£100 Upgrade?

BoB3rt · 9 Dec 2009 at 16:24

Thinking adding more memory to 4gb and something else...
Possably heatsink and OC cpu?

Current Spec.
Abit IP35-E (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2180 "LGA775 Core 2" 2.00GHz (800FSB)

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C4 800MHz

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM

LG GSA-H66NBAL 18x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM

Corsair VX 450W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-450VXUK)

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 3850 Pro 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI

Any ideas?

jms198 · 9 Dec 2009 at 16:27

What is it used for?

For gaming a new GPU might be nice.

No idea if its worth overclocking the CPU or using the money you would spend on a cooler to upgrade instead as you might be reaching the same performance.

Ast3r · 9 Dec 2009 at 16:30

You could get this http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-035-AR to help you overclock the CPU and this to give you more power in games http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-121-OK the total is 107 quid.With a bit of tweaking you could take that CPU to about 3.4Ghz with the help of that cooler and that will also increase you performance in games and other apps as well.

BoB3rt · 9 Dec 2009 at 16:40

yep gaming... although its currently on 32bit would the extra ram not help?
never done overclocking properly and i would proberly only raise it to 2.6 - 2.8ghz with the cpu cooler.

IS that card a great improvment on the current card?

thanks for replies

Ast3r · 9 Dec 2009 at 16:47

You should see at least 40% improvement in games.