Advice on upgrading my system!

[TeaTwoSugars]

Hey,

About 5 years a go I picked up an Inspiron 531 and I have to say, its worked pretty well for me over the years even though its regarded as a bad system, right now my computer has:

400w PSU
AM Athlon 64 X2 dual-core processor 2.6 (5000+)
4GB Ram DDR2 667-MHz
Nvidia 8300 GS

Information about the motherboard can be found here: http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/inspd531/en/OM/appendix.htm#wp1149549

I've been gaming on this since I purchased it, and its been a fairly painful experience as the 8300 is pretty bad. I've been looking into getting a 5570 to replace it but I have read about other people with the system who have had problems with the 5xxx series.

So, what is the best possible graphics card I can have in this system?

Also, I was looking into buying a gaming system towards the later part of this year, I'd have around £600. Originally I was looking at the "Titan 8000a Krypt" or the Titan 8200a Krypt PRO when it was on offer with the 6850.

How much better of a gaming rig do you guys think would I be able to buy if I put it together myself? How do the Titans fair again a system I could build for that price?

Any advice would be appreciated, as I'm not experienced with building computers.

Thanks!

 

[mp260767]

not sure on what particular issues there might be with the 5xxx series, with that current psu maybe look at a 6770, but personally i'd wait til you got the new system/new psu etc.

i wouldn't go for a bulldozer system, should be able to build something with the intel 2500K in for your £600 budget.

being as you say end of year, i would suggest reposting closer to the time you have funds for more advice.

theres nothing really to building a pc, just take your time to look online (youtube etc) for guides and have plenty of space/light to work in and you should be fine.