Hi guys, I'm new here but been reading the forums for a while.
It's coming up to my birthday soon (less than a month), and I need a new PC. My budget is about £400, maybe £450 max. if it's worth it.
I've looked at a few builds, and decided (as the main part) I want an E2160, on a Gigabyte P35-DS3L. Using the Arctic Cooling Freezer 7, I hope to get up to 3ghz, maybe over. I won't be too bothered though if I don't hit that speed, as long as it's stable. I've OCed before, and read enough threads specifically about the C2Ds so I think I'll be fine doing it. For my budget, do you think it's worth the step up to, say, an E4500?
The main dilemma of my system, however, is the graphics card. The system's mainly going to be for gaming (CoD4 and a few of the new-ish games, not Crysis though), and listening to my music. I've got all the music on a 200GB HD already, so I basically only need a Windows drive.
Anyway, graphics. I've been looking at the 8800GS, 8800GT, 3850 and 3870XT. They're all (near enough) around the same price range.
The only 8800GT really in my price range is the 256mb. It's £125 here - http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=733162
However, there's an 8800GS for slightly cheaper, £115 - http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=752310
The thing is, the 8800GS has a 192-bit interface, and 384MB ram. The 8800GT has a 256-bit one, but only 256MB of ram. Which one of these, do you think, would be best for me? I don't game at high resolutions, the max my monitor goes is 1400x1050. I just wonder whether the lack of memory on the GT would slow it down a lot, even though it's got a better interface. I've seen a few benchmarks, but any help on this would be great, as most of the benchmarks were for the 512 8800GT.
While I've been writing this post, I've counted out the 3850. Seen this 3870 for £130 - http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=707460
Would the 3870 (512mb) be even better than the 8800GT or GS? Looks a pretty fast card.
Or, should I just save up a bit more (£152) and get a 512MB GT?
^ that's the rest of my build, with the 256MB 8800GT in there to give you an idea of the price. Any suggestions would be great, as obviously I wanna get my money's worth. Thanks for your time, and sorry for the rather large post.
It's coming up to my birthday soon (less than a month), and I need a new PC. My budget is about £400, maybe £450 max. if it's worth it.
I've looked at a few builds, and decided (as the main part) I want an E2160, on a Gigabyte P35-DS3L. Using the Arctic Cooling Freezer 7, I hope to get up to 3ghz, maybe over. I won't be too bothered though if I don't hit that speed, as long as it's stable. I've OCed before, and read enough threads specifically about the C2Ds so I think I'll be fine doing it. For my budget, do you think it's worth the step up to, say, an E4500?
The main dilemma of my system, however, is the graphics card. The system's mainly going to be for gaming (CoD4 and a few of the new-ish games, not Crysis though), and listening to my music. I've got all the music on a 200GB HD already, so I basically only need a Windows drive.
Anyway, graphics. I've been looking at the 8800GS, 8800GT, 3850 and 3870XT. They're all (near enough) around the same price range.
The only 8800GT really in my price range is the 256mb. It's £125 here - http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=733162
However, there's an 8800GS for slightly cheaper, £115 - http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=752310
The thing is, the 8800GS has a 192-bit interface, and 384MB ram. The 8800GT has a 256-bit one, but only 256MB of ram. Which one of these, do you think, would be best for me? I don't game at high resolutions, the max my monitor goes is 1400x1050. I just wonder whether the lack of memory on the GT would slow it down a lot, even though it's got a better interface. I've seen a few benchmarks, but any help on this would be great, as most of the benchmarks were for the 512 8800GT.
While I've been writing this post, I've counted out the 3850. Seen this 3870 for £130 - http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=707460
Would the 3870 (512mb) be even better than the 8800GT or GS? Looks a pretty fast card.
Or, should I just save up a bit more (£152) and get a 512MB GT?
^ that's the rest of my build, with the 256MB 8800GT in there to give you an idea of the price. Any suggestions would be great, as obviously I wanna get my money's worth. Thanks for your time, and sorry for the rather large post.
glad to help ya out, m8... 
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