£200 Upgrade?

TheGedi · 22 Sep 2011 at 20:45

Hey,

I have £200 to waste on an Upgrade

as my CPU appears to be bottlenecking my Video card in most games also 40 minute to render 10minutes of 720p video at 30fps is getting a bit tiresome.

Current Spec is in Signature.

Thanks lads!
Ross

shadow_boxer · 22 Sep 2011 at 20:51

SSD, new keyboard/mouse. Try overclocking your CPU. I wouldn't bother with a new CPU upgrade at this stage. When Bulldozer is finally released you could consider a cheap second hand Hex Core or do a full CPU/mobo upgrade.

TheGedi · 22 Sep 2011 at 20:56

For some reason my Motherboard dosn't allow me to Overclock my CPU, currently running a Sidewinder X4 and a MX518 so don't need a new Keyboard or mouse.

Was leaning towards buying a AM3+ board and waiting for bulldozer. Or buying a New Case + P67/Z68 board now and wait till i get payed next month and buy a 2500k.

gwobbles · 22 Sep 2011 at 20:56

ssd wise get a crucial m4

you wont be disappointed

TheGedi · 22 Sep 2011 at 21:10

gwobbles said:
ssd wise get a crucial m4 you wont be disappointed

Not all that bothered about an SSD at the moment my Sammy F3 is plenty fast enough for me. Maybe i'll get an SSD eventually when the 128GB's come down a bit

shadow_boxer · 22 Sep 2011 at 21:45

Case sounds like a good upgrade. That was actually what I thought after and SSD initially. Any in mind?

Well if not to bothered about an SSD might as well put the rest towards CPU & motherboard. Given that your not exactly in any rush to go out an buy might as well wait to see what Bulldozer offers before going SB.

TheGedi · 22 Sep 2011 at 21:48

shadow_boxer said:
Case sounds like a good upgrade. Any in mind?

Well if not to bothered about an SSD might as well put the rest towards CPU & motherboard. Given that your not exactly in any rush to go out an buy might as well wait to see what Bulldozer offers before going SB.

I really want a "Silence" Optimized case as this CM 430 is too loud for my liking. I quite like the Look of the Fractal R3 but i have seen people complaining about Damage on Arrival and Build Quality coming into Question. Musts for a case, has to be Cable Management, Very Low Noise, Low Temps, I do quite like the idea of the Front I/O located on the top but not essential.

EDIT: Possibly thinking of SLI since New Nvidia cards are going to be late 2012 at the earliest so Multi GPU cooling would be a big plus.