~£350 upgrade on 2008 PC

Woody1122 said:
Sorry to bump a slightly ageing thread, but I've found out it's the Corsair HX 520W PSU I have - will this be sufficient?

Also, if anyone could advise on a good bang-for-buck graphics card, that'd be great.
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What else have you decided on?

How much do you have to spend on a Gpu?

The HX 520W is a good unit, so should be ok.
 
Idleman said:
What else have you decided on?

How much do you have to spend on a Gpu?

The HX 520W is a good unit, so should be ok.
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Around £100-£150. I was considering the 6870, which can be got for £60, but was thinking it's a bit old now? Also thought the 7790 could be a better investment? Thanks
 
This Gpu falls in your budget.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards £149.99
Total : £160.79 (includes shipping : £9.00).



This one is a little more expensive, but does come with 8 free games.

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785Q2G2M) £161.99
Total : £172.79 (includes shipping : £9.00).



And this one, you can OC to stock 7950 speeds, making it a great bargain.

YOUR BASKET
1 x VTX3D HD 7870 Black Boost Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £167.99
Total : £178.79 (includes shipping : £9.00).



If you can pick up a second hand 2500k, then you have yourself a great little system.
 
Thanks for that. How much does the 2gb make over the 1gb? I'd probably use a few of the free games, but would it be possible to sell the others independently, or is it just one code? If so - for how much?

I was considering the MSI AMD Radeon 7850 1GB - £119 and comes with BioShock Infinite, Tomb Raider & FarCry 3 BD.
 
The games will all have individual codes. Even if you only get about £60-70, the HIS card will only have cost you about a £100. Bargain, don`t you think. You get a decent card and save £50-60 towards your Cpu.
A 2GB card will give you a better gaming experience than a 1GB.
 
That is tempting. I've just looked at the completed listings on ebay, it seems those games would get around £70 at a conservative estimate.

I've noticed the bundle is set as 'ETA: Overdue' - what is the precise meaning of this? Do I have to 'add it to my cart' before buying the card or do I just buy the card and it'll come with the code? Thanks.
 
Have checked - it is in stock, but I've hesitated. You can get the 7850 for **pricing not of OcUk ** with Bioshock, Tomb Raider & FarCry. I'm slightly concerned the 8 games from OCUK will depreciate rapidly with the impending Steam Summer Sale.
 
snips86x said:
Trinity & Richmond are the best APU's on the market. You can run BF3, Crysis and other games on mid-high settings, with great frame rates. Providing you get nice fast RAM, 2133/2400, you will get good results.

Check out YouTube/Google Video's for some examples and yes, you wouldn't need a dedicated graphics card, but you could hybrid-crossfire.

What PSU do you have?
YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A8-6600K 3.90GHz (Socket FM2) APU Richland Quad Core Processor (AD660KWOHLBOX) £99.95
1 x Plextor M5S 128GB Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5S) £74.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (TXD38G2400HC10QDC01) £64
1 x Gigabyte F2A85XM-D3H AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 micro ATX Motherboard £61.99
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £39.95
Total : £352.27 (includes shipping : £9.50).

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Crazy how the ram is nearly the price of the cpu,mobo and IGPU together! Good times for Pc gamers me thinks
 
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