- Jan 23, 2014
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OLDER CUSTOM BUILD
MOTHERBOARD
Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=2453#ov
CPU
i was looking at getting an i5 it had the speed i wanted 3.4ghz n its about £170
but not sure if the board will support it i have an intel 6600 2.4 dual atm
was looking for an alternative to an i5 and the Intel Q9300 Quad 2.5GHz should go
in the board no problem its £110 but seemed alil low on the speed i was looking for.
RAM
the pc has 4gb of ram in it was looking to go to 8gb but its ddr2 and could only see
2gb cards the site i looked up the board on says it has quad slots for ram so i checked
and it has 4 x 1gb cards in it with 666mhz speed (240 pins) iv seen 4 x 2gb cards with
800mhz at £60
GPU
i did have the 7950gtx-2 which was fine but it was limited to dx9 so recently put in an msi gt640
with i think it was 3gb of vram it was £80 for that gpu
from what iv seen the Q9300 n 4 ram cards of 2gb each seems like about my best option
apart from that id have to go for a whole new motherboard which iv seen for about £100
but then id still need to spend £170 on an i5 about £70 on ddr3 ram cards and god knows
what else. im not against going that way but think i would rather work with what i have. . . .
what id realy like to know is what should i do in the way of upgrading my ram and cpu and
if the parts iv selected (q9300 cpu & 4 x 2gb ddr2 ram) are the best options. . . im looking to spend around £200 unless i will need to go down the whole new motherboard route then im willing to spend more. . . thanks so much for taking the time to try and help me with my question
MOTHERBOARD
Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=2453#ov
CPU
i was looking at getting an i5 it had the speed i wanted 3.4ghz n its about £170
but not sure if the board will support it i have an intel 6600 2.4 dual atm
was looking for an alternative to an i5 and the Intel Q9300 Quad 2.5GHz should go
in the board no problem its £110 but seemed alil low on the speed i was looking for.
RAM
the pc has 4gb of ram in it was looking to go to 8gb but its ddr2 and could only see
2gb cards the site i looked up the board on says it has quad slots for ram so i checked
and it has 4 x 1gb cards in it with 666mhz speed (240 pins) iv seen 4 x 2gb cards with
800mhz at £60
GPU
i did have the 7950gtx-2 which was fine but it was limited to dx9 so recently put in an msi gt640
with i think it was 3gb of vram it was £80 for that gpu
from what iv seen the Q9300 n 4 ram cards of 2gb each seems like about my best option
apart from that id have to go for a whole new motherboard which iv seen for about £100
but then id still need to spend £170 on an i5 about £70 on ddr3 ram cards and god knows
what else. im not against going that way but think i would rather work with what i have. . . .
what id realy like to know is what should i do in the way of upgrading my ram and cpu and
if the parts iv selected (q9300 cpu & 4 x 2gb ddr2 ram) are the best options. . . im looking to spend around £200 unless i will need to go down the whole new motherboard route then im willing to spend more. . . thanks so much for taking the time to try and help me with my question
. . . im still alil unsure what way i wana go but feel much more confident in the hassle cost n benefits of both paths. . . thanks again u guys seriously its awsome ur here to help ppl <3
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