£350-£400 upgrade - have useable case/PSU (I think)

stulid · 28 Apr 2011 at 13:10

DaveyD said:
As I still ideally would like to get back on my old PC with a working graphics card so I can back up things properly - would the newer ATI 5830 card be compatible with the old motherboard? I know it's PCI-E, but what's backwards compatibility like on earlier PCI-E motherboards?

Thanks very much!

Dave

Its designed to be backwards compatible if it doesnt deviate from the specs. , so should be fine.

DaveyD · 28 Apr 2011 at 13:18

Great, thanks stulid.

Thanks for the specs guys, I'll probably come back sometime next month just to confirm my shopping basket in case prices have dropped more.

Dave

beefybarn · 28 Apr 2011 at 13:45

Can i ask what you are going to use to watch blu rays, the spec only includes a dvd drive ?

Trusty · 28 Apr 2011 at 14:10

Put the claws down ladies!

Actually, don't! i enjoy reading it.

DaveyD · 28 Apr 2011 at 15:45

beefybarn said:
Can i ask what you are going to use to watch blu rays, the spec only includes a dvd drive ?

I think the intent was there for the spec to be capable of handling them, however at this moment I'm not going to need a blu-ray drive as I use my PS3 for that sort of thing, however seeing as the drives are only an extra £30ish, I may consider it.

Cookeh · 28 Apr 2011 at 16:15

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2400 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £149.99
1 x Gigabyte H67M-UD2H-B3 Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £84.98
1 x Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5830 Extreme 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** £76.79
1 x Samsung SH-B123L/RSBP 12x BluRay ROM DVDRW DL & RAM Lightscribe SATAII Optical Drive - Retail Black £50.39
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £39.98
Total : £402.13 (includes shipping : FREE).

Would be one option. Not the cheapest Blu-Ray drive, but it is much better (in terms of read and write speeds for BR, DVD etc).

Could get the cheaper one and squeeze in a 2500K - but that's pretty pointless when combined with H67 and a dedi graphics card.

Ofc, that's not including the £40 left over for PSU - either a CX430 or a BeQuiet L7 will be perfectly fine.

stulid · 28 Apr 2011 at 16:20

DaveyD said:
I think the intent was there for the spec to be capable of handling them, however at this moment I'm not going to need a blu-ray drive as I use my PS3 for that sort of thing, however seeing as the drives are only an extra £30ish, I may consider it.

You can get them from the MM cheap enough

I did!!!