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General Forums => Hardware and Software => Topic started by: straffo on December 05, 2005, 01:58:28 PM

Title: Upgrading on a budget
Post by: straffo on December 05, 2005, 01:58:28 PM

if wife agree  :

109,90 € Gigabyte GA-K8NF9 Ultra   
224,99 € AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Socket 939 (Boîte, coeur Venice)   
73,95  € 2*     Corsair XMS DDR 512 Mo PC3200 CAS 2
264,99 € Point Of View GeForce 6800 GS (PCI-E)   

Else if wife disagree :

66,99 €  Asrock 939Dual-SATA2   
98,99 €    Corsair Value Select DDR 2x512 Mo PC3200 (CAS 2,5)
172,99 € AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Socket 939 (Boîte, coeur Venice)   

+ my current ATI 9800pro

what do you think ?

Title: Upgrading on a budget
Post by: mora on December 05, 2005, 03:47:33 PM

I have the Gigabyte GA-K8NF9 Ultra and it's a great MB, but there's not much performance difference between the two MB's if you don't OC. The  3200+ seems to have better bang for the buck. The Radeon 9800 will play all current games well, and even better if you OC it a little.

I'd personally get the AsRock and do a processor+vid card upgrade in 2 years.

Title: Upgrading on a budget
Post by: JTs on December 05, 2005, 05:34:30 PM

if you're going to use XP find a way to get the 1 gig of ram