HI all, been a while since i have been here and am looking to purchase a new PC...

I currently have the spec below and could use my GPU?

I have about £700 to buy a new tower mobo ram gpu & cpu.. Any suggestions on a good gaming tower/spec plz?

Was thinking to go to dual or quad core..

Dual with this mobo?

http://www.microdirect.co.uk/ProductInfo.aspx?ProductID=14021&source=googleps&Desc=1#ShowReview

Asus M2N32-SLI Deluxe AM2 Skt940 nForce 570SLI PCI-E Dual SATA RAID Dual Giga LAN +8ch.audio Firewire ATX Motherboard

 CPU

AMD CPU AM2 6400 Dual CoreAthlon 64 Socket AM2 940

http://www.microdirect.co.uk/(22485)AMD-CPU-AM2-6400-Dual-CoreAthlon-64-Socket.aspx

Thanks again

Stu

That's about 1200USD I would go quad core for sure. Not sure how much PC parts cost in the UK though.

Thanks mate

$1284 at todays exchange Rate :) i thought quad would be a lot more and not that much difference in gaming or am i wrong?

Not much better for gaming but they are getting really cheap now.

Tommorrows game will make better use of the quad, in fact just the next 4 months with games like farcry2 , crysis warhead and several others on the list that could make use.

Hi, i really want to build myself a new PC as mine is getting old now :).

Im not too sure on whats best at the moment so will have a read up.

But if you have any tips or help to decide if i went for a quad core, what mobo Ram etc

I have several hard drives including a 250gb Raptor, audigy sound card, and 450 W PSU

just need tower, Mobo, Ram, CPU and 2XGraphic cards to sli for about £700..

but which ones plz?

As far as a tower that's more of a personal taste. So I won't put one on here.

Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200

2x2GBs DDR2 If your overclocking you might wanna get some fast sticks. DDR2 1066 seems to be resonably priced. Good brands are Corsair, OCZ, Kingston.

Nvidia Geforce 260 or ATI 4870

ASUS Striker II Formula mobo

There should be plenty of room left for a good case. I'm not sure exactly what parts cost in your area but 700 pounds converted to USD is a little over $1200 so thats what I went with. This is just a quick list and I'm sure others will chime in and give there suggestions.

Thanks mate.

I see this one for about £180 http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-090-PC

Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail

Would i be able to run it crossfire with the 512mb Radeon X1950 pro im using on this machine? or £360 for 2X HD 4870's?

You can only run crossfire with two of the same cards. Two 4870s would run crossfire fine.