500 pound to upgrade my system.

[Leeroy123]

I have 500 to upgrade my motherboard, memory, cpu and cooler. Have looked at the overclocked bundles but don't know what to get. I always want to max games out, and now there are some games that are more cpu reliant like grand theft auto 4 and crysis. What is the best i can get for my money peeps, would like some type of quadcore but not certain. Have the money here waiting to order hehe

My current specs.

Vista 64 / windows 7 64
Nvidia 295 gtx ( Not changing now )
700 Watt coolermaster Real Power M700 psu ( Not changing )
Asus P5Q
Wolfdale 8400 dual core with cooler. overclocked @ 3.9
8 gig ddr2 corsair dominator @ 1066mhz

What can i get for my money that will improve my systems performance best for gaming. Thanks guys.

 

[R088ieS86]

Hi Leeroy,
for £500 you could get yourself a nice i5 setup. the i5 750 can be clocked to 4Ghz and will help your 295 to max games out.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-010-OB&groupid=43&catid=339&subcat=1333
Will be perfect unless you want to DIY.

 

[Leeroy123]

thanks for the reply, so that would be a considerable improvement would it? Sounds good to me mate.

 

[chippy08]

I have 500 to upgrade my motherboard, memory, cpu and cooler. Have looked at the overclocked bundles but don't know what to get. I always want to max games out, and now there are some games that are more cpu reliant like grand theft auto 4 and crysis. What is the best i can get for my money peeps, would like some type of quadcore but not certain. Have the money here waiting to order hehe

My current specs.

Vista 64 / windows 7 64
Nvidia 295 gtx ( Not changing now )
700 Watt coolermaster Real Power M700 psu ( Not changing )
Asus P5Q
Wolfdale 8400 dual core with cooler. overclocked @ 3.9
8 gig ddr2 corsair dominator @ 1066mhz

What can i get for my money that will improve my systems performance best for gaming. Thanks guys.

For £514.10 you could go i7 920.

Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail £209.98
(£178.71) £209.98
(£178.71)
Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard £143.98
(£122.54) £143.98
(£122.54)
Patriot Viper 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 (1600MHz) Tri-Channel (PVT36G1600ELK) £118.98
(£101.26) £118.98
(£101.26)
ThermoLab Baram CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1366) £29.99
(£25.52) £29.99
(£25.52)
Sub Total : £428.03
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £76.57
Total : £514.10

 

[PermaBanned]

I really don't think you can buy anything worthwhile. Maybe a new CPU but you wouldn't notice a difference in anything but encoding to be honest.

 

[R088ieS86]

You will notice quite a good improvement on everything. The components used are solid, if you like overlclocking then you can buy it seperately and save a bit more possibley double the amount of RAM to 8Gb like you have now.

 

[chippy08]

I really don't think you can buy anything worthwhile. Maybe a new CPU but you wouldn't notice a difference in anything but encoding to be honest.

But if hes spending £500 why not get the better stuff.

 

[mysticsniper]

I really don't think you can buy anything worthwhile. Maybe a new CPU but you wouldn't notice a difference in anything but encoding to be honest.

Agreed.

What monitor do you have already?

 

[paradisiac]

Hi Leeroy,
for £500 you could get yourself a nice i5 setup. the i5 750 can be clocked to 4Ghz and will help your 295 to max games out.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-010-OB&groupid=43&catid=339&subcat=1333
Will be perfect unless you want to DIY.

agreed, if its only really used for gaming then an i3 or i5 setup would be more suited, the i7 would have any real gains over the other 2. failing that a cheap quad core and decent cooling and OC that would probably also do and invest the rest in something else.

 

[Leeroy123]

monitor is 22 inch viewsonic widescreen full hd, i game at 1920 x 1080.

 

[DireEmblem]

Get the above in Chippi's post, and then get a SSD by selling your current rig for parts...

 

[Leeroy123]

yeah i think i may get that bundle, either that or one of the i7's. I wont get a ssd though, they are something i wont use my money on, normal hd's do the job. Thanks guys ill have another good look when i get home and let u know what i decide.

 

[chippy08]

yeah i think i may get that bundle, either that or one of the i7's. I wont get a ssd though, they are something i wont use my money on, normal hd's do the job. Thanks guys ill have another good look when i get home and let u know what i decide.

I7 920

 

[PermaBanned]

Or a Q6600 and pocket the rest?

 

[seldNofSparta]

lets spend half a grand to not notice a difference, sounds pretty ape**** to me.

 

[paradisiac]

Or a Q6600 and pocket the rest?

thats what i would do if it was a gaming rig.

 

[mysticsniper]

thats what i would do if it was a gaming rig.

Nah, only if you were encoding more. The 8400 is good enough for gaming, at no extra expense.

 

[paradisiac]

Nah, only if you were encoding more. The 8400 is good enough for gaming, at no extra expense.

i guess, but some people have an upgrade bug, so if he really wants to upgrade then out of all the options this is the one i would go for, if the machine is purely for gaming.

 

[mysticsniper]

i guess, but some people have an upgrade bug, so if he really wants to upgrade then out of all the options this is the one i would go for, if the machine is purely for gaming.

Then he should go for an Intel X25-M SSD

 

[Leeroy123]

lets spend half a grand to not notice a difference, sounds pretty ape**** to me.

id hardly say there would be no noticeble difference mate, u cant say me going from an 8400 which i agree is a great chip for gaming, to one of the better i5 or i7 chips. Im sure it would help the more cpu reliant games massively. Thanks guys for all your helpful opinions. Im going to decide when i get home later tonight and ill post it.