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What's your total budget?
You could get a second hand Q6600 for ~£50 and a 460GTX for ~£80 - that would be a considerable overall boost.
What do you use the rig for mainly?
Or you consider selling all your parts separately and buying a budget AMD spec or if you have the pennies a SB setup.
You could get a second hand Q6600 for ~£50 and a 460GTX for ~£80 - that would be a considerable overall boost.
What do you use the rig for mainly?
Or you consider selling all your parts separately and buying a budget AMD spec or if you have the pennies a SB setup.
You could build a respectable rig around an AMD quad core for approx £300 (cpu, memory, MB and gfx card) but you would need to spend another ~£100 if you wanted a Sandybridge setup (this would be the ideal if you could afford it).
However, you have a relatively small hdd and if it's not a SATA you would be limited in what board you could buy. Also, your PSU maybe a factor - what is the brand and wattage?
Have you considered buying second hand - as you can get some great deals on i5 760s and MBs.
However, you have a relatively small hdd and if it's not a SATA you would be limited in what board you could buy. Also, your PSU maybe a factor - what is the brand and wattage?
Have you considered buying second hand - as you can get some great deals on i5 760s and MBs.
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i beg to differ. with the i3 2100 being faster than the phenom II X4 955 it would be about the same for a sandybridge rig (as ling as the HDD is SATA)
Is the optical drive SATA also
What is the make and model of the PSU?
If your looking at just a CPU/RAM/Board upgrade?
Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £167.99
(£139.99) £167.99
(£139.99)
Asus P8P67 LE Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ** B3 REVISION ** £74.98
(£62.48) £74.98
(£62.48)
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £39.98
(£33.32) £39.98
(£33.32)
Sub Total : £235.79
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £49.06
Total : £294.35
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-360-IN
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-448-AS
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-094-KS
This is the closest comparison between your current CPU and the i5 2500K I can find - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/61?vs=288
I know/agree i was just giving a very quick example - but my bad re the SB setup i should have said 2500K rather than just SB.
Do you know the brand/model?
Well the freezer pro7 wont fit the new board unless its a later rev2? - http://www.arctic.ac/en/p/detail?sArticle=4.? - did it come with socket1156/55 fittings?, luckily the retail CPU comes with a stock intel heatsink that you can also use to overclock to say 4GHz.
The PSU is really no good, never ever skimp on the PSU quality is the motto I use, its like the heart of the PC. it fails and it can kill other parts connected to it.
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http://www.******.com/176157-arctic...o-rev-2-socket-775-1156-1155-1366-ac-frz-7pr2 this the exact model
what would you recommend a good psu
what would you recommend a good psu
So it does fit the new boards, thats a bonus then.
For a PSU for the graphics card in your sig (doesnt matter much if its a 6850 or 6870) and a sandybridge CPU/RAM/MOBO setup,
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-003-LA&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-055-OC&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=
Win7 home premium, a OEM copy will do you just fine
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=SW-127-MS
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=SW-127-MS
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Windows 7 home 64bit, it includes media centre and is basically the default choice of OS.
If you watch a lot of movies have you considered a tv card to record shows and pause tv? This is done in media centre incase you should ask "what is media centre".
If you watch a lot of movies have you considered a tv card to record shows and pause tv? This is done in media centre incase you should ask "what is media centre".
just found this is this anygood http://www..com/product_info.php?in...-2600--4x-3-40GHz--boxed--BX80623I72600-.html
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You can't link to competitors on here fella, best remove that link 
I agree with stulid. BF3 will support hyperthreading which is what the i7 has over the i5. However we dont know what difference it's going to make yet and if I was buying an i5 or i7 I would still opt for the "K" spec.
I agree with stulid. BF3 will support hyperthreading which is what the i7 has over the i5. However we dont know what difference it's going to make yet and if I was buying an i5 or i7 I would still opt for the "K" spec.