What would i need to upgrade to to see much improvement?

schnipps

schnipps

schnipps

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I have the below system

Gigabyte GA_965P_S3 (Socket 775)

GeIL 2GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 800MHz

Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 "LGA775 Allendale" 2.13GHz (1066FSB) Clocked to 3.0Ghz

Radeon 5850

What is a marked step up? (not the gfx card obviously as i have just got that) if the budget was around £400-450
 
Visit gigabyte website and look on the CPU support list, if you can get a Quad core for cheap that your motherboard supports then do that.

Plus a ssd.
 
schnipps said:
What is a marked step up? (not the gfx card obviously as i have just got that) if the budget was around £400-450
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for that budget, an i5 setup. Mine cost £421 with 8GB of RAM (RAM is expensive at the moment) although having a quick look, the CPU has gone up £21 and the RAM has gone up £12 (x2). I did OK really because I then sold my old E8500 + board + RAM for £255
 
Are they i3's any good though? im not that fussed about an SSD as they are herifically expensive and small, i do need a new HD as i only have 2x 160's now and they are nearing full. Also the cpu heat sink on that i3 bundle looks immense.
 
schnipps said:
Are they i3's any good though? im not that fussed about an SSD as they are herifically expensive and small, i do need a new HD as i only have 2x 160's now and they are nearing full. Also the cpu heat sink on that i3 bundle looks immense.
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Samsung F3 500GB is very good value then, or 1TB if you want it to not run out of space in ages.
 
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