PC Upgrade

[JoeB361]

Thanks a lot, that cleared up pretty much everything on the motherboard
That motherboard has built in audio, so I might not get a sound card, and I have a USB network adapter too.
Only motherboard I had seen is mine, which has one x16 slot and NO others :@

[S!n!StR]

K, I've checked the ebuyer site ( the one that Azbec linked ) and i can definitelly put something together that will perform better than the Vortex PC you want to buy from OCuk.

Tell me what's your price limit and I'll start working on the parts list today/tomorrow.

[Azbec]

K, I've checked the ebuyer site ( the one that Azbec linked ) and i can definitelly put something together that will perform better than the Vortex PC you want to buy from OCuk.

Tell me what's your price limit and I'll start working on the parts list today/tomorrow.

I believe he said under £900 on the main post 

[JoeB361]

Aiming for under £900, but definitely under £1000 if necessary.
What about 4 of these for the RAM: http://www.mrmemory.co.uk/StandardMemory/product.asp?rangelist=240%20Pin%20DDR3%20PC3-12800%201600MHz
Im not 100% sure on all compatibilities, but they are the 240 pin and PC3-12800 (1600MHz) just like the ones that come in the ready built PC.
Thanks for all the help

[Azbec]

You don't want that crap.
You want something like these http://www.ebuyer.com/264750-g-skill-8gb-2x4gb-ddr3-1600mhz-ripjawsx-memory-kit-cl9-9-9-9-24-1-5v-f3-12800cl9d-8gbxl

or these

http://www.ebuyer.com/248846-corsair-vengeance-8gb-2x4gb-ddr3-1600mhz-cl9-1-5v-non-ecc-unbuffered-cmz8gx3m2a1600c9

or these which are the ones that the ocuk pc would have in it
http://www.ebuyer.com/274035-corsair-8gb-2x4gb-ddr3-1600mhz-low-profile-vengeance-memory-kit-cl9-cml8gx3m2a1600c9

[Capped]

I have the gskill mem, and if nothing else it makes u smile when u see it in ur machine

They're also awesome performance wise

[JoeB361]

Mr memory is crap?
Haha I heard they were good, but probably not the best choice for gaming.
Do you think I should go for 8GB ram? It has 4 slots and can support up to 32GB (Which I would never need)

[Azbec]

No the brand is'nt necessarily crap, its just I generally don't trust stuff that looks cheap and nasty. Plus that stuff will run hotter than the ones I posted.

[JoeB361]

Yeah, it is pretty cheap, and the stuff you posted looked a lot better.
I think I should use 8GB ram, then add another 2x4gb pack if I need to at a later date
oCuk replied, and I have to phone up their sales team and get quotes off of some pay per minute number etc...
So looks like buying the separate parts is the way to go

[S!n!StR]

K, I've checked the ebuyer site ( the one that Azbec linked ) and i can definitelly put something together that will perform better than the Vortex PC you want to buy from OCuk.

Tell me what's your price limit and I'll start working on the parts list today/tomorrow.

I believe he said under £900 on the main post 

He said aiming for under 900 but definitelly below 1000, so I wanted a more specific answer, either below 900 or below 1000...that 100 pounds can make quite a difference.

[JoeB361]

Ok, £900 please
Was just thinking if you did something that came to like £910, that would be fine

[S!n!StR]

Ok, £900 please
Was just thinking if you did something that came to like £910, that would be fine

noted will put something together tomorrow and post it here...just to be sure, you're only looking for the case right ? no monitor, keyboard, etc.

[Limey]

There was also something else I wanted to mention.
Someone I know was saying you shouldn't really mix AMD and Intel, or Nvidia and Ati.
I was calling bullshit, because i've seen lots of people with i7s and AMD cards.

He's wrong in saying you shouldn't mix them. But he's right about the brands... AMD works with ATI, A LOT better than an intel processor would, ATI/AMD has software/firmware out there that increases the perfomance of the 2 together. As with Intel and nVidia. But its nothing to worry about, unless you want that extra little bit of performance of course.

Also, check out http://www.lambda-tek.com/computing/index.htm - one of the best sites out there, checks compatibility and prices.

[KriS]

thats wrong.. you can mix amd with intel i know

Asus motherbored (AMD)
Processor (Intel)
Graphics Card ATI Readon 6990 (AMD)
RAM dominator gt DDR3 (intel)

as you can see mixed you can also do a dual graphics card 1 nvida other one ATI works better than 2 nvida or 2 ati its really od

[S!n!StR]

Kris, Asus is not AMD. They are a known PC manufacturer that's not a part of either AMD or Nvidia, just like Gigabyte or MSI.

And as far as I know you can't run an AMD and an Nvidia GPU together in SLI/Crossfire...but you can make each one run separately from the other.