£500ish upgrade budget.

[slipd]

Hey guys,

I want to upgrade my ‘main’ machine before I start back at Uni at the end of September.

I also want to be able to play Bioshock when it is released in its full splendour

As stated in the title, I have about £500 to spend, give or take a few quid – I don’t mind going a bit higher if I have to though?

My current setup is on my sig.

So far what I’ve come up with is:

By ‘shopping around’ I’ve got the above setup down to about £490ish, which I’d be happy with – but is this giving me the best value/performance for my money?

Over to you guys to enlighten me

Cheers,

SW.

 

[Mutu]

I don't understand why, but the E6750 2.66Ghz is only £130 inc VAT, cheaper than the E6600 @ 2.40Ghz.

Can anyone actually tell me why the faster one on paper is actually cheaper? It is Intel trying to promote their new chipset or something?

Or am I wrong in saying the E6750 is quicker?

 

[Plethora]

I don't understand why, but the E6750 2.66Ghz is only £130 inc VAT, cheaper than the E6600 @ 2.40Ghz.

Can anyone actually tell me why the faster one on paper is actually cheaper? It is Intel trying to promote their new chipset or something?

Or am I wrong in saying the E6750 is quicker?

Production costs going down maybe, who knows?! Anyway, he's speccing quad not E.

Oh and to OP, looks good to me! But you could get a cheaper GTX and overclock it yourself, or if you are gonna spend that much, OC2 is almost as expensive as a cheap ultra, so you may as well get the ultra...

 

[truebluecfc]

Your spec looks perfect

I don't understand why, but the E6750 2.66Ghz is only £130 inc VAT, cheaper than the E6600 @ 2.40Ghz.

Not totally sure but I'll hazard a guess anyway. The E6750's FSB is 1333 and if the E6600's FSB was the same It would be 3GHz but the E6750 is only 2.66 so you do have less headroom to overclock the E6750 i suppose.

 

[Mutu]

Anyway, he's speccing quad not E.

Sorry, misread.