£100 on an upgrade

ojrules · 2 Aug 2011 at 13:21

Ok so i have a fairly ageing system

I've got the following:
e2180 @ 2.8ghz
4gb ddr2 OCZ gold 6400
Asus p5q pro motherboard
4850 512mb
I play at 1920x1080

Now until i got this monitor I was playing at 1280x1024, so everything was great but now you can probably appreciate its as slow as hell on any vaguely recent game... So im thinking, is it even worth spending £100 to raise this system from the dead, or should i stick with it for a year and a bit until its officially dead and then get a nice new system?

If you do think its worth upgrading, what do you reckon i should do? - get another 4850 and crossfire them?, try and find a quadcore on the cheap?

any input would be much appreciated

Jony27 · 2 Aug 2011 at 13:26

just stick with it until you have enough to build a new system.

locrieth · 2 Aug 2011 at 13:43

Might be worth saving your money up and just try lowering either the res or the ingame settings and try and last out for another year. You could also try turning off V-sync in games which might increase your frame rate, but you might end up with some tearing in-game.

stulid · 2 Aug 2011 at 13:55

Try and find a Q6600 for £50.

R088ieS86 · 2 Aug 2011 at 14:00

Depends on how much you want to keep gaming.

You should be able to find a Q6600 (seen a few go for £45 recently) and a 4850 for under £100 right now though.
2x4850's would need a decent PSU behind them!

If your not too fussed then wait for a shiny new rig!

locrieth · 2 Aug 2011 at 14:00

I was gonna say that if you were thinking about keeping it for a bit longer. dunno how much a 4850 second hand would be

locrieth · 2 Aug 2011 at 14:05

just had a quick look on the market place on ocuk and a second 4850 would set you back around £35 form the looks of it!

ojrules · 2 Aug 2011 at 14:10

£35 sounds cheap for 4850 i was expecting closer to £50, but im not complaining

... i've got an enermax liberty 620W as a power supply.. so i reckon it would handle it- i'd have to check though... i'd also have to get some extra cooling as a single 4850 gets warm enough on its own

- would crossfire 4850 definitely help in regards to the poor performance in resolution? (aka the low vram) - i thought i read somewhere that it doesnt, but i thought that was the whole point of xfire

locrieth · 2 Aug 2011 at 14:12

well there was about 3 -4 post i looked at and all sold for around that price. maybe look at getting some more fans for your case .....

locrieth · 2 Aug 2011 at 14:14

the Q6600 i saw on there ranged from around £50 - £65