APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: (this month) BUDGET RANGE: (GBP £140)
USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: (Gaming [Crysis 2, The Witcher 2, Shogun 2], watching movies)
CURRENT GPU AND POWER SUPPLY: (nvidia 8800 GTS 320 and Antec EarthWatts 500W)
OTHER RELEVANT SYSTEM SPECS: (Q6600, 2GB Corsair DDR2, Gigabyte P35C-DS3R, Antec Sonata 3, WinXP 32)
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: (Scan) COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: (England)
PARTS PREFERENCES: (Prefer nvidia for familiarity and EVGA for their warranties)
OVERCLOCKING: Maybe SLI OR CROSSFIRE: No
MONITOR RESOLUTION: (1440x900)
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: (Want a card with at least 3 year warranty)
Okay so first off I should say that this is about more than just my gfx card. I'm also looking to get more ram and the budget for the 2 of these is combined. I thought about 2 separate threads but that would only lead to confusion so I decided I would ask for help in the same thread.
GFX is the priority here but RAM is still important as memtest recently uncovered 170 errors in only 2 passes with my current RAM. Total budget is £210 split £140/£70.
I was considering: 1GB EVGA GTX 460 SSC+Backplate, 3900MHz GDDR5, GPU 850MHz, Shader Clock 1700MHz, 336 Cores+Mafia II
and
8GB(2x4GB) Corsair XMS3 DDR3 PC3-10666 (1333), NonECC Unbuffered, CAS 9-9-9-24, New Connector, 1.50V
You're probably wondering about the RAM. True a 32 bit OS will limit me but I intend to upgrade that asap and in the meantime I will do what's outlined here
And my motherboard supports both DDR2 and DDR3 so there should be no problems there.
I'v looked around and it seems my PSU can support a 460, but given that this is OC'ed, it may not be enough. So a slower version would need to be sought. That would then open up more money for RAM or w/e.
If there's something to be gained by waiting a month or some other period of time I'll probably do that. I already delayed this from January, what's another month?
Oh and on the topic of OS's should I wait for win8?
USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: (Gaming [Crysis 2, The Witcher 2, Shogun 2], watching movies)
CURRENT GPU AND POWER SUPPLY: (nvidia 8800 GTS 320 and Antec EarthWatts 500W)
OTHER RELEVANT SYSTEM SPECS: (Q6600, 2GB Corsair DDR2, Gigabyte P35C-DS3R, Antec Sonata 3, WinXP 32)
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: (Scan) COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: (England)
PARTS PREFERENCES: (Prefer nvidia for familiarity and EVGA for their warranties)
OVERCLOCKING: Maybe SLI OR CROSSFIRE: No
MONITOR RESOLUTION: (1440x900)
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: (Want a card with at least 3 year warranty)
Okay so first off I should say that this is about more than just my gfx card. I'm also looking to get more ram and the budget for the 2 of these is combined. I thought about 2 separate threads but that would only lead to confusion so I decided I would ask for help in the same thread.
GFX is the priority here but RAM is still important as memtest recently uncovered 170 errors in only 2 passes with my current RAM. Total budget is £210 split £140/£70.
I was considering: 1GB EVGA GTX 460 SSC+Backplate, 3900MHz GDDR5, GPU 850MHz, Shader Clock 1700MHz, 336 Cores+Mafia II
and
8GB(2x4GB) Corsair XMS3 DDR3 PC3-10666 (1333), NonECC Unbuffered, CAS 9-9-9-24, New Connector, 1.50V
You're probably wondering about the RAM. True a 32 bit OS will limit me but I intend to upgrade that asap and in the meantime I will do what's outlined here
And my motherboard supports both DDR2 and DDR3 so there should be no problems there.
I'v looked around and it seems my PSU can support a 460, but given that this is OC'ed, it may not be enough. So a slower version would need to be sought. That would then open up more money for RAM or w/e.
If there's something to be gained by waiting a month or some other period of time I'll probably do that. I already delayed this from January, what's another month?
Oh and on the topic of OS's should I wait for win8?