Hi all, looking to upgrade and I'm buying a new motherboard, ram, and cpu sometime this week,
I'm looking at:
Gigabyte GA-X38-DS4 Intel X38 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard - £130
or
Abit iX38 Quad-GT, iX38 Express, S 775, PCI-E 2.0 (x16), DDR2 1066/667/800, SATA II, SATA RAID, ATX -£130
(if i get everything off scan instead of overclockers)
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £150
CZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2 (OCZ2G8004GK) - £50
comes to £320 roughly - which is a lot more than was I was planning on spending - I've chosen this board for the 6 SATA connections (and RAID), crossfire support and the possibility of it lasting a fairly decent time, anything cheaper that anyone knows about?
I already have a decent case, power supply, hard drives etc and I think I'll have to wait for next months paycheque for a new graphics card
The crossfire support is because I don't think I'll be able to afford a particuarly top end graphics card, something more middle and then a few months in the future (after summer probs) I'll be able to add an identical card for better performance if i feel I need it - not the most ideal way of doing things
thanks all