Upgrades at end of week...

[JDowdall]

Right im getting paid at the end of the week so i have about £100 to spend on pc upgrades (stretching overhead to £120) I have decided on a new mobo http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?GIG-965PS3 and am wondering what to buy aswell i was looking at some OCZ ram (1gb matched pair to add to current ram) or possibly 2 hard drives to raid 0 any opinions on what to get for best performance

thanks in advance

edit: comments on the mobo too does anyone have a similarly priced alternative with better performance or wateva

[djgandy]

I'd personally go for the http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/spec ... 5cds3r&P=1 (http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?gig-5cds3r&P=1)

Since the last of core2 is going to be made on 45nm It's well worth the extra money imo.

[JDowdall]

basically all i need the board for is the overclocking so will it really make so much of a difference in the chipset and i need sata 150 raid

[Jonny2Bad]

Go for the asus nvidia 650i then great for o/c got 1 in my boys pc only a tenner or so more, dont find the giga as o/c friendly.

[djgandy]

basically all i need the board for is the overclocking so will it really make so much of a difference in the chipset and i need sata 150 raid

Well if money comes before future proofing stick with the DS3. Depends how much you want to OC though. If you're only on air the DS3 will be fine.

Mind you I've just noticed thats the S3 you're looking at so...
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/spec ... g-35s3&P=1 (http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?gig-35s3&P=1)
4 quid more ;) Well worth it IMO.

I can't comment on nvidia chipsets though. Personally I don't like them but that could be due to Asus being awful.

[JDowdall]

yh i was looking @ the 650i before but that p35 looks tasty :P brilliant oc'ing on the p35 gigabyte accordin 2 tomshardware and the slimmer form factor is good aswell

[Jonny2Bad]

Make sure the u buy decent ram as u cant unlink the memory from the fsb so it can limit your oc. But be fine with decent ram. I have them both asus and gigabyte and the asus is defo more user friendly. But p35 is more future proof so difficult to say. In fact i'll just shut up lol.

[djgandy]

Make sure the u buy decent ram as u cant unlink the memory from the fsb so it can limit your oc.

Are you sure? I thought most Intel boards had dividers. Or are you talking about this board specifically? Even my cheap Asrock has a mem divider :shock:

DDR2-800 is pretty cheap these days anyway.

[JDowdall]

yh that board has the fsb/dram divider lol it was on the top of my list of priorites cos this cheap asrock DOESNT have one

[Jonny2Bad]

couldnt find it but i must admit i didnt look very hard lol!! She isnt interested in o/c her shiny new pc lol!