I think my PC setup is a bit unbalanced - how about this?
 

OK, so this might just be an excuse for me to spend a bit of £, but I love shopping :)

At the moment I've got an AMD x2 4200+, 1 Gb memory, and a 7300 LE with 512Mb

I'm getting the feeling this is a bit unbalanced - fast processor but not very much memory and a slow graphics card. It took about 30 minutes to demux a 7 Gb mpeg today.

So I reckon to spending me some money ;)

I'm thinking of 2 sets of this to get me to 4 Gb

Not too sure about graphics card though - I don't really play games.

Ones that caught my eye are:

256M Gigabyte NX86T256H 8600GT
256MB Gainward 8600GT Silent
512MB Gigabyte 8600GT Silent

What do you techies reckon to those?

:)

Re: I think my PC setup is a bit unbalanced - how about this?
 

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=MY-058-GL this ram ;)

as for gfx how 8800gts http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=GX-039-BG

or is that 100 quid to much lol the 8600gt with 512 maybe the way to go

Re: I think my PC setup is a bit unbalanced - how about this?
 

what sort of budget do you have?

Re: I think my PC setup is a bit unbalanced - how about this?
 

bloody hell zing, that ram is a steal, same stuff as i've got and very decent. also have that card and no qualms in recommending it either, was a bit hesitant at first but bio(crap-me-pants)shock runs settings near enough maxed and moh-airborne looks sweet :D, and the free bfg t-shirt and stickers clinched the deal.

Re: I think my PC setup is a bit unbalanced - how about this?
 

Ive been running that ram for a while it clocks well and is sweet I think im gonna buy another set too

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Thanks Zing - that's definitely £100 too much - well, maybe £75 too much. :)

It's a pity OC dont do the Gigabyte card too - it's a pain having to put in lots of little orders

Re: I think my PC setup is a bit unbalanced - how about this?
 

This Card is cheaper, and although not DX10'd up, it'll wee all over your 7300

defo get that ram though, nice price!!

Re: I think my PC setup is a bit unbalanced - how about this?
 

but the geil ram is better imo to the corsair ive had a fair number of faield corsair sticks in recent history so do not touch it anymore. Do scan not have the geil?

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http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...=56&subcat=404

this ones better value

Re: I think my PC setup is a bit unbalanced - how about this?
 

true.:) but my one looks prettier... :p

Re: I think my PC setup is a bit unbalanced - how about this?
 

Budget?

Honey, I don't do budgets :)

Come on, don't start making me question whether I'm just buying things for the sake of it ;)

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I wouldnt keep the stock cooler

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8600gt is a waste of money.

Get the 8800gts you wont regret it... 8600gt can barely handle DX10 titles now so when the next set come out your gonna be fetching for a new card if you wanna enjoy the full prettyness and thats gonna cost more.

Dont skimp now and it'll pay off later..

Re: I think my PC setup is a bit unbalanced - how about this?
 

Graphics cards don't speed up video conversion... But you could do with another graphics card in case you want to get into games.

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that being true the best advice would be buy a 1950 pro now buy a dx10 card after the revision ;)

Re: I think my PC setup is a bit unbalanced - how about this?
 

Im waiting for Nvidias 9xxx line hopefully it will be decent and continue to trounce AMDs offerings...

Their 2900XT really missed the target >_<