Upgrade (need a critique)

[alsenior]

ok im upgrading soon and i need some advice on my components. here is the planned choices:



thanks for any help

[staffsMike]

E6600 is only £23 more now.

Some would say the 640mb GTS isn't worth the premium over the 320mb..I'm sort of one of them but I have a 640mb lol

other than that it seems alright.

[Flewis]

depends on the resolution about the graphics card, if ur playing 1600x1200 u might want the 640mb but below that res there will be next to no difference to the 320mb

[alsenior]

depends on the resolution about the graphics card, if ur playing 1600x1200 u might want the 640mb but below that res there will be next to no difference to the 320mb

initially it will be going at 1280 x 1024 but i will be upgrading to a 1900 x 1200 screen later on


Edit: mike post count is evil

[StaffsKieran]

I say go with the E6600 as they've dropped in price again. and stick with the 640mb 8800 if you are going to be gaming at higher res's.

[staffsMike]

Edit: mike post count is evil

muhahaha

..i lost it

[GSte]

stick with the 640mb 8800 if you are going to be gaming at higher res's.

Yeah, it matters on games with very high detail textures as well I think, even on lower resolutions

[shaithis]

Personally, I would wait for the new CPUs due in the next week or so for £50 and overclock the pants off of it, maybe putting the difference towards a 8800GTX

[Flewis]

It will be interesting what these new pentiums can do and whether they will be limited by the 1mb cache.

[YorkieBen]

er, that mobo only has 2 pci slots (it has 2 more pci-x slots) its a bit expensive unless you need that facility imo

also 4gb? do you really need that?

2gb of corsair PC6400 would be enough Id have thought

[Hidden Hippo]

At the moment, 4GB isn't really needed. However, Overclockers have a very good deal on some CAS3 667Mz G. Skill ram. My G. Skill has been performing very well until now (had it about a year) and is still going strong. They're selling it at ~£115, although you can get some CAS4 800MHz for a little more.

[aidanjt]

Personally, I would wait for the new CPUs due in the next week or so for £50 and overclock the pants off of it, maybe putting the difference towards a 8800GTX

There's not a huge amount in the difference between a 640Mb GTS and a GTX, the little extra is well worth it for the extra 32 shader units.