Upgraditis! what now?

furs307c · 16 Aug 2010 at 19:41

Im looking at uprating some bits, but really have been out of the loop for a while regarding components. I recently bought a spinpoint 1tb drive to replace my cruddy seagate drive, and a couple of redwing case fans, but am looking for a bit more performance.

current spec as follows-

-coolermaster centurion case
-hiper 550?w psu
-8800gts 640mb
-Asus p5ke mobo
-OCZ Platinum Revision 2 XTC 2GB 6400 4gb
-core 2 duo e4300 @ 2.4ghz

drunkenmonkey · 16 Aug 2010 at 20:03

whats your budget

Jae-So · 16 Aug 2010 at 20:36

yup a budget would help us tell you your best option, oh and wat res do u game at?

furs307c · 16 Aug 2010 at 20:55

Res wise ive got a 24" samsung @ 1920x1200. Was looking to spend up to about £350 at the moment?

admoo · 16 Aug 2010 at 23:47

furs307c said:
Res wise ive got a 24" samsung @ 1920x1200. Was looking to spend up to about £350 at the moment?

Q6600 from the bay or somewhere £80-90

GTX 460 1024MB £175 at the moment
(http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-140-OK&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1830)

Maybe some more RAM. I'd be looking at 4GB these days. Probably £80 or so?

Comes to about £350

I assumed you game, so if not then ditch the GTX 460 and consider one of these:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-007-CR

Devrij · 16 Aug 2010 at 23:49

admoo said:
Q6600 from the bay or somewhere £80-90

GTX 460 1024MB £175 at the moment
(http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-140-OK&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1830)

Maybe some more RAM. I'd be looking at 4GB these days. Probably £80 or so?

Comes to about £350

I assumed you game, so if not then ditch the GTX 460 and consider one of these:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-007-CR

this^^

Jae-So · 16 Aug 2010 at 23:51

460 or 5850 and the Q6600 as someone suggested

NathWraith · 16 Aug 2010 at 23:54

admoo said:
Q6600 from the bay or somewhere £80-90

GTX 460 1024MB £175 at the moment
(http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-140-OK&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1830)

Maybe some more RAM. I'd be looking at 4GB these days. Probably £80 or so?

Comes to about £350

I assumed you game, so if not then ditch the GTX 460 and consider one of these:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-007-CR

A good plan

coldfused · 17 Aug 2010 at 00:14

Nah, I wouldn't bother upgrading your CPU, its still excellent for gaming and would be a waste of money.

Instead, upgrade to 4GB ram and get yourself a 5870, wouldn't go for GTX 470 as your PSU probably won't support a power hungry card

rickh · 17 Aug 2010 at 00:27

coldfused said:
Nah, I wouldn't bother upgrading your CPU, its still excellent for gaming and would be a waste of money.

Instead, upgrade to 4GB ram and get yourself a 5870, wouldn't go for GTX 470 as your PSU probably won't support a power hungry card

Agreed, a c2d at 3ghz+ is still plenty for most games.
Get the card first, if you need a little more then get the cpu.

admoo · 17 Aug 2010 at 00:31

rickh said:
Agreed, a c2d at 3ghz+ is still plenty for most games.
Get the card first, if you need a little more then get the cpu.

I guess, though a lot more games utilise quads now. Also, upgraditis can be fatal if you don't treat it

infernox · 17 Aug 2010 at 00:31

coldfused said:
Nah, I wouldn't bother upgrading your CPU, its still excellent for gaming and would be a waste of money.

i wouldn't say excellent

As people have said a Q6600 a decent cooler to OC it.
460 1024MB.
and 4GB of ram, would be a substantial upgrade.

infernox · 17 Aug 2010 at 00:34

rickh said:
Agreed, a c2d at 3ghz+ is still plenty for most games.
Get the card first, if you need a little more then get the cpu.

and the op said its at 2.4ghz. so a decent cooler and a q6600 would be a smart move

furs307c · 17 Aug 2010 at 17:51

I made a bit of a copy and paste typo lol, ive got 4gb of the OCZ platinum ram already

gatecrasherlok · 17 Aug 2010 at 17:56

I'd get the crucial SSD as a boot drive and probably a 460 or 5850. The rest I'd upgrade at a later date. As it stands you have a pretty good rig and adding to that those two will add a nice performance gain and can be carried on up in a overhaul sometime in the future if you chose to.