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Tokolosi · Jul 29, 2008, 07:57 PM // 19:57

Hey all, just wondering what you think would be the best upgrades for my failing computer (I am using a great laptop atm but it's going to be leaving me pretty soon), to be playing general mid to high(?) end games such as Guild Wars and World of Warcraft.

It's a prebuilt one from PCWorld in the UK, got it in 2005 and it's pretty crap to say the least

(Can't check right now), but it has:
Nvidia 6200
512 ddr pc3200 ram
etc.

I have the case, keyboard, mouse, monitor, powersupply and the like but I was just hoping for a few suggestions on a new graphics card, ram and maybe motherboard (dd2 ram cheaper than ddr?)

Budget: < £150

I am not hoping for some uber just released hardware, just mid end (or whatever) to be able to play Guildwars and WoW with 'decent' fps, hopefully.

moriz · Jul 29, 2008, 08:09 PM // 20:09

what CPU do you have?

moriz · Jul 29, 2008, 08:27 PM // 20:27

motherboard: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...%20Motherboard £50.51
CPU: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...)%20-%20Retail £42.29
RAM: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=MY-058-GL £25.84

i'm just going to assume your CPU is in line with the rest of the system and just as obsolete.

anyways, this setup will give you "decent" GW and WoW performance. the integrated geforce 8200 is one of the best available, and can save you money (since its performance is comparable to cheap graphic cards anyways).

Lord Sojar · Jul 29, 2008, 08:46 PM // 20:46

Moriz, lol. You might want to research a slightly different mobo for him, considering that is MicroATX.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...%20Motherboard

^ that one.

Tokolosi · Jul 29, 2008, 08:47 PM // 20:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by moriz

what CPU do you have?

A single core @ 3ghz.

As I mentioned before I can't check the exact specs.

Edit, it's Intel.

Tamuril elansar · Jul 29, 2008, 08:58 PM // 20:58

we need to know wheter its a intel or AMD processor.

moriz · Jul 29, 2008, 09:13 PM // 21:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rahja the Thief

Moriz, lol. You might want to research a slightly different mobo for him, considering that is MicroATX.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...%20Motherboard

^ that one.

that one doesn't have a good integrated graphics (it doesn't have one at all), so he'll go overbudget because he'll need to buy a graphic card. and yes, i purposely picked the microATX, since there's effectively little difference.

anyways, i'm assuming the OP has an intel pentium 4, since the specs match. since that CPU is still decent, we can try something else:

motherboard: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...%20Motherboard £58.74

graphic card: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...)%20-%20Retail £50.51

use the same RAM that i suggested before.

Tokolosi · Jul 29, 2008, 09:47 PM // 21:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by moriz

that one doesn't have a good integrated graphics (it doesn't have one at all), so he'll go overbudget because he'll need to buy a graphic card. and yes, i purposely picked the microATX, since there's effectively little difference.

anyways, i'm assuming the OP has an intel pentium 4, since the specs match. since that CPU is still decent, we can try something else:

motherboard: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...%20Motherboard £58.74

graphic card: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...)%20-%20Retail £50.51

use the same RAM that i suggested before.

This is the kinda thing I was hoping for, after looking at gameplay videos of the HD3650 on youtube I think I am rightfully sold to Ati <3

Thank you everyone