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my recommendation on crossfire or sli would be to get a better video card and then upgrade it in a few years when there are better out. this will use less power and be cheaper in the long run rather then trying to new video cards.

Yes but sometimes if the person don't have too much money he can buy two appropriate cost graphic card and make a crossfire thus will have the same time as the expensive one.

I will recommend you to buy two low cost card if you don't have too much money but if you have enough then buy an ATI Radeon HD 4850
http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3338
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/ATI-Radeon-4850,5705.html

Or an NVIDIA 8800GT
http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce_8800gt.html
 
I have decided that i am going to build two computers 1 for gaming which i will follow Rage_3K_Moiz advice.

With the money that i get for the computer that i am selling i am going to build a budget 1 for every day tasks such a surfing the net and listening to music. I am looking at spending about £300 on the basic one as i need to get a monitor.

Any ideas what to go for, or if someone can put together a basic 1 for me that is pretty good.

I will most likely get my parts from ebuyer or microdirect.

Cheers Baltan
 
cheers i was thinking maybe a better graphics card and a little more power or maybe even a better cpu?? what you reckon as for the operating system what do i go for vista or xp?

cheers Baltan
 
I don't think you'd need more CPU or GPU power for a basic PC. As for the OS, I'd recommend Windows XP Professional with SP3 for both PCs.
 
I will also use the basic one to run some old games. Also what case should i get for the gaming rig?
 
In that case, you could step up to an 8500GT. For the gaming rig, I'd recommend the Cooler Master Stacker 832 or the Antec Twelve Hundred, whichever is cheaper for you.
 
Ok cool. Just an update my friend is getting rid of his intel processor it just a Pentium 4 one, (its not dual or quad core). He is also giving me a 400w power supply if i take it. It will also come with a 120gb hard drive which is ide unfortunately and has xp on it!

What you reckon should i go for it and then get the same motherboard and power supply? It costs me nothing?

-Baltan
 
Yeah, it would be okay, since you won't be stressing the PC too much anyways. About the PSU, I'd recommend a new one, since old ones lose some of their efficiency due to capacitor aging.
 
ok cool. i will use the memory and motherboard along with the case that you suggested and graphics card, i am also looking for a monitor to use when i get my gaming rig any suggestions?
 
Ok cool will have a look at them, forgot to mention that the power supply is new and has only been used once. I also wont be building any of the comps until i come back from holiday.

I might look at LG monitors aswell.

-Baltan
 
Was thinking for the basic computer i might look for a motherboard that cost around £60, can you recommend a good one for that price?

Also i think i might build an AMD system for the basic one and go with the dual core AMD just because they are cheaper?

-Baltan
 
I recommend this mobo as the best choice, in case you want to upgrade the CPU later to a Phenom without the bus being clocked down. It also has a very good integrated graphics solution so you may not need to get a separate video card. Even if you do want one, a low-end Radeon like the HD 3450 can be run in Hybrid Crossfire mode with the onboard GPU, resulting in fantastic performance gains for a very low price.
 
Hi guys update time.

I will be ordering the parts that were suggested for the gaming computer on the weekend coming up.

I will not be building two comps instead i will be building a gaming comp and getting a laptop as i need one.

I have about £600-£700 to spend on a laptop, Can you guys recommend a good one for that price as i have found a few but don't know if they are good. It must have at least 3gb of memory

Thanks For all the help much appreciated

-Baltan
 
If someone could also recommend another graphics card encase they are sold out when i come to buy them.

Thanks

-Baltan
 
Get any HD 4850 from HIS, PowerColor, Visiontek, ASUS, Sapphire or Gigabyte. I doubt all of them will be out of stock. Sapphire is the best out of those, with HIS, Visiontek and Gigabyte being next. PowerColor and ASUS are last, and probably the ones you should buy if you can't find anything cheaper. I know this sounds kinda weird since I've recommended the PowerColor HD 4850 originally, but after researching all over the internet, their reputation isn't as great as that of the others, specifically Sapphire and HIS, whose Toxic and IceQ card revisions come with fantastic aftermarket coolers and OC'd GPU and memory clocks.
 
So don't go for the powercolour hd 4850 but for another make? will this one work and still let me get sli?

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/148468

as i want to be able to have two graphics cards!

Also when i install the two graphics cards do i have to install both disks for both of them?
 
Yep, you can go Crossfire with that card, no problem. You just need to install the latest Catalyst drivers from ATI's site. The drivers on the CD are usually outdated, so don't bother using those.
 
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