Advice needed

[tehtom]

I'm deciding if I should upgrade my current spec:

P4 3.0ghz
1GB
x800GT

I know this is very out of date and I do need a upgrade. I don't have a big budget(£500) but I do have a monitor, hard drive and DVD drive. I will mostly be using this for gaming but at the minute im not playing anything that is a graphics powerhouse.

I've come to two setups;

I will buy a graphics card a bit later (around Christmas) with this setup and use my x800GT

or

This has a decent graphics card which I'll probably have to upgrade anyway.
I wont be over clocking from the start but will probably do some later.
So what would you pick?

 

[melbourne720]

Neither, do this

Akasa AK-ZEN-01-BK Zen Black Case - No PSU
(£30.54)

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775)
(£17.61)

Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK)
(£64.61)

OcUK GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
(£182.11)

OcUK 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C5 800MHz DDR2 Dual Channel Kit
(£58.74)

Gigabyte GA_P35C_DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard
(£93.99)

Intel Core 2 Duo E2160 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.80GHz (800FSB) - Retail
(£58.74)

Total : £519.21

 

[orthen]

my vote goes with melbournes spec

 

[tehtom]

I've decided on this spec
Intel Core 2 Duo E2140 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.60GHz (800FSB) - Retail
£39.99(£46.99)
OcUK GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
£154.99(£182.11)
Gigabyte GA_P35C_DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard
£79.99(£93.99)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775)
£14.99(£17.61)
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C5 800MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit
£51.99(£61.09)
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK)
£54.99(£64.61)
Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case
£57.99(£68.14)

Total : £547.41

So if anyone hasn't any better specs to suggest I will order this tomorrow and ty for help melbourne720

 

[Tk7]

Looks good to me, I don't think you'll be disappointed. I upgraded from a spec similar to your current one and the difference was massive

 

[pc-modd]

P4 3.0ghz
1GB
x800GT

^^ Thats what i have now, ready to upgrade but im going to ibiza soon so have to buy when i come back =]

Will be getting something very similar to what you are ordering looks good

 

[BAMBI]

If you are not struggling with performance in games then there isnt really much need to upgrade as of yet.

 

[tehtom]

If you are not struggling with performance in games then there isnt really much need to upgrade as of yet.

This is the problem though. I have to run most games on medium to low without any other effects. Although the system has served me well for 2 years its time for an upgrade

 

[BAMBI]

Ah you confused me with this:

I will mostly be using this for gaming but at the minute im not playing anything that is a graphics powerhouse.

In that case you should spend the most on graphics, a 8800GTS 320 would be ideal.