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Upgrade for games and video editing

C14N · 2012-06-29 13:30:35

I'm currently looking to upgrade my PC that I built but I'm a little lost at the moment, things have changed a lot since I last bought some components :o At the moment I have an Intel Core 2 Quad CPU (2.66Ghz) with 4GB of DDR3 RAM and a Gigabyte X48 mainboard. This is all old stuff (bought back in 2008) and it's starting…

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#32 05-07-2012 7:04pm
C14N

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Eboggles wrote: »

That's a pretty poor motherboard, get the AsRock Z77 Pro3 instead.

Thanks for the warning; I've changed it. What was wrong with it though?

Just realised I'm going to have to buy a sound card with an optical port. Is it best to just go with the cheapest one for digital audio?

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