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Q6600 and 8800GTX is OK. Just get a decent motherboard and you'll be OK.

It's only two months away from next year, and you might want to wait that long to see if AMD can pull another "RV770" to Intel. Then you can choose between not-so-expensive Phenom II to less-expensive Core i7.

I figure that, if price is right (<$150), 8800 GTX (768MB) or 8800 Ultra is probably better choice until DX11 cards roll out on the cheap.

[The_Eliminator]

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Hmm this has totally stumped me really.

So in terms of performance and "longetivity" is the ATi 4870 better than the 8800GTX?

And sorry if this is a stupid question but someone said about the E8400 over the Q6600, surely quad core is better? Or is that not how it works :s

What are peoples views on the nVidia GTX 260 compared to the 4870?

[The_Eliminator]

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Some people are now telling me to upgrade to a Q9450 instead of the E8400 (apparently better for games) or Q6600 (apparently better for multitasking).

[Busby, Paul (Bicci)]

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A 8800gtx to 4850 wouldn't be that great a upgrade.

The way i took it was he wanted to upgrade to the 8800GTX.

8400 - better gaming
Q6600 - better multitasking
Q9450 - good for both

GTX2** series are good cards if you use adobe products or you prefer to play crysis, otherwise get the better value 4870.

[The_Eliminator]

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Well im steering more towards this now:

Intel E8400
ATi 4870 (is 1024 too much?)
p45 motherboard

[Jazzman]

Re: Upgrade Time

Well im steering more towards this now:

Intel E8400
ATi 4870 (is 1024 too much?)
p45 motherboard

I have 1024 mb and i think its worth the extra money