£300-400 budget to upgrade PC

KNiVES · 10 Jul 2011 at 14:08

I'm looking to upgrade my PC mainly for gaming. I'm not looking to change the monitor, m/kb setup. I already have the following components that I don't want to upgrade until later;

Asus Case
AMD 4850
Maxtor Diamondmax 250GB 7200rpm SATA150 16mb
BenQ DVD-RW drive
Edimax 802.11n Wireless PCI card

The rest of the specs I want to replace first:
6300 Core 2 Duo 1.87ghz
Corsair PC6400C4 4x1GB memory
MSI Motherboard I forget the name of but it won't overclock at all and it's a pain in the butt
Enermax Noisetaker 485 watt PSU

Basically the immediate above items (Processor, motherboard, RAM and PSU) are the ones I want to upgrade right away while still using the remaining components that I am sure would have no compatibility issues with the latest hardware.

I intend to game at 1680x1050 and sometimes 1280x720 if I fancy playing on the HDTV, so the video card upgrade will come later. The current processor is starting to show its age now.

Would greatly appreciate any input

Surveyor · 10 Jul 2011 at 14:11

Is your Asus case large enough for an ATX motherboard?

Moothead2 · 10 Jul 2011 at 14:23

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor £164.99

MSI P67A-GD53 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** *WITH FREE MSI GRENADE* £104.99

OCZ StealthXStream 2 600W Power Supply £52.99

Thermalright Silver Arrow CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA775/AM2/AM3) £50.99

Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £29.99

Total - £403.94 with your free shipping.

This is what I'd suggest, but it depends on the size of your case. Do you know what model it is?

stulid · 10 Jul 2011 at 14:25

Thermalright Silver Arrow CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA775/AM2/AM3) £50.99

How do you know it will fit in his case?

Moothead2 · 10 Jul 2011 at 14:26

stulid said:
How do you know it will fit in his case?

Moothead2 said:
This is what I'd suggest, but it depends on the size of your case. Do you know what model it is?

KNiVES · 10 Jul 2011 at 14:30

I'm not exactly sure. Upon closer inspection my motherboard is an MSI 975x Platinum. I'm not sure if it's ATX or not, but I'd hazard a guess and say it is.

I uploaded a couple of images of the case and inside of it anyway, but I'm more sure than not that it's ATX form factor

stulid · 10 Jul 2011 at 14:30

PSU isnt great is it.

I suggest this much better spec,

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor £164.99
(£137.49) £164.99
(£137.49)
MSI P67A-C45 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** *WITH FREE MSI GRENADE* £89.98
(£74.98) £89.98
(£74.98)
Antec High Current Gamer 620W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £56.99
(£47.49) £56.99
(£47.49)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £29.99
(£24.99) £29.99
(£24.99)
Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
(£21.66) £25.99
(£21.66)
Sub Total : £306.61
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £63.32
Total : £379.93

£367.93 free delivery

This is a review of the PSU - http://www.hardwareheaven.com/revie...er-620w-power-supply-review-introduction.html - its much better than the OCZ 600W for just a few quid more.

stulid · 10 Jul 2011 at 14:34

KNiVES said:
I'm not exactly sure. Upon closer inspection my motherboard is an MSI 975x Platinum. I'm not sure if it's ATX or not, but I'd hazard a guess and say it is.

I uploaded a couple of images of the case and inside of it anyway, but I'm more sure than not that it's ATX form factor

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Are those 80mm fans at the rear?

KNiVES · 10 Jul 2011 at 14:36

That it is.

stulid · 10 Jul 2011 at 14:37

KNiVES said:
That it is.

Well a Silver Arrow wont fit that.

Pohly · 10 Jul 2011 at 14:44

what about this
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor £164.99
(£137.49) £164.99
(£137.49)
MSI P67A-GD65 Intel P67 (socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** with FREE Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus CPU Cooler *WITH FREE MSI GRENADE* £139.99
(£116.66) £139.99
(£116.66)
Antec High Current Gamer 620W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £56.99
(£47.49) £56.99
(£47.49)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £29.99
(£24.99) £29.99
(£24.99)
Sub Total : £326.63
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £67.33
Total : £403.96 (knock a tenner off cuz you get free postage)