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« on: October 17, 2009, 05:20:48 PM »

Alright, I really wasn't planning on this, but my rig seems to be getting less stable by the day (wierd crash, then won't restart, freezes on the BIOS, if I leave it totally powered off and then restart it's OK, temps seem fine (32 degrees ambient)) and with win7 probably in the post soon, and borderlands, l4d2, cod4-2 coming out, now seems a good time.

So. What would you recommend. I need nVidia graphics due to Linux support, and I hate unreliable systems, I'm looking for something middle of the road, bang for buck, quiet and sensibl- (The computer actually crashed at this point whilst I was writing this) I just don't have time to f around trying to get esoteric bits of hardware working.

I've got a blu ray drive a 600W psu, a good case and a 9600GT which are the only components I might be able to keep. I'll need at least two hardrives, but I can work that bit out myself. It'd be nice if there was a spare IDE slot I could plug my spare DVD drive into, but that's not really important.

(I actually wouldn't mind keeping the 9600GT for a while and upgrading it later)

Basically, I need mobo/ram/gfx recs. Maybe a fancy cooler if it'll keep the system quieter without costing much more.

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« Reply #1 on: October 17, 2009, 05:43:13 PM »

How's this? You can save another tenner by getting generic PC6400 ram, I just chose the cheapest 4GB kit that was in stock.
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« Reply #2 on: October 17, 2009, 06:10:05 PM »

That seems... shockingly cheap, Zarf. I didn't even know you could get a computer that cheap. Would it actually be any faster than my current one? (Opteron 180)

I might be able to spend a bit more than that. It's just about what's best for the money/upgradeability.

I guess I should mention an actual price. Say... £350
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« Reply #3 on: October 17, 2009, 06:18:30 PM »

The one i specced would definitely be faster than your Opteron. It has two cores, each of which is roughly twice as fast as your opteron. You can certainly spend more, but your 9600GT would be a bottleneck.
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« Reply #4 on: October 17, 2009, 06:27:39 PM »

Say, is this were your borderlands money going? Cheesy
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« Reply #5 on: October 17, 2009, 07:53:01 PM »

What about the following:

XFX GeForce GTX 260 576Mhz 896MB PCI-Express 2.0 DVI      
   AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 620 AM3 2.6GHz 2MB    
   Asus AM3 AMD 770 ATX DDR3 Audio & Gigabit Ethernet

that  comes to about £270, then I guess £80 on ram? (no idea what type of ram i'd need)

and yes power. That is exactly right.
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« Reply #6 on: October 17, 2009, 09:06:12 PM »

the gtx260 is a solid card, but I think you might see better performance with a 4870.. they're around the same price, and if your native resolution isn't that big, a 512mb card would be good enough.. but other than that, I think it's a solid rig for games Smiley
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« Reply #7 on: October 17, 2009, 09:09:24 PM »

My native is 1920 x1200. I really ought to stick withnvidia though, I'll take a slight drop in performance in games over the card not working in the OS i use most of the time.

Do you know what type of ram I should get? I absolutely cannot fathom rRAM naming techniques.
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« Reply #8 on: October 18, 2009, 12:48:04 PM »

I'm also planning on buying a new rig, but to not hijack your thread, should i start a new one?
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« Reply #9 on: October 18, 2009, 12:55:57 PM »

May as well if you have different price/performance demands. Or if you need an entire new build. I only need cpu/ram/gfx really.
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