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Scottyy
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_ 		28. July 2005 @ 04:54 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Recently decided to build my own pc for high gaming purposes. Iv got a pentium 4 3.4ghz LG775 socket, but am a little puzzled with all the motherboard choices. Could someone advise on a good one to be getting?? lookin for one that can be upgraded in future, along with havin all the up to date stuff such as pci-e, ddr2 etc. Im on a budget for this of about £80 or so, so any help would be appreciated.
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ryan1402
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Scottyy
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_ 		29. July 2005 @ 01:07 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Thanks guys, the abit aa8 was actually the one i was looking at last night, so think ill go for that one.

Cheers
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_ 		29. July 2005 @ 01:26 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
iam gaming with this custom built system with great success

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Scottyy
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_ 		30. July 2005 @ 04:50 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Go the processor and motherboard, so on to the graphics card next, tryin to get the pricey ones out the way. Im not lookin for a top of the range one, same time dont want some crap one either. Would £100 buy anything half decent?? and if so, any advice on wat one to get (PIC-E). So many different options, i wont even try to understand hwat they all mean.

Thanks for the help so far.
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I would say the best you could get for around £100 has to be the 6600GT http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?NOV-66GTE or the 6800le for a little more, the 6600GT is a really good card and once overclocked becomes even better this card will out perform the 6800le up to resolutions of 1024x768, the 6800le is a good card but i have heard that the pci-e version is not able to unlock to 6800GT spec....either card will not leave you dissapointed ;)
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adamryer
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_ 		30. July 2005 @ 15:25 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
6600GT is a great card for the price. You can get it at newegg for about $140 to $150. I paid $160 for mine, an XFX brand. It comes stock 500mhz core 1000mhz memory!
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