Q9300 or Q9450

[maroon1]

ok thanks now i'v got either a single gt for £170 or 2x ati 3850 in cf for £210 or sli 2 gt's at a cost of £340 in my head, i wish i didn't have a brain at times it bogles so much

I don't recommend two HD3850, because according to this review a single GTS 512MB is faster in most cases

 

[veedubfreak]

Either get a single GTS512 or 2 3870s.

 

[solidsteve]

thanks for the review

a single 8800 GT is what i'll do now i've had a bit of time to think

 

[ThirdLeft152]

thats still a good choice. you can actually pick one up for $220-$230. they're realitively cheap. check microcenter

 

[solidsteve]

thats still a good choice. you can actually pick one up for $220-$230. they're realitively cheap. check microcenter

i'm from england so $ are no good to me unfortunately

but there are a few quite cheap places near me so i can pick one up for about £160 - £190

 

[ThirdLeft152]

i'm from england so $ are no good to me unfortunately

but there are a few quite cheap places near me so i can pick one up for about £160 - £190

well thats unfortunate. well its still a good choice either way i doubt you'll be disappointed.

 

[solidsteve]

well thats unfortunate. well its still a good choice either way i doubt you'll be disappointed.

well my current set-up is not so good, the cpu has been playing up for about 3 months the mobo has had a floppy drive error every time i load for the last 6 months (it dosent even have a floppy)

and to top it all the graphics card blew last night so its just on borrowed time to be honest so even a low end cheep build would be better.

current specs

mobo - asus A7N8X-X running with floppy drive error
cpu - amd sempron 2.2GHz running at constant 1.1 - 1.2 (locked on that dont know why)
gpu - ati radeon 9600 not even working it blew
ram - 1 512mb strip
hdd - a cheep 160GB ide one

everything is on verge or has gone caput

 

[ThirdLeft152]

well thats no good. does sound like you need a whole new pc, stinks the q9450 won't be out for a couple of months.

 

[Poizen22]

semprons are garbage, never ever buy sempron or a celeron, there defect chips beign sold to make profit.

 

[solidsteve]

its going to be a few months till i get the money for the cpu so its all good and in the semprons defence its been good to me till now

i kind of guessed it was a money spinner for amd but its served its purpose