£600 for new CPU/mobo/ram/case and PSU

Jimbeam3678

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As title really got approx £600 for the above. I have am ATI 1950X grpahics card and plenty of HD's , I used to dedicated follower of HD but been out of the loop for a few years. I want it for gaming just got back into I currently have 3.4 p4 D cpu and 2 gig of RAM its a dell one about a year old.

Any suggestions would be good. in fact is it worth upgrading at all?? Or is better to wait any suggestions greatly accepted!!
 
if you want to upgrade then

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Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £57.99
(£68.14) £57.99
(£68.14)
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - OEM £135.99
(£159.79) £135.99
(£159.79)
Abit IP35 Pro (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £104.99
(£123.36) £104.99
(£123.36)
Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/LGA775) £35.99
(£42.29) £35.99
(£42.29)
Sharkoon Silent Eagle 2000 120mm Fan - 3/4 Pin £6.99
(£8.21) £6.99
(£8.21)
Sub Total : £341.95
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £8.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £61.41
Total : £412.31

you can still get a 8800gt and will require a case as well

i also assume you can strip the ram out of your current machine, if not, maybe http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-072-OC&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=813
 
This would be good:
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Whether or not it's worth it is up to you. The spec here will be a heck of a lot faster than what you have. You need to ask yourself if that improvement is worth £600.
 
AMD (IMO) have taken a sabbatical :( Intel C2D is king (at the moment).

How about...



You could probably go for a P35 chipset mobo instead, but considering the features the X38 brings (i.e. PCI-E 2.0, Crossfire, etc) & your budget why not?

You'll need a 64bit OS (XP or Vista) to enjoy the full benefits of 4GB RAM ;)
 
Has anyone else got any other suggestions?? I'm thinking the quad core cpu is the way forward. I've got a 1950 xt which I have just bought is this going to be ok with a quad core set up??
 
You will get a big performance gain when buying this, definatly worth the money! 1950 XT with quad core is fine as far as I know. If you find your gaming is to slow then I'd upgrade to a 8800 GT later.
If you don't think you need QUAD core then I'd suggest you get a E2180 and overclock that to 3.0 / 3.2Ghz and grab a 8800 GT together with it and sell the 1950 XT ;)
 
Mmmm what sort of performence difference is there between the 2 chips is the quad core just a overly expensive gimmick or is it actually worth the extra ??
 
divaboy said:
is the quad core just a overly expensive gimmick or is it actually worth the extra ??
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Anyone doing video editing/encoding will scoff at that statement :eek: Basically all-round its the top chip & upcoming games (e.g. Crysis) take full advantage of the multi-core. The future is 3 or more cores!
 
Quick question I think i'm going down quad core route , just a quick few questions whst the main differnces between

Abit IP35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £82

Abit IP35 Pro (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £123

Asus P5E Intel X38 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £140.00

I'm not going to get 2 graphics card , however I do want to over clock.

Also would I be able to get away with 420 watt cosair or would the 520 watt be a sfer bet??

Thanks again
 
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