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DarthDazDC

DarthDazDC

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Ive decided that im now gonna be goin for a few more upgrades, but this time it'll be a bit more major.
I want this comp to last a while, and to do that, i wat to have the formats that have been introduced and, in the last few months, have been set as the new standard, such as SATA and PCI-Express, so im going to not only change the motherboard, but the processor to an athlon 64 and a geforce 6800 PCI-Express card.
Now this will prob happen over the next 3 months, by decidin exactly wot products and where i'm goin to buy them from.
So im wonderin a few things:
1. when i install all of this, will i have to format my hard drive so it'll be able to work wiv them properly?
2. What is a gud motherboard at the mo wiv wot i want? i'd like a fair few usb ports followed by some firewire ones too.
cheers
 
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GCFreak

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hmm....i think firewires only for laptops? :p DO NOT make the move to athlon 64, ur cpu's alright as it is ;) but u might have to upgrade to athlon 64 cause i dont know any particular intel mobo's that have pci express :p
 
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DarthDazDC

DarthDazDC

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GCFreak said:
hmm....i think firewires only for laptops? :p DO NOT make the move to athlon 64, ur cpu's alright as it is ;) but u might have to upgrade to athlon 64 cause i dont know any particular intel mobo's that have pci express :p
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:plain: Right.
No offence but is there anyone ELSE to give me some useful help please?
 
xneoangel

xneoangel

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Thats great that motherboard is pretty good and if you get an Athlon 64 X2 3800+ your computer will be a dream.
 
arnalion

arnalion

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GCFreak said:
hmm....i think firewires only for laptops? :p DO NOT make the move to athlon 64, ur cpu's alright as it is ;) but u might have to upgrade to athlon 64 cause i dont know any particular intel mobo's that have pci express :p
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There are plenty intel motherboards that supports pci-e.

I can suggest an Ati x800xl, you get a great card for that money that it cost. I think it's a litte cheaper then a 6800GT (just know the prices in sweden ^^) and
a little better too (orginal without oc).
 
xneoangel

xneoangel

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GCFreak said:
w00t nice mobo, get athlon x2 64 3800+ thats much better...
i suggest get a Geforce 7800gtx :)
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Yeah everyone wants one of those but they cost more than 500$ ... sigh
 
WhiteX

WhiteX

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in my country we have this saying:
"A GeForce 7800GTX is like a midget´s funeral, we know they exist but no one ever saw one".
 
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DarthDazDC

DarthDazDC

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well i passed my exams yesterday so i can go into sixth form :D:D:D
so i think me dad is givin me £100 for each grade i passed, which will be £500 in total :D
so if i sell the graphics card, processor, motherboard, i'll definitely get the 7800GTX and the athlon 64 X2 3800+ :D
 
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DarthDazDC

DarthDazDC

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an update, ive found the best deals i could, so im gonna buy an overclocked 7800GT for £300, along wiv a athlon 64 X2 4200+ for £250, and the motherboard for £80
so i'll try to sell the 3.2ghz processor for £100, motherboard for £50, and graphics card for £50, if anyone is in the uk and is interested and has paypal, PM me :D
 
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GCFreak

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DarthDazDC said:
an update, ive found the best deals i could, so im gonna buy an overclocked 7800GT for £300, along wiv a athlon 64 X2 4200+ for £250, and the motherboard for £80
so i'll try to sell the 3.2ghz processor for £100, motherboard for £50, and graphics card for £50, if anyone is in the uk and is interested and has paypal, PM me :D
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*wishes i live in uk so i can get ur fantastic specs, weeps*

lol, excellent choice, does that 7800gt have pixer shader model 3.0?
 
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DarthDazDC

DarthDazDC

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yep.
im thinkin of gettin a lower processor, maybe the athlon 64 X2 3800+ again or the athlon 64 4000+
 
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