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Virusuk
Hello, I am looking to upgrade my sys for xmas. I have £500 to spend and would like some advice on the matter.

Sites i have been looking at

http://www.microdirect.co.uk/

http://www.aria.co.uk/

Thanks for eny help
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well....what would you like to upgrade?
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Virusuk
CPU,Video card,Motherboard, maybe the memory
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Mad_Handlez89
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Yo man, for £500 Im sure I could get your a budget C2D System


Give me 5mins
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prepare to be awed virusuk
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Virusuk
I was looking at a AMD 64bit x2 4200 with some motherboard and a BFG 8800 GTS
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you have 500 pounds.....I dun think you can afford that chummy. Unles the CAD to pounds conversion is really high
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Virusuk
It came to CPU £140. Video card £309. Motherboard £42. £491
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Mad_Handlez89
Hiper HPU-4M580 Type R 580W ATX2.2 PSU - Black £44.99
(£52.86)

Gigabyte GA_965P_S3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £74.99
(£88.11)

GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX21GB6400UDC) £79.99
(£93.99)

Sapphire ATI Radeon X1950 Pro 256MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £114.99
(£135.11)

Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - £93.99
(£110.44) £93.99

Total £480

Ok So it cant be done. Well not everything, Case etc, but it woudl be a good upgrade

I will look for a X2 upgrade path
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wow....Where I am...Im paying 549.99 for an 880gts
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Mad_Handlez89
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Quote:


Originally Posted by Distraught_Youth
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wow....Where I am...Im paying 549.99 for an 880gts


549.99 USDUnited States Dollars = 281.433 GBP United Kingdom Pounds
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jesus h. christ ..... that's a MONDO difference. So my 26'000 a year job is SMOKIN in the UK
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Virusuk
I just want to upgrade the cpu motherboard and the video card.
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Originally Posted by Mad_Handlez89 View Post
549.99 USDUnited States Dollars = 281.433 GBP United Kingdom Pounds
Dude....I'm Canadian
....so it's a lil more
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Virusuk
Ok guys what about this.

CPU :
http://www.microdirect.co.uk/Product...2&GroupID=1674

Video card :
http://www.microdirect.co.uk/Product...5335&GroupID=0

Motherboard :
http://www.microdirect.co.uk/Product...4561&GroupID=0

Memory :
http://www.microdirect.co.uk/Product...4775&GroupID=0

Would this setup be good for overclocking. Allso would it run all the new games like bf 2142 and max settings?

£413.73
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hmmm.....tough to say. Im not a fan of that motherboard.....I'd personally get something a lil better ...... like this

http://www.microdirect.co.uk/Product...5&GroupID=1093
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Virusuk
Ok that board it is then. up to £447.22
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accskyman
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Originally Posted by Distraught_Youth View Post
wow....Where I am...Im paying 549.99 for an 880gts

The conversion rate is pretty high right now. They also pay a lot more for parts than us North American's do, £5 is like $9.xx US I do believe.
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Good Good. That board will do you some good. I also like the vodeo card choice
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