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So finally looking to upgrade from a SKT A set up.
Can someone recommend whats the best motherboard cpu set up to go for(excluding a fx), don't do hard core gaming if thats any help but have always tried to go for the best that i could in the past.
Thanks
Robert
Well firstly, do you have a budget in mind or are you just looking for the best out there you can get?
What's your budget?
If <£600 complete, I got my cousin a 939pin Abit Motherboard, 3200Mhz 64bit AMD processor, 512MB Corsair memory, ferrari enzo case, 200GB HDD, 17" TFT, DVD Dual layer burner and a Nvidia 6600GT0 PCI Express Graphics card.
Fairly good price almost 11/2 months ago...
939 mobo, non-SLi - DFI if you OC, ASUS if not (but plenty of other candidates).
Dual Core AMDX2 to suit your budget.
PCI-E GFX card (hard to be specific as "don't do hardcore gaming" suggests you do some - but which games?)
2 x 1Gb Branded Memory, PC3200 or more if you OC.
Decent PSU
Seagate SATA disks offer probably the best deal at the moment due to 5 year warranty. Think about RAID.
Rest depends on what you want, but I'd def suggest treating yourself to one of the newer Logitech Mice.
Thanks for the replies
At the moment will keep the rest of my set up so just looking for motherboard\cpu recommends and also like to o\c the system.
thanks
Robert
Yes, but. If you get a new mobo it's likely to need a PCI Express GFX card - they don't have AGP. Of course you can still get AGP boards, but it's not really recommended.
Thanks Thorsson i understand that what i meant was i am going 7800 for graphics and keeping my ram,psu drives etc as these are all upgraded over the last few months so now i am looking for the m\b cpu that most people would say was the best bang for bucks at the moment.
Thanks
Robert