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| Author: | JohnSheridan [ Sat Nov 07, 2009 1:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Upgrade or rebuild/repair |
Two Christmas' ago I built a PC for my brother-in-law using Asus P5B mobo and E6400 cpu along with GF7950 graphics card. Had to look at it today and think mobo is on the way out - cpu also seemed rather pushed when playing Brothers in Arms game (peaking 85%) - graphics card ok but also a bit dated now. So, question is should I get him a new mobo to replace the Asus or push the boat out a bit and rebuild his rig from scratch as an early crimbo present? If I rebuild then I'm not sure re. socket 775 or 1156 (with i5 750) |
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| Author: | phobos [ Sat Nov 07, 2009 7:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Upgrade or rebuild/repair |
Depends how much you want to spend, you could add a secondhand Quad Core and a newer GFX card for £150 or so that would really make it better. |
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| Author: | finlay666 [ Sat Nov 07, 2009 7:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Upgrade or rebuild/repair |
If the memory is good it may be worth selling as premium DDR2 has shot up in value recently a 4870/5750 is about £100 so a fairly cheap upgrade for performance and a quad core can be had around £100 and a decent motherboard from £70ish to overclock it if needed if you go 45nm on the Core 2 Duo/Quad side of things |
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| Author: | phobos [ Sat Nov 07, 2009 10:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Upgrade or rebuild/repair |
The P5B is an ok mobo, is it the Deluxe ? Not sure if you could use a 45nm CPU in it, maybe with the very latest Bios updates as the P965 does support them in some circumstances. |
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| Author: | JohnSheridan [ Sat Nov 07, 2009 11:31 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Upgrade or rebuild/repair |
Might have a little browse on ebay for some parts and stick with socket 775 so only need new mobo and a graphics card so a bit cheaper! The Asus is the straight P5B and, as I said in my post, I think it's on its way out as has lost its bios settings a few times despite replacing the on-board battery. |
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