what to upgrade for £50?

Freddie589 · 1 Aug 2010 at 14:20

my spec since last friday,

i5 bundle overlclocked to 4.00ghz
4gb of ram overclocked to 1600mhz
Asus P7P55D-E
22" moniter full hd
ATI 5830 his mw2 edition
1 500gb samsung f1
akasa venom cpu cooler
mx518
g11
samsung cd drive

i have £50 to upgrade maybe something like a corsair h50-1 or a set of decent speakers (5.1) but will my mobo support 5.1 audio? any sugestions, im not too picky just some ideas please?

thanks

Freddie589 · 1 Aug 2010 at 14:21

my spec since last friday,

i5 bundle overlclocked to 4.00ghz
4gb of ram overclocked to 1600mhz
Asus P7P55D-E
22" moniter full hd
ATI 5830 his mw2 edition
1 500gb samsung f1
akasa venom cpu cooler
mx518
g11
samsung cd drive

i have £50 to upgrade maybe something like a corsair h50-1 or a set of decent speakers (5.1) but will my mobo support 5.1 audio? any sugestions, im not too picky just some ideas please?

thanks

keep in mind that the price has to include p+p

honosuseri · 1 Aug 2010 at 14:24

blu-ray drive perhaps. I haven't checked your mobo spec but am almost 100% certain it will do 5.1 audio. £50 on 5.1 speakers isn't really an option as they won't be very good quality but the decision is yours

admoo · 1 Aug 2010 at 14:26

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=SP-044-LG&tool=3

Are meant to be pretty good, but with postage it'll be about 15-20 quid out of budget. You could get some good 2.1 speakers but meh.

Also what are your temps like on your current coolery set up?

Or you could just wait and save yo monies

Fel · 1 Aug 2010 at 14:28

If you need speakers then i would go for them - your board should support 5.1.

Other option could be a second hard drive to get raid setup going.

Cooler - that Akasa should be fine - i don't really see any point going for the H50 for the sake of it.

bifday2k · 1 Aug 2010 at 14:30

Another viper fan for ur cooler, and whats left over towards some speakers i guess, thats what id do.

Freddie589 · 1 Aug 2010 at 14:46

temps do not go over 50 degrees even playing mw2 i currently have some ok speakers a set of 2 but im really looking for good bass.

admoo · 1 Aug 2010 at 15:37

I got myself some Logitech x230's ages ago, which are only 2.1 but the sub is pretty bloody bassy! They can be picked up for around £30 now, but for the price I'm really happy with them

If your temps don't exceed 50 degrees, then it'd be a complete waste of money to change your cooler. As the saying goes, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.