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London_Prophet

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08-22-2008 at 09:10:10 PM

I'm about to head back to the UK from the US (after 6 months) and thought I'd take about $500-600 worth of upgrades back:

At the moment I have (* = want to upgrade)

Gigabyte GA-P35-DS4 Motherboard
*E4200 CPU (or something, my friend has borrowed by E6600 while I've been in the US)
*2GB GeiL 667Mhz RAM
Antec P182 Case
*Tagan 450W PSU
*ATI x1900xtx
Windows XP

I was thinking
E8500 + Arctic Cool er Freezer 7
ATI 4870

PSU - what would be decent? I really want one with disconnectable wires.

Ram is a problem - I'm not sure which 1066 RAM is going to be compatible - anyone help?

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Yuka

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08-22-2008 at 09:23:05 PM

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I think the CPU is kinda fine... U could try to OC it with an after market HSF. The rest is fine, get the DDR2@1066, if u OC that'll give you some room. The 4870 will keep up very well with the E4200 OCed.

Now, i can't tell you how much u would be able to squeeze from the E4200, but a E8500 is kinda unnecesary and u only need a E7200 or E6600. They go by cheaper and have great OC.

Esop!

EDIT: Forgot about the PSU. Try getting a 500W PSU or better.

Message edited by Yuka on 08-22-2008 at 09:24:45 PM

Ahslan

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08-22-2008 at 10:06:26 PM

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PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817371016

As Yuka said, try OCing your CPU if you're not satisfied with it...

Upgrade the ram to 4gb DDR2 800 ram...when I was upgrading, a lot of ppl told me to stick with quality ddr2 800 instead of buying ddr2 1066, so im just reiterating

the 4870 is a beast...shoot, my 4850 is a beast :sol:

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08-23-2008 at 05:46:23 AM

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sigh you don't need 1066 RAM...the E4200 has a 10x multiplier.... my E4400 sucks with ocing though it wont go past 100MHz overclock -_-

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