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    Smile Going to upgrade, thoughts anyone?

    I upgrade my motherboard roughly every 4 years so would like a little advice. I currently have the following parts that I want to upgrade:

    Pentium 4 3.06GHz HT, S478 533FSB 512k cache
    Epox 4PGAI motherboard, S478 533FSB AGP DDR333
    1Gb (2x512mb) memory PCWorld, DDR333, DIMM
    nVidia 6800 GT 256Mb Graphics card, AGP 325/1000.
    Jeantech 500W PSU.

    What I've picked out is:


    Core2Duo E6850 3.0GHz, LGA775 1333FSB 4Mb cache
    Asus Maximus Extreme motherboard, LGA775 1333FSB PIC-e 2.0 DDR3-1333
    2gb (2x1Gb) memory Corsair, DDR3-1333 (CAS 9-9-9-24)
    ATi HD3870 512Mb based Graphics Card, PCI-e 2.0, 775/2400
    Tagan 900W ForceII PSU. (or maybe a cCoolermaster Realpower Modular1000M 100W)

    so what do you think.

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    The maximum cost is £900 roughly and the motherboard will not be upgraded for another 4 years so has to be as future proof as possible.
    I have had major problems with nVidia cards twice now and so will only get an ATi based card.
    I figured that if i get the above parts I can:
    Get an intel 45nm quad core CPU later as well as lower latency memory.
    The PCI-e 2.0 bus should give me some options later.
    The PSU should power anything that comes out in the future. Or do I only need a 750W?
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    Re: Going to upgrade, thoughts anyone?

    The processor seems a bit over the top if you are going to upgrade fairly soon anyway, especially as the cheaper c2ds seem to be able to reach 3ghz fairly easily if you are into the whole overclocking lark. You will get better responses once a friendly mod moves this into the hardware section.

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