Serious upgrade advice needed!

Topazworm · #1 03-02-2006, 10:29 PM

Come April im going to get around 400+ pounds to spend for my computer as i see fit.
Now i got my girlfriend to pay for the graphics card i choose so all i need to get with the money is a CPU, MB and memory. So the question is, what is the mind blowingly fastest gear I can buy for that price?

Is it worth going down the 64 bit/dual core route?

Thanks

Topazworm · #2 03-04-2006, 02:24 PM

yea thanks ill give that a try!

ANZAC_ELITE · #3 03-04-2006, 02:36 PM

Tsk tsk, such language .......

What is your preferred processor brand?

If you are going AMD Opterons seem to be the latest and greatest cpu, 2GB DDR2 and a motherboard to handle them and SATA2 would be the "quickest". Read some reviews Toms Hardware etc.

I might suggest to you to use the edit button and remove the profanity from your previous post.

Topazworm · #4 03-04-2006, 04:03 PM

Ive got my eyes on a AMD Opteron 165 Dual Core & A lanparty motherboard. Both of those take me to around 400

ANZAC_ELITE · #5 03-04-2006, 04:05 PM

Doesn't leave much money for a PCI-e video card, those prices seem high, whats the cpu worth?

EDIT: I see a lot of those Opty's in DFI Lanparty NForce4 boards on the other forums I frequent, but I have no personal experience with them.