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Would be nice for a bit of competition again. Would hopefully have the effect of bringing prices down, or force further inovations.

X1800XT with a 3700+ Does the job, but....the last game I purchased was Company of Heroes :)

Wow, a very nice set up. "I'll have two lucky dips for Saturdays draw please" :)

Thanks for the replies. The original idea was for me to keep it for a while, serveral months, and use it. Then give it to the other half, and build something when I was out of the new job worry zone. I only play BF2 and other games like that. I just got COH. How up-to-date am I ;)

Hi everyone I have got a ex works computer, a dell optiplex 330 tower. As it is a work based PC, the room is highly limited. And the PSU is the generic Dell 305w one. The specs say a I can fit a Single slot gpu, and it can be up to 4.2inches X 9 inches. I have found some dimensions for...

Thanks!:) I have been thinking long and hard about what to get, and was erring towards dual core. But, as the step up to either an E8000 or a Q6600 is going to be such a leap from the current rig, I may as well go future proof.

My word. This is a majorly contentious issue! Glad I read this thread, as I am looking to build my first rig. Stepping up from an Athlon 3700+. Since it is unlikely that a definitive answer will pop up, I may now decide to wait a while before taking the jump. (Although, I suppose that...

Mine only does it at start up and for a few mins, and even then not all the time. I could just be going mad though!

Could it be a mobo problem? perhaps slot 2 is iffy? Then I am out of ideas. Anyone else have any ideas.

I tell you what, I haven't been that nervous, when pressing the power button, as that for a while. And it was hard work routing the cabling, but I have increased my 3dmark06 score from 221 to .........3857. Woooohooooo!!! Thanks for the advice, and I am sorry to have been a pain, but it...

Just put mine in (powercolor x1800xt 512mb), and on starting, there are some flickers across the screen. They seemed to be like a band of red/blue randomly appearing across the screen, stretching from one side to the other. I am using a 19" CRT, so any ideas anyone?

Well, that was hard work! PSU is now in, and so far so good!! I don't seem to have the knack with the cables though. I have one or two cuts from the case, but at least it works!! Yay!!

Thanks, I am just a little nervouse, as i total the rig will have cost almost a months pay. Should be worth it though. :cool:

Same for me, although the laptop will sometimes be on at the same time. Need to fill the gaps between maps, and the dreaded 15 second death wait! :p

Are you trying stick 1, adding stick 2, and then trying stick 2 and adding stick 1?

Hi all, Got my new parts, and just reading through the manuals. And I have some quick questions. 1/ The Hiper PSU is longer than the one I am replacing, is anything likely to need modification? i.e the case? :confused: 2/ How likely is it that it may go wrong? 3/ Before I replace...

Just had my new parts delivered, (X1800XT 512/Hiper Type R 580/2x1gb GeIL). Currently, I have 2x512mb samsung pc3200. Is it worth keeping hold of it, and putting in slots 3&4, with the geil in 1&2. Or will that actually make it worse?

I would like Eye Candy, Never had much before. (old comp running BF2 -athlon XP 2000-512mb ram-radeon 9000 pro) Yeah, it was. I am new to all this choice, never had access to the cash to be able to choose before. I was leaning towards the ATI card, but you guys have sealed that. Thanks All...

I tell you what, upgrading is giving me a very large headache!! I recently aquired a new computer, but want to upgrade some of the vitals. Some very helpfull people have helped on most of the stuff, but the graphics card is causing me the most problems. First, a little background, to help...

Sorry..... Is it easy to replace/upgrade a PSU? Is it likley to fry anything? I have replaced Graphics cards/RAM before, but nothing else. (I don't want much, do I ;) )