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jamesw
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Registered: 28th Jun 02
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2nd Mar 07 at 18:39   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

What people suggest?
Got budget of around 200 quid.

Looking for new board, processor, and memory.
Im well out of the hardware scene since moving on frm my last job, last time i was around amd semprons had just come out.

ATM have 1.5 P4, with 1x 256mb and 1x 128mb , machine runs OK, but since im running vista, while running photoshop cs, and dreamweaver it slowly grinds to a half, so just wanting to fresh things up a bit.

Cheers

[Edited on 02-03-2007 by jamesw]
Bart
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Registered: 19th Aug 02
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2nd Mar 07 at 22:17   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

£200 wont get you a state of the art setup, but you can get a Intel Core 2 DUO LGA775 E6300 1.86GHz Retail / Gigabyte 965P DS3 / 1GB GeIL PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Kit - Bundle for £229 inc vat from Overclockers
Also upgradedable in the future... but then i thought that when i bought my socket 939 bundle.

Truth is what ever you buy will be £100 cheaper next month and already out of date.

[Edited on 02-03-2007 by Bart]
topshot_2k
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2nd Mar 07 at 22:28   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

better off with AM2 TBH
Russ
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2nd Mar 07 at 22:35   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

quote:
Originally posted by topshot_2k
better off with AM2 TBH
why?
Bart
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2nd Mar 07 at 22:36   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

i dont think theres anything in it at the moment. Intel have a very good range of processors, enough to make me buy my first intel cpu when i next upgrade
topshot_2k
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2nd Mar 07 at 22:38   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

cheaper chips, AM2 Motherboards in that price range tend to have better features
topshot_2k
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Asus AM2 motherboards off much more than intel ones at th moment IMO
Russ
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2nd Mar 07 at 22:39   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

but they are inferior....
topshot_2k
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why?
topshot_2k
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That mobo is basic and only Support DDR 800 and 1 graphics card
DarkBahamut
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2nd Mar 07 at 22:47   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

quote:
Originally posted by topshot_2k
That mobo is basic and only Support DDR 800 and 1 graphics card


More graphics cards wont help with photoshop or dreamweaver nor will that be of any use on a £200 budget, so thats a pointless feature having. Also, DDR2-800 is fine (and is the current max supported memory speed anyway) for the Core 2 Duo.

The core 2 duo setup will run rings around an AM2 setup easily.
topshot_2k
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2nd Mar 07 at 23:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

id like to see this
Bart
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quote:
Originally posted by topshot_2k
That mobo is basic and only Support DDR 800 and 1 graphics card


as said above. IF hes only spending £200 on a bundle, he wont be wanting an SLI gaming machine.
Russ
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3rd Mar 07 at 07:08   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

quote:
Originally posted by topshot_2k
id like to see this
lol if you seriously belive am2 is better than core 2 duo, ur more than a munchkin than we all thought

 
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