Budget of £300.

Swifty55 · 18 Mar 2012 at 22:49

I want/need to upgrade my case, graphics card and CPU cooler.

Currently have;

Akasa Eclipse - which is battered. Want a nice case with decent cooling.

GTX 460 1GB - I game at 1920x1200 so need more Vram?

Currently got the H50 in Push/Pull on my i5 @ 4.2ghz. Temps are around 50'c idle.

Can it be done OcUK? All that for £300?

Cheers.

mickyflinn · 18 Mar 2012 at 23:16

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 6950 IceQ X Turbo 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Deus Ex PC Game £199.99
1 x NZXT Tempest 410 Midi Tower - Black £55.98
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
Total : £296.06 (includes shipping : £11.75).

cmndr_andi · 18 Mar 2012 at 23:27

Hi there,

Is that an i5 600, 700 or 2000 series you are running?

As for a graphics card, I would wait for at least midweek - as the new HD 7800 series and GTX 680 cards are expected to arrive this week. This should offer you some good graphics card options (specifically the HD 7850 2GB) and should also affect the prices of currently available cards.

As for the case, I personally really like the CM 690 Dominator cases - nice look, good size, solid cooling.

Swifty55 · 18 Mar 2012 at 23:31

It's the i5 760 (LGA1156).

cmndr_andi · 18 Mar 2012 at 23:39

In that case, may I ask why you want to change the H50 cooler? For that CPU a 4.2GHz overclock is pretty much as far as you can go. They do tend to run pretty hot - but so long as you keep it under 80 at load you should be fine. Or is the issue the noise of the H50 cooler?

honosuseri · 18 Mar 2012 at 23:40

cmndr_andi said:
Hi there,

Is that an i5 600, 700 or 2000 series you are running?

As for a graphics card, I would wait for at least midweek - as the new HD 7800 series and GTX 680 cards are expected to arrive this week. This should offer you some good graphics card options (specifically the HD 7850 2GB) and should also affect the prices of currently available cards.

As for the case, I personally really like the CM 690 Dominator cases - nice look, good size, solid cooling.

+1

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/540?vs=549

Why did I link the 6870 vs the 7850? because if you OC your 460 (850-900mhz) you should be pretty close to 6870 performance

YOUR BASKET
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £52.99
Total : £52.99 (includes shipping : FREE).

That is my prefered budget gaming case (I use one myself). Takes the fullsized ATX mobos, has four fans, a fan controller with digital temp display and cable management. That's a lot to ask from a budget case.