A challenge

Fire_fly · 3 Dec 2012 at 19:50

ummm, It would be a good idea to try to talk him into a complete upgrade as that CPU will be a large bottleneck for these graphics cards.

wkingsnorth · 3 Dec 2012 at 19:51

He's a 16 year old, so very limited budget. (I was trying to talk him into going for down an APU route)

Fire_fly · 3 Dec 2012 at 19:58

Can you find out what CPU and what motherboard he has? I may have an idea.

wkingsnorth · 3 Dec 2012 at 20:04

I think he has the P5G41T-M LX, and an E6600, but I don't really remember and he told me on steam chat which has no history :/

wkingsnorth · 3 Dec 2012 at 20:09

Also he has an old 300w PSU, I think unbranded

Fire_fly · 3 Dec 2012 at 20:15

From what I remember those E6600s were quite good little chips. Although they are getting on a bit.

I was thinking that you may be able to pick up a a new PSU and 7750 / 460 as above and also taking him into getting a new CPU, something like a Q6600 or similar (supported CPU list).

That would make a nice low - mid range gaming computer.

wkingsnorth · 3 Dec 2012 at 20:23

That wouldn't be too bad, but that would be £150 cheapest with some stuff from the MM

Fire_fly · 3 Dec 2012 at 20:44

Unfortunately yes.

But I'm not too sure how else you could do it, The PSU needs upgrading before any new hardware is added and adding either the CPU or GPU on their own is going to make for a imbalance. Although you could live with it and add the CPU later.

Edit: looking at it it may not be too bad depending on the game.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/61?vs=53