It's that time again. Upgrade time.

Sparky

Well its only an interm list as im on a budget, as always.

Tell me what you think.
By the way, Im cutting back on the video card as I plan on upgrading it at a later date. I would use my existing one, but it's 'AGP'.

• Amd 64 X2
• nVidia 6600GT
• Hard drive
• MSI motherboard
• Monitor

I have an Antec case already that I got before christmas, so needless to say that will be used.
Same again with the memory. I have a load of it waiting to be used.

Your opinions are welcome, and any recommendations are also welcome.

Cheers.

gline

yeh looks good

SouperComputer

Asrock have a board that has both AGP and PCI-Ex x16 so you could use your current card with your x2 setup:

get it into ya synthia!

gline

SouperComputer wrote:

Asrock have a board that has both AGP and PCI-Ex x16 so you could use your current card with your x2 setup:

get it into ya synthia!

ULI chipset

SouperComputer

gline wrote:

ULI chipset

Kinda OT, but do you think SLI will stand the test of time Gline? Im sure it will always have it's hardcore enthusiasts but TBH im surprised it has not been replaced with somthing more generic.

gline

SouperComputer wrote:

Kinda OT, but do you think SLI will stand the test of time Gline? Im sure it will always have it's hardcore enthusiasts but TBH im surprised it has not been replaced with somthing more generic.

im not sure, personally i dont think it will, its too expensive

SirLemonhead

gline wrote:

ULI chipset

So?

Richard Dower

ULI are getting better.

gline

Richard Dower wrote:

ULI are getting better.

hopefully

SirLemonhead

gline wrote:

hopefully

I'd be inclined to ignore your opinion on the matter based on all your bad luck with PCs.

How many DFI boards did you go through and how many soundcards did you set fire to?

gline

MasterOfSolos wrote:

I'd be inclined to ignore your opinion on the matter based on all your bad luck with PCs.

How many DFI boards did you go through and how many soundcards did you set fire to?

2 dfis and 1 soundcard, whats your point?

uli were known as being crap and used to be only on lowend mobos

i dont know what they are like now, but i had a few maybe 2-3 years ago and they were crap

also im hardly the only person that has rma'd a dfi board, man most people that use dfi have problems at some stage.... its the nature of the boards

SirLemonhead

Yes it was a joke.

Richard Dower

Come on gline, we seen the smokey images of a toasted PC.

:-)

gline

Richard Dower wrote:

Come on gline, we seen the smokey images of a toasted PC.

:-)

of course, a human error of switching off a water pump in watercooling... S**T happens

Richard Dower

Careful now, someone might do a search and bring up bad memories.

:-)

gline

Richard Dower wrote:

Careful now, someone might do a search and bring up bad memories.

:-)

bah i dont care about that anymore, not since ive been on crutches for over 5 months after a motorbike accident... u think i care about an old pc that is now gone, hehehe:D

Scruff

Are the new 7600GS supposed to be faster than the 6600GTs??
Cant find a review of one anywhere.

gline

check specs here
http://www.rojakpot.com/showarticle.aspx?artno=88

Scruff

Read this review of a 7600 GS it wipes the floor with the 6600GT and its only clocked at 400/800

This one is clocked at 500/900 and is €19 less that the 6600GT you're thinking of buying.

Sparky

Scruff wrote:

Read this review of a 7600 GS it wipes the floor with the 6600GT and its only clocked at 400/800

This one is clocked at 500/900 and is €19 less that the 6600GT you're thinking of buying.

Cheers. I've noted that down.

conzy

THe Asrock Dual SATA 2 motherboards are great, and so are ULI chipsets,

Do you think Nvidia would have bought ULI if they werent a threat??

You can also by a Riser card that supports AM2, because that ULI chipset already supports AM2,

So right now, with AM2 on the way, buy the ASrock motherboard, keep your AGP card, and get a beast of a PCIe card whenever you plan on buying it;)

So, its the best option right now, as it supports old tech, current tech and future tech

Alkers

I have a similar MSI board and it's great apart from the NB fan is very loud. Something to consider if you like a quiet pc.