Upgrading 3450

[GavX]

Righto, need some advice:

Mates birthday coming up, and being a sad geek I am continuing my tradition of buying them PC components (RAM last christmas!)

Currently rocking the 3450 which is, well... not great.

Was looking to spend £30ish for a PC that will mainly play CSS, WoW and a few others, nothing taxing but the 3450 certainly is the weak link in the Core2Duo box.

Any suggestions?

Been eyeing up scan.co.uk and they have an 4650 for £38 which seems good if verging on too much dosh.

I have used the 4670 for 6 months myself and liked it alot, but it retails for too much, I am not "that" good a friend

Another note, no PCI-e connector and a fairly weedy PSU, so <mid-range only sadly.

Cheers d00ds

p.s. hopefully I can nab the 3450 out of the old machine and throw in in my Mums, always wanted to try that Hybrid XFire, and my Mums media PC is rocking a HD3200

 

[Rastalovich]

Seems like a good price. I can see HD4350 for about.

 

[Bigsharn]

I'd go 4350 as well, unless you fancy a change of brand and going 9400GT (theyre about the same price)

 

[sammytomjohn]

dont know if this price will stick but would be a good shot! isnt a 4350 basically the same card as a 3450 just rebranded??

 

[Rastalovich]

Some reason my post is different to what I typed.

What I meant was, what u found there for £38 looks a good price - I can only see a HD4350 for about the same.

 

[GavX]

I can get a second hand 7600GT for a tenner, a 8400G-something, S? for a fiver, and a 8600GT for £15ish... these are tempting, as £40 is a fair chunk, my bank balance is currently under that, and its 2 weeks to pay day...

 

[sammytomjohn]

8400gs? gav is a nono! but i think the 7600gt and 8600gt are basically the same card but 8600gt supports dx10 and physx!

 

[Rastalovich]

U can get GT220/210 for about £40 now I think.

 

[GavX]

210 is about £30 and poop, the 220 is ok but £60ish

 

[Rastalovich]

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Comp...CE+GT+220+512MB+/w+HDMI+DDR2+?productId=38302

£42

Looks fugly mind.

 

[sammytomjohn]

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Comp...CE+GT+220+512MB+/w+HDMI+DDR2+?productId=38302

£42

Looks fugly mind.

but again rast! it looks more or less same spec as 8600gt 0c'd slightly just with the advantage of hdmi!

 

[Toxcity]

8600GT hands down.

 

[Rastalovich]

but again rast! it looks more or less same spec as 8600gt 0c'd slightly just with the advantage of hdmi!

I can't find anything but 8400(s) for sale at the places I frequent.

But he is looking to spend ~£40 on an upgrade to a 3450. He's ok with the idea of a 220, but felt £60 (which is what most of them cost) was too much - however I found a fugly one for £41.

Where's the beef