Upgrading PC.

[PaulMacC]

Im going to upgrade my PC bit by bit, Im going for a budget pc though at the same time I want to be a decent pc, not for gaming but just for general rendering videos, watching etc.
Here is what I've got so far.

CPU -
Intel Core 2 Duo E7200, £85, this is a decent CPU for the money if you are in a strict budget. They over clock nicely and are reliable.

Motherboard -
Asus P5K SE, £58, this motherboard is excellent value for the price and has everything you need

RAM -
OCZ PC2-6400C, £25, two gigs of 800MHz DDR2 RAM, cheap.


Anyone recommend a GFX card aswell, not one for playing games just a decent one, I have some old0 Nvidia one (6600 or something) atm though. What do you think I should upgrade first or should I wait until I have all the parts first.

[Tomm]

If you are not going to be playing games at all or very rarely, get a motherboard with on board graphics and forget about the graphics card. Although if you really want a graphics card anyway just get a cheap one (No need to spend more than £50 really).

[N!ck]

Something like an 8500GT or 8600GT.

[Jordy]

This one's a pretty good deal, far better value than nvidia's range: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/151397

[scottish]

Cheap gfx card could be

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/126986

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/148181

[PaulMacC]

Can someone just recommend me some decent parts that will help me render my videos faster, ram, motherboard and processor. Scott said quad core but I'd rather have a decent dual than cheap quad.

[N!ck]

The parts you have chosen are fine. For graphics i'd probably get a 9500GT. The one Jordy recommended is a better card for the same sort of money but i just prefer Nvidia. http://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/...roductId=34136

[scottish]

I gave you link on msn for alternative RAM.

[PaulMacC]

Should I go for a quad core?

[Stephen!]

You will be able to covert a movie twice as fast as a dual core. Assuming they're around the same clockspeed

assuming the program is multicore.