What can £500 get me?

benjo

benjo

benjo

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Hi chaps.

Been putting this off for ages, but i want to upgrade now :p

I'll be needing:

Motherboard
CPU
RAM
Graphics Card

Will my Seasonic S12 430w be up to the job these days? If not, i'll need a new PSU too.

Thanks for ideas :)
 
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
£159.99
£187.99 inc VAT

Asus P5K SE Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
£64.99
£76.36 inc VAT

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit
£49.99
£58.74 inc VAT

OcUK GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
£149.99
£176.24 inc VAT

£424.96
£499.33 inc VAT


OR


Intel Core 2 Duo E2160 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.80GHz (800FSB) - Retail
£47.99
£56.39 inc VAT

Asus P5K SE Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
£64.99
£76.36 inc VAT

Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C3 667MHz Dual Channel Kit
£56.99
£66.96 inc VAT

OcUK GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - OEM
£254.99
£299.61 inc VAT

£424.96
£499.33 inc VAT


I would also consider getting another £30 together to buy an aftermarket cooler and possibly £70 for a Corsair 520W PSU just to be safe.
 
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Roughly 425W is the recommended for a GTS while 475W for GTX :eek:

What's the main use e.g. gaming, etc?

All round...



Hope the Ninja will fit :)
 
The Seasonic would be fine with a GTS, a GTX would be really pushing it though, as you use a 19 inch screen you're unlikely to need more than a GTS and I doubt you will put a quad core to good use.

My suggestion would be to get a core 2 duo, 8800GTS and save around £100 for a new case, monitor, speakers (whatever you may want).

Asus P5K SE Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £64.99
(£76.36)
Scythe Ninja Plus Rev.B CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775) £24.99
(£29.36)
Intel Core 2 Duo E4400 "LGA775 Allendale" 2.00GHz (800FSB) - Retail £69.99
(£82.24)
OcUK GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £149.99
(£176.24)
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £49.99
(£58.74)
Sub Total : £359.95


Total = £422.94
 
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Will be used for mosty for gaming. I'm upgrading from an X1800XT, and a 3700SD @ 2.8.

Want a bit more grunt :D Once i've made the change to C2D, then any upgrades in the future will be relatively cheap.

Just gotta sort out my monies now :p
 
not yet any need for quad, this would probably be the best

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why upgrade from the x1800XT at the moment, with nvidia hopefully releasing their next card in the near future is there anything it cant currently do ?
 
Agree with above ^^. Try hold on until next gen DX10 (10.1 :confused: ) cards are out. That way you have more to spend on CPU or mobo or HSF, etc :)
 
truebluecfc said:
Intel Core 2 Duo E2160 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.80GHz (800FSB) - Retail
£47.99
£56.39 inc VAT

Asus P5K SE Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
£64.99
£76.36 inc VAT

Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C3 667MHz Dual Channel Kit
£56.99
£66.96 inc VAT

OcUK GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - OEM
£254.99
£299.61 inc VAT

£424.96
£499.33 inc VAT
Click to expand...

Change the gfx for an 8800 GTS 640MB, get a corsair 520W PSU, and I think it comes in on budget
 
Ok, i suppose i can stay with the x1800xt for now. That leaves £150 extra for some tweaking :).

Any ideas? £400-£500 for the cpu, mobo and ram. I can get other bits later.
 
For the CPU, to me anyway, its only worth getting a E2160 or a Q6600 for gaming as a E2160 will overclock to 3-3.2GHz fairly comfortably, the less cache hardly has an impact on games and costs £50, or a Q6600 which for the price you cant go wrong.
 
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