Hi everyone, first post here. I'm planning a massive upgrade in a few months provided I can get the funds, and looking forward to seeing how all the new hardware from Intel, ATi & nVidia benches when it's released Q1, and hopefully seeing a card which can max Crysis at a decent res/FPS! I havent really done OCing or anything like that cos my PC is an ancient, BIOS locked hulk (see below) which I try to ignore + just use the family PC (also pretty bad) for gaming lol. I'll probably be seeking some advice about P45s, OCing a Q9450 and other stuff. My current specs are actually unbelievable, seriously pity me cos my rig should be in a museum! I currently have:
CPU: Intel PII @333MHz :O
Mobo: ? it's definatley not ATX but it's old and has a vast array of ISA slots (Legacy hardware FTW!)
GPU: Integrated (I think it's 4Mb which is not even worth having and there is no AGP slot!
)
RAM: 384Mb DDR @100MHz
HDD: 15.73Gb total space on 2 drives with a bit of partitioning as BIOS refuses to recognise partition over 8.11Gb
PSU: Some crap OEM piece of rubbish probably <300W
1* IDE DVD burner
5.1 Aureon Surround sound card
Case: Hewlett Packard Kayak XA case circa 1997/8
BUT! there is a light on the Horizon! I am saving up and have already made a few purchases for my new rig.
2* 160Gb HGST Harddrives to put in RAID 0
520W Corsair HX Series Modular PSU
Antec 900 Ultimate Gamer's Case
Cibox 19" LCD (1440*900)
Unbelievably I have to run the monitor in standard 4:3 aspect ratio at the moment because the junk it's plugged into cannot output 16:10 but nevermind.
I basically am pretty much lookin to get
Intel Q9450
Zalman CPNS9500/9700
A decent P35/P45 mobo depending on price but about ~£75 (lookin at the MSI P35 Neo2-FR atm)
2*1Gb Crucial Ballistix PC2-8500 (1066MHz)
Whatever the best GFX card for ~£150 is in a few months time.
I don't have a job at the moment but I am lookin and have about £75 (lol still a long way to go) saved up and will continue to save all my money for my rig.
CPU: Intel PII @333MHz :O
Mobo: ? it's definatley not ATX but it's old and has a vast array of ISA slots (Legacy hardware FTW!)
GPU: Integrated (I think it's 4Mb which is not even worth having and there is no AGP slot!
)RAM: 384Mb DDR @100MHz
HDD: 15.73Gb total space on 2 drives with a bit of partitioning as BIOS refuses to recognise partition over 8.11Gb
PSU: Some crap OEM piece of rubbish probably <300W
1* IDE DVD burner
5.1 Aureon Surround sound card
Case: Hewlett Packard Kayak XA case circa 1997/8
BUT! there is a light on the Horizon! I am saving up and have already made a few purchases for my new rig.
2* 160Gb HGST Harddrives to put in RAID 0
520W Corsair HX Series Modular PSU
Antec 900 Ultimate Gamer's Case
Cibox 19" LCD (1440*900)
Unbelievably I have to run the monitor in standard 4:3 aspect ratio at the moment because the junk it's plugged into cannot output 16:10 but nevermind.
I basically am pretty much lookin to get
Intel Q9450
Zalman CPNS9500/9700
A decent P35/P45 mobo depending on price but about ~£75 (lookin at the MSI P35 Neo2-FR atm)
2*1Gb Crucial Ballistix PC2-8500 (1066MHz)
Whatever the best GFX card for ~£150 is in a few months time.
I don't have a job at the moment but I am lookin and have about £75 (lol still a long way to go) saved up and will continue to save all my money for my rig.
