Decent upgrade for about £450 inclusive? (from a 4400+ 939)

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What's a decent upgrade for £450 inclusive from a AMD 4400+ (939), G.Skill 2GB ZX, DFI Ultra-D?

I am not thinking of upgrading my graphics card yet which is a ATI X1900XT 512MB - seems to be coping OK at the moment. I also have a Seasonic S12 600W PSU which I assume I don't have to upgrade.

I would also like to include this in the upgrade:

Lian Li PC-A05B Aluminium Midi-Tower - Black - £77.54.

So basically, I would need the following:

Motherboard, CPU, Heatsink and RAM (4GB would be ideal).

What would be a worthy, credible upgrade? Is this the right time to upgrade? I'm hoping for a silent-option as my current spec unbelievably loud - but it the X1900XT doesn't help.
 
maybe have a look at the following :

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) x 2 £59.98 (£70.48)

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - OEM £135.99 (£159.79)

Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3P (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £74.99 (£88.11)

Tuniq Tower 120-LFB CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775) £29.99 (£35.24)

Artic Cooling Accelero X2 VGA Cooler (X1800/X1900 Series) £13.99 (£16.44)

Sub Total : £314.94
Shipping : £8.25
VAT : £56.56
Total : £379.75
 
Kinda based on mp260767 spec...

I was thinking of something like this?

Lian Li PC-A05B Aluminium Midi-Tower - Black - £77.54
Tuniq Tower 120-LFB CPU Cooler - £35.24
Asus P5K-E WiFi Intel P35 Motherboard - £99.86
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 - £159.79
OCZ 4GB PC2-5400C5 Dual Channel Vista Upgrade Gold Series DDR2 - £70.49
£454.61

I've chosen Asus because I've had positive experiences with Asus, if the Gigabyte one is better then I'd opt for that?

Also what about the RAM? Seems pretty cheap... would it pair well with the rest of the spec? It's 5400 as opposed to 6400... would that be a problem?
 
The Ram shouldn't be any sort of a problem, to put it this way, the CPU has a 9x multiplier so if you run the Ram at its rated speed you get 9x333mhz which is 3ghz, so you get a 600mhz overclock there, the Ram might go further but no guarantees. If you want to try for more than that then PC6400 would be better and would offer 3.6ghz at stock Ram speed providing your cooling/chip is up to it.
 
semi-pro waster said:
The Ram shouldn't be any sort of a problem, to put it this way, the CPU has a 9x multiplier so if you run the Ram at its rated speed you get 9x333mhz which is 3ghz, so you get a 600mhz overclock there, the Ram might go further but no guarantees. If you want to try for more than that then PC6400 would be better and would offer 3.6ghz at stock Ram speed providing your cooling/chip is up to it.
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Think I might stick with the RAM... for £80 - can't go wrong I would've thought... but what do you think about the motherboard?

Are there any other CPU coolers worth considering at a lower cost?
 
The motherboard should be fine, I quite like Asus motherboards although when I eventually get round to upgrading my next one might be Gigabyte for a bit of a change.

As for cooler, the Arctic Freezer 7 Pro is decent but not the best. If you aren't going to be overclocking heavily it would be a good option though. :)
 
semi-pro waster said:
The motherboard should be fine, I quite like Asus motherboards although when I eventually get round to upgrading my next one might be Gigabyte for a bit of a change.

As for cooler, the Arctic Freezer 7 Pro is decent but not the best. If you aren't going to be overclocking heavily it would be a good option though. :)
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Would the Tuniq Tower fit in this Lian Li case?
 
I can highly recommend the p5k-e mobo. I purchased one and a q6600 go last week and it has been nothing but fantastic.

Upgraded from a p5w deluxe which was solid but was no where near as good ad this mobo for OC.
 
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