£400 ish burning a hole

scotishhaggis · 13 Jan 2011 at 14:58

Hey guys need some help. Not read anything for a while on CPUs and such like but i want to upgrade.

At the mo i have a

PH 2 x4 940 BE
8 Gig DDr 2
GTX 280
.

Was thinking a i7 not one really for over clocking . Grx card is ok at the mo dont have any issue with games i play with. PSU is a BFG 680 so more than enough power there to .

any idea on CPU, MOBO , RAM /

stulid · 13 Jan 2011 at 15:01

keep what you got and overclock it?

whats the motherboard? can it take a better cpu?

scotishhaggis · 13 Jan 2011 at 15:02

its starting to over heat a lot Some Gigabyte US3 think its ctrap i know but it did the job. i use a lot of VM' s for work and such that was why i was thinkig an i7

Confused · 13 Jan 2011 at 15:03

i5-2500K
P67 Motherboard
8GB DDR3

That'll probably be ~£300, and you'll get some stonking performance out of it, and probably be able to easily overclock to ~4.x GHz

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 13 Jan 2011 at 15:04

Perhaps you need better ventilation in the case.

What model number is the motherboard exactly??

stulid · 13 Jan 2011 at 15:06

scotishhaggis said:
its starting to over heat a lot Some Gigabyte US3 think its ctrap i know but it did the job. i use a lot of VM' s for work and such that was why i was thinkig an i7

so some new thermal paste could fix it?

scotishhaggis · 13 Jan 2011 at 15:09

BFG 1KW

scotishhaggis · 13 Jan 2011 at 15:10

stulid said:
so some new thermal paste could fix it?

i have a H50 on it been a but bashed about when i was moving home. Reset it and reseated it as well. Still having issues.

stulid · 13 Jan 2011 at 15:11

scotishhaggis said:
BFG 1KW

good.

you have a great pc still, as CAT says maybe sort the ventilation, clean the dust away, reapply thermal paste and stick a SSD in it?

scotishhaggis said:
i have a H50 on it been a but bashed about when i was moving home. Reset it and reseated it as well. Still having issues.

so maybe put a £20 air cooler back on?

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 13 Jan 2011 at 15:17

I would do what Stulid says TBH!

Also,sorting out the air flow in your case properly can help a lot. You can do this by simply changing the orientation of the fans.

scotishhaggis · 13 Jan 2011 at 15:20

Well lets say i go for an i7 . what would you recomend

stulid · 13 Jan 2011 at 15:22

scotishhaggis said:
Well lets say i go for an i7 . what would you recomend

Confused said:
i5-2500K
P67 Motherboard
8GB DDR3

That'll probably be ~£300, and you'll get some stonking performance out of it, and probably be able to easily overclock to ~4.x GHz

but its actually £400

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scotishhaggis · 13 Jan 2011 at 15:22

why the i5 over the i7 tho ?

stulid · 13 Jan 2011 at 15:25

scotishhaggis said:
why the i5 over the i7 tho ?

the i7 sandybridge(2600K) has hyper-threading, thats it.

have you seen the sandybridge reviews? its pretty epic stuff.

scotishhaggis · 13 Jan 2011 at 15:27

stulid said:
the i7 sandybridge(2600K) has hyper-threading, thats it.

have you seen the sandybridge reviews? its pretty epic stuff.

no ill go and have a wee look i think

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 13 Jan 2011 at 15:31

You could get a Phenom II X6 though and it the extra cores would be great for VMs.

Many AM2+ motherboards will work fine with the processor and there are 95W versions too which would run cooler than what you have ATM.

OLDPHART · 13 Jan 2011 at 15:52

Do as the lads say new tim MX4, give case, mobo,etc, a good clean with a 2" brush then a blast with a air duster overclock it. Save some more dosh up and treat your self to a really good PC, i7, SSD, GPU of your choice something that will last another few year.

Confused · 13 Jan 2011 at 16:01

stulid said:
but its actually £400

Fat finger syndrome!

Yes, it's ~£400

Cookeh · 13 Jan 2011 at 16:30

CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
You could get a Phenom II X6 though and it the extra cores would be great for VMs.

Many AM2+ motherboards will work fine with the processor and there are 95W versions too which would run cooler than what you have ATM.

+1.

Makes more sense.