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Old 15th Jan 2008, 09:46 AM
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HI I'm about to upgrade my pooter and have this setup in mind. Its been awhile since I built a computer so I'm a little out of touch. Any help much appreciated.

Asus M2N-E SLI Board
AMD Athlon dual core 5600 AM2 Processor
2 x Asus 256Mb GeForce 8400 GS Cards (for SLI)
2 x 2Gb DDR 800 mem modules

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2 x Asus 256Mb GeForce 8400 GS Cards (for SLI)
No, that's like..well, I can't think of a potent analogy, but it sucks. 8400 is easily the worst card you can buy in quite a while.

Get a 8800GT.

Not sure about the CPU pick, because I have no idea what AMD's division in charge of processor naming is smoking.
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What are you using your computer for games? If so, and even if not, i would personally ditch the 8400s and get an 8800GT or if your budget doesnt strech an 8600GT/S. One of these cards will well outperform two 8400s.

Are you keen to stick with AMD? Intel currently have the edge on processors. Maybe the E4500?
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Well I've always used AMD, except one laptop I have which has a P4, and never had any probs with them. Thanks for the Graphics help, I'll keep looking..
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Back in the P4 days, AMD was good..now..it's not so great.
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Will you use your PC for gaming? If so, what resolution will you be playing games at?

Also what kind of budget do you have?
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