Advice needed

Chuggerboom · 22 Apr 2011 at 18:27

I'm thinking of getting the following components to upgrade my system. I already have a case, hard drive, dvd burner and a psu.

Could i do better for my money than the parts i have chosen? Any help would be appreciated. Cheers in advance.

stulid · 22 Apr 2011 at 18:29

5850 - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-259-SP&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1711

5850 vs GTX460 1GB - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/164?vs=180

my last thought is to do away with the hyper212 cooler, and this £20 combined with the £10 saving with the 5850 gpu, could get a 24" monitor - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-067-IY&groupid=17&catid=510&subcat=

Chuggerboom · 22 Apr 2011 at 18:32

stulid said:
5850 - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-259-SP&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1711

5850 vs GTX460 1GB - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/164?vs=180

Thanks for the links. That is the card i will go with.

stulid · 22 Apr 2011 at 18:34

I had a little brain wave above too

Chuggerboom · 22 Apr 2011 at 18:47

stulid said:
I had a little brain wave above too

That monitor looks a good bargain at that price and i will definitely consider getting one. I need a decent cooler as i am going to overclock to around 4.5Ghz. The cooler i have chosen seems to be ok for the price.

stulid · 22 Apr 2011 at 18:49

Chuggerboom said:
That monitor looks a good bargain at that price and i will definitely consider getting one. I need a decent cooler as i am going to overclock to around 4.5Ghz. The cooler i have chosen seems to be ok for the price.

What if I told you that Anandtech got to a easy 4.4GHZ with the stock cooler - http://www.anandtech.com/show/4083/...-core-i7-2600k-i5-2500k-core-i3-2100-tested/3

So get a bigger heatsink later on if you want to go higher.

So you can get that 24" screen and still be bang on £600

Chuggerboom · 22 Apr 2011 at 18:53

stulid said:
What if I told you that Anandtech got to a easy 4.4GHZ with the stock cooler - http://www.anandtech.com/show/4083/...-core-i7-2600k-i5-2500k-core-i3-2100-tested/3

So get a bigger heatsink later on if you want to go higher.

So you can get that 24" screen and still be bang on £600

Thanks a lot for your advice, i think i will do that