Monkey Spanker
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OK i got an insurance payout after a power surge blew my rig to pieces. My PC is mainly used for gaming, some office stuff & photoshop graphics work as my girlfriend is a graphic designer, i am not up to date with current tech tbh so i would appreciate some guidance from those in the know.

I need.
CPU, PSU, Mobo, RAM, HDD, GFX & after market CPU cooler as well.

old specs

AMD 4200+ dual core
A8N SE SLi MoBo
XFX 7950gt GFX card
some generic 500watt PSU
2gb corsair PC3200 RAM
160gb Seagate Barracuda HDD
Arctic cool 64 CPU cooler.

Cheers guys.
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Jenspm
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Monkey Spanker
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looks very interesting cheers
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Brasso
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holy tax batman

@_@

Last edited by haffeysucks (2008-08-26 14:17:02)

"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"
Jenspm
penis
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haffeysucks wrote:

holy tax batman

@_@
£150 in Norway
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Brasso
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Jenspm wrote:

haffeysucks wrote:

holy tax batman

@_@
£150 in Norway
enjoying a nice 6% or absolutely nothing tax rate here
"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"
Jenspm
penis
+1,716|6772|St. Andrews / Oslo

haffeysucks wrote:

Jenspm wrote:

haffeysucks wrote:


holy tax batman

@_@
£150 in Norway
enjoying a nice 6% or absolutely nothing tax rate here
25% here. Gotta love Socialism.
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Jenspm wrote:

haffeysucks wrote:

Jenspm wrote:


£150 in Norway
enjoying a nice 6% or absolutely nothing tax rate here
25% here. Gotta love Socialism.
WoW
Jenspm
penis
+1,716|6772|St. Andrews / Oslo

lolamd
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Monkey Spanker
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Bloody hell a AMD option, is the AMD cpu a viable option though compared to C2d options.
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lol awesome tax rate, i want to move to norway
David.P
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Fuck no Amd! 30% performance loss compared to Intels of the same speed. Where's my 30% price reduction?

smuder201 wrote:

Bloody hell a AMD option, is the AMD cpu a viable option though compared to C2d options.
AH HA HA! No. Amd used to be good, but now they are rebranding the same Cpu's & Gpu's as next gen.

EDIT: Here's a comparison.

C2Q Q6600 for 190.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6819115017

AMD Phenom 9850
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6819103249

Both the cheapest Quad core cpu's off their respective manufacturers. The C2 will crush the Phenom by atleast 30% even with the 100mhz difference in favor for the Amd.

Also I don't Hate Amd. Just the bullshit situation they put the graphics market in by buying Ati. No competition for Nvidia, by re-releasing the Same basic core every generation with a new name and a few tweaks. They even got Nvidia doing it! The only major difference between the HD2xxx, HD3xxx, and HD4xxx is the series number and the amount of graphics processing pipelines. Same with the 8xxx, 9xxx, and Gtx 200 series.

Honestly when was the last time we had a Major jump in Gpu core architecture? 2006 with the release of the 8 and the X1k series. Now those were real jumps. Everything changed, Windows changed things there was no going back.

Last edited by David.P (2008-08-26 20:45:38)

nukchebi0
Пушкин, наше всё
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haffeysucks wrote:

Jenspm wrote:

haffeysucks wrote:


holy tax batman

@_@
£150 in Norway
enjoying a nice 6% or absolutely nothing tax rate here
*loves Oregon*
kylef
Gone
+1,352|6533|N. Ireland
17.5% (VAT) would be what that is
unnamednewbie13
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smuder201 wrote:

is the AMD cpu a viable option though compared to C2d options.
No. I'd only get it if I was desperate to shave a bit of cash and didn't care about the performance hit. Don't feel bad for AMD though, they've got the 4870 going for 'em.

Last edited by unnamednewbie13 (2008-08-27 12:07:08)

Monkey Spanker
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I was just goin through the order for my new stuff but the ASUS P5e is outta stock so is this a good replacement for that MoBo

heres the link http://www.scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?WebProductId=818509

Last edited by smuder201 (2008-09-16 06:05:45)

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max
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P5Q series is great. For you a P5Q Pro would be sufficient though. The dlx makes more sense if you go quad
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Monkey Spanker
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Thanks max for the advice what do you think of the overall package.
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scan wrote:

Your basket is empty, please buy something
make a screenshot please
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Monkey Spanker
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Sorry max here ya go
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max
Vela Incident
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Looks great. Personally I'd drop to a e8400 since IMO the price increase does not warrant the 0.5 higher multi. Also I prefer to have 4GB (2x2GB) ram. I'd drop the F7LP for a Freezer 7 Pro. It's just £1 more
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Monkey Spanker
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wow less than £30 for a substantial increase of rig thanks again max.
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max
Vela Incident
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I just built a very similar PC (e8400, p5q pro, 2x2GB, etc. ) for my father. Damn that thing flies. I'm somewhat jealous. It didn't even need any extra voltage to reach 3.6GHz

You could drop the PSU to a lower powered one; my quad-gpu rig works fine with an enermax modu 525W.

Still, when it comes to PSUs, bigger is better.

Last edited by max (2008-09-16 07:53:30)

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If you can hold off for 3 months, Christmas sales usually bring some great component deals..

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