Dead PC, time to build a new one?

[Uncle Peter]

Another option for you would be to recycle your RAM and existing graphics card by using the Asrock Dual bus (AGP/PCI-E) S775 (core2duo/p4D) motherboard

Discussed previously here:

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/19...re-around.html

Works a treat for me.

ive touted that board for ages never get a mention on it though

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Originally Posted by Xaccers

Looks like I'll be dropping to 1GB of RAM then with the S754 boards I've found

Anyone care to suggest a good PCI-E graphics card?

X1950xt dude sorry only been able to pop on over the last few days so missed this thread

[Xaccers]

Originally Posted by zinglebarb

X1950xt dude sorry only been able to pop on over the last few days so missed this thread

Hmm, price tag is more than the components of a new PC!

So far I'm thinking of replacing everything with the following (care of Scan):


LN15975
AMD AM2 Athlon 64 3800+ Windsor Core, Dual Core 2GHz, 2x 512KB Cache, OEM Energy Edfficient £61.79

LN15777
Asus M2N, NF430, S AM2, PCI-E (x16), DDR2 533/667/800, SATA II, SATA RAID, ATX £49.53

LN14370
Zalman CNPS9500-AM2 AMD Aero Flower Cooler, AM2/939/754 £30.42

LN17135
1Gb Micron Major, DDR2 PC2-6400 (800), 240 Pins, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 5-5-5-12 £88.10

LN14964
512Mb ASUS 7600GS Top PCI-E (x16), Mem 950 MHz, GPU 550 MHz, 12 Pipes, D-Sub/HDTV/Dual Link DVI-I £89.17


Total inc VAT and postage: £326.04

you can get it for 100 quid ish thought you said between 100 and 150?

[Xaccers]

Originally Posted by zinglebarb

you can get it for 100 quid ish thought you said between 100 and 150?

All the ones I've found price it at £150+ with 256MB

[Tightscot]

Try this one?

actually just found this Nvidia 7950GT Here think it may be better than the 1950xt - zing'll confirm/deny this though!

also i have to say if you're looking to build a totally new pc, use C2D cpu's...

Originally Posted by Xaccers

All the ones I've found price it at £150+ with 256MB

my mistake im sure there was one last week but a few days out the loop lol

[The Jackal]

or if you can wait a month or so Nvidia's 8800gts/gtx card will plummet in price due to the pending release of ATIs R600 cards. Nonetheless £190 quid for an 8800gts is 1st rate considering it can handle pending directx 10 games and is LEAGUES ahead of the XT / GT.

Waste of money buying a 1950 as you'll be looking for an upgrade if directx 10 games are a hit over the next year

will you? like these wont play on directx 9 cards. And with a limited budget you wont do justice to the new hardware

[Tightscot]

Originally Posted by Xaccers

All the ones I've found price it at £150+ with 256MB

How about This one?

[Xaccers]

Originally Posted by Tightscot

How about This one?

Great find.

Can anyone explain the differences between sockets AM2 and 939, and pros and cons.
And SLi ready.

[Tightscot]

sli ready means the board is capable of running two graphics cards in tandem...

sli = nVidia
crossfire = Ati
both do the same thing

basically lots of games take full advatage of sli/crossfire and allow you to run in higher resolutions with more effects turned on - like anti aliasing etc etc

in other use like desktop work/internet etc you'll not notice any difference unless doing graphics intensive stuff.

am2 is the new replacement socket for old 939. 939 is dead tech now... thats all i know!

[Xaccers]

Well on overclockers I've found a motherboard, AM2 cpu, X1950XT and 2GB RAM for £350 so may have to wait a while.

but its still not expensive.Maybe a little more than you want to pay but not expensive.What board and cpu is that ? x2 I take it

[Xaccers]

Originally Posted by zinglebarb

but its still not expensive.Maybe a little more than you want to pay but not expensive.What board and cpu is that ? x2 I take it

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=MB-116-AB

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=CP-188-AM

Bah forgot HSF! *dashes off to find a pretty one*

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...=57&subcat=821

Up to £320 now.