Upgrade suggestions for a friend.

[ryan4227]

Hey guys

My friend wants to upgrade his current system. He currently has A Quad core Athlon with an old 4770. He uses the PC for gaming such as wow and other general stuff.

The parts needed are:

Motherboard
CPU
Graphics Card

(He has all the other parts already.)

His budget is around £300 for these parts.

He has no alliance towards Amd or Intel.


Any ideas would be welcome Cheers guys.

 

[mickyflinn]

What motherboard does he have ?

 

[ryan4227]

Hey

Asus M4A785TD-M EVO

Doesnt really have nay upgrade path for AMD since they dont support BD

 

[Idleman]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £81.98
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £19.99
Total : £298.37 (includes shipping : £9.50).

 

[ryan4227]

hey

I like that little set up but it doesn't include the GPU.

Ive spoken to him he said he can stretch to 350-400.

Any more ideas guys

 

[Bacon?]

Can he stretch to £450? He can get a 7850 then. Otherwise:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £159.95
1 x MSI HD 7770 GHz Edition 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £95.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £81.98
1 x BeQuiet Shadow Rock Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM2+/AM3) £32.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £29.99
Total : £412.30 (includes shipping : £9.50).

 

[Idleman]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ FARCRY3, Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showdown PC Games £179.99
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £83.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £81.98
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £29.99
Total : £387.35 (includes shipping : £9.50).

 

[ryan4227]

Thanks for all the ideas.

After getting his pay packet he has allocated a new budget of £500 pounds

This would include

Cooler Master HAF 912 Advanced Windowed Midi Tower Case 74.99 (Case he picked)
Motherboard
CPU
Power supply
Graphics card.

Any ideas would be welcome thanks guys

 

[LukieBoy007]

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ FARCRY3 & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £169.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £89.99
1 x Cooler Master HAF 912 Advanced Windowed Midi Tower Case - Black £74.99
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX550M High Performance 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020001-UK) £69.98
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £26.39
Total : £521.33 (includes shipping : FREE).

 

[Bacon?]

Above PSU is a bit expensive could get this:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-013-PP&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=2179

And save £10. That £10 could then be used in purchasing a:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-185-MS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=411

 

[Idleman]

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ FARCRY3 & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £169.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £89.99
1 x Cooler Master HAF 912 Advanced Windowed Midi Tower Case - Black £74.99
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX550M High Performance 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020001-UK) £69.98
Total : £494.94 (includes shipping : FREE).

No ram.

 

[LukieBoy007]

No ram.

Fixed