Welsh Dan 
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Basically, my motherboard is now fubared. 
 
Given that it needs replacing, might as well upgrade it. 
 
With a budget of £400ish, can you recommend me 
a: a motherboard 
b: processor 
c: PCI-E graphics card 
d: at least 3gb ram 
 
I already have a newish Creative X-Fi gamer, as well as an Arctic 700w power supply. 
 
I've always gone with AMD previously, although i'm not too fussy. I want something reasonably good for gaming and whatnot. The motherboard doesn't need onboard sound or graphics either, so i'd prefer to get one without. 
 
Fankoo
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Welsh Dan 
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Someone has recommended this for £420 ish. 
 
Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R Socket 775 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard  
 
Corsair 2GB Kit (2x1GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 XMS2 Memory  
 
Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 2.66GHz 1333FSB Socket 775 4MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor  
 
EVGA 8800GTS SuperClocked 320MB DDR3 DVI PCI-E Graphics Card  
 
 
Any good?
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simon179 
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yeh get it   or get a evga 775 sli nforce 680 board ther abt 120 am sure ther cheaper than the gigabyte an will probs be better too plus u get 10yr warranty lol 
 
[Edited on 24-10-2007 by simon179]
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simon179 
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mind you why get an 8800 wen u cud get 2 8600 in sli an will run faster for cheaper  
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Welsh Dan 
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About 8 days too late, lol.
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Cosmo 
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quote: Originally posted by simon179 
mind you why get an 8800 wen u cud get 2 8600 in sli an will run faster for cheaper   
   
 
not really. Not all games/apps can make real use of SLi to its full extent yet, and most tests have shown a decent card to be better quality than two not-so-good.
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