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 Post subject: Upgrading pc
PostPosted: 06 Jul 2011 11:32 
SSDi Sheep Worrier
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So I want to spend around £100 upgrading my pc and was wondering what i should do to it to make it better for running games. It currently has:

Motherboard = ALiveNF6G-VSTA
Processor = 2.60 gigahertz AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core
RAM = 2 GB DDR2 (not sure wat make or anything lol)
HDD = 180Gb Sata + 120Gb not Sata (lol)
Grafix = NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE

So what bits would be best to upgrade and what parts would you get with the £100 available?


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 Post subject: Re: Upgrading pc
PostPosted: 06 Jul 2011 11:35 
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new mobo maor RAM maybe a proper gfx aswell ?



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 Post subject: Re: Upgrading pc
PostPosted: 06 Jul 2011 12:29 
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Dude, you need more than a £100 quid....

What OS you runnning? Doubling your RAM could give you a nice boost, or upping your VGA.



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 Post subject: Re: Upgrading pc
PostPosted: 06 Jul 2011 14:56 
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lol £100 is all i can afford. working in asda doesnt afford me much disposable income. ive only got this money cus i got an inheritance. im running windows xp


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 Post subject: Re: Upgrading pc
PostPosted: 06 Jul 2011 17:10 
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grphix card and more ram. both are available on ebay. for the £100 notes.... just seen a nvidia 460 with two hours to go for £80 quid.. two months old...

they are there ya will just have to pick your time to get a good un...you can pick up 2gb ram for under 20 notes



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 Post subject: Re: Upgrading pc
PostPosted: 06 Jul 2011 18:57 
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Since we are at it, gettin a new one next week..

nothin special, just a bit tuned up..

Motherboard: ASUS P8Z68-V , ATX, DDR3
Processor: Intel Core i7-2600
RAM: 12Gig-Kit Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600MHz
Grafix: MSI Nvidia N570GTX 1280MB
HDD: WD Caviar Black 1TB SATA+Intel SSD 320 Series 40GB SATA II bulk


good enough for my purposes...



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 Post subject: Re: Upgrading pc
PostPosted: 06 Jul 2011 19:09 
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u on pci-e gcard ? or AGP ?
might be worth you buying a new mobo that is more campatable with newr stuff, although ya aint gunna see an improvement now at least with yer next £50 or so better parts for cheaper money will be compatible :)
ya gunna buy upgrades for an old chassis............ keep the shit parts, just upgrade chassis first :) like with motorcars :)
no point in wasting £100 for an increase in 10-15 fps thats gunna last about 12 months.
bite the bullit, and buy a newer mo-bo that runs both yer current gear and some better stuff



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 Post subject: Re: Upgrading pc
PostPosted: 06 Jul 2011 20:10 
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Kane {l Wrote}:
Since we are at it, gettin a new one next week..

nothin special, just a bit tuned up..

Motherboard: ASUS P8Z68-V , ATX, DDR3
Processor: Intel Core i7-2600
RAM: 12Gig-Kit Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600MHz
Grafix: MSI Nvidia N570GTX 1280MB
HDD: WD Caviar Black 1TB SATA+Intel SSD 320 Series 40GB SATA II bulk


good enough for my purposes...

porn, music and the odd game?

Chris, he is on a pci-e grafix card and an am2+ compatble mobo


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 Post subject: Re: Upgrading pc
PostPosted: 06 Jul 2011 20:16 
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wavy {l Wrote}:
Kane {l Wrote}:
Since we are at it, gettin a new one next week..

nothin special, just a bit tuned up..

Motherboard: ASUS P8Z68-V , ATX, DDR3
Processor: Intel Core i7-2600
RAM: 12Gig-Kit Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600MHz
Grafix: MSI Nvidia N570GTX 1280MB
HDD: WD Caviar Black 1TB SATA+Intel SSD 320 Series 40GB SATA II bulk


good enough for my purposes...

porn, music and the odd game?

Chris, he is on a pci-e grafix card and an am2+ compatble mobo



Shhhh you old fart :P



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 Post subject: Re: Upgrading pc
PostPosted: 06 Jul 2011 20:18 
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£100 Gfx card then it is :D



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