Looking to upgrade recommendations appreciated

whatalegend123 · 15 Jul 2008 at 06:59

Intel Pentium Dual Core E2180 2GHz Socket 775 800MHz FSB L2 1MB Cache Retail Box Processor

Corsair HX Series 520W Modular PSU - ATX12V v2.2 APFC

Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C4 800MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT12864AA804)

Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case

Abit IP35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775)

Arctic Cooling MX-1 Thermal Compound

7900gt( i already have)

Im planning to upgrade to an 8800gt any recommendations about ram and cpu ?
Cheers

hp7909 · 15 Jul 2008 at 07:08

whatalegend123 said:
Im planning to upgrade to an 8800gt

But ATI HD 4850 is better

whatalegend123 · 15 Jul 2008 at 07:16

okies
im loooking to play crysis on med spec is it needed for upgrade or ram or cpu?

pastymuncher · 15 Jul 2008 at 10:35

Presumeably you have your E2180 overclocked? If not, shame on you!! The ATI 4850 is a lot better than the 8800GT so that would be my choice of graphics card. What res do you play at?

whatalegend123 · 15 Jul 2008 at 13:33

cool i have just been out an purchased a a 4850 cos im in hong kong at the moment and its 40 squid cheaper than in the uk.
I understand the concept of overclocknig but i cant really get my head around how to do it.Ive read the oveclocking guide several time but i still find it rather confusing.I had it at 2.4 before but that was just increasing the clock speed in the bios and not messing with the voltages and all of that.

pastymuncher · 15 Jul 2008 at 19:08

whatalegend123 said:
cool i have just been out an purchased a a 4850 cos im in hong kong at the moment and its 40 squid cheaper than in the uk.
I understand the concept of overclocknig but i cant really get my head around how to do it.Ive read the oveclocking guide several time but i still find it rather confusing.I had it at 2.4 before but that was just increasing the clock speed in the bios and not messing with the voltages and all of that.

Your E2180 could hit as high as 3.6Ghz with a bit of tweaking. It took me 10 minutes to get one to that speed on a Gigabyte P31 mobo. You have a Freezer 7 Pro so you will be ok with the cooling. You just need a bit of confidence and to take your time. It may be handy to do some benchies before and after so that you can see how much difference it makes.