Another help me upgrade thread :)

Hammy · 22 Jul 2009 at 12:02

Sorry for another help me upgrade thread but i have lost touch of what's good and what's not good
my current setup at the moment is

AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200
Corsair XMS2 2GB DDR2 PC2-6400
MSI K9A Platinum Crossfire
PowerColor ATI Radeon HD 3870 XT

psu is a Corsair HX 520W

tbh i am happy enough with my gfx so really only looking to change mobo,cpu and memory £200 ish to spend maybe a little more not fussed if its amd or Intel

any suggestions be appreciated

shadowake · 22 Jul 2009 at 12:12

Get the tri core if you can stretch an extra 20, or a better motherboard (although that one is good enough):

AMD Phenom II X2 Dual Core 550 3.10GHz Black Edition (Socket AM3) - Retail £77.99
(£67.82) £77.99
(£67.82)
Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P AMD 770 (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P AMD 770 (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £76.99
(£66.95) £76.99
(£66.95)
OCZ Platinum AM3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C7 1333MHz Dual Channel (OCZ3P1333LVAM4GK) OCZ Platinum AM3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C7 1333MHz Dual Channel (OCZ3P1333LVAM4GK) £47.99
(£41.73) £47.99
(£41.73)
Sub Total : £176.50
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £0.00
VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £27.90
Total : £204.40

Hammy · 30 Jul 2009 at 12:31

this set up look ok ?

CPU http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-249-AM
MOBO http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-198-GI
MEM http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-172-CS
HD http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-133-WD

mp260767 · 30 Jul 2009 at 13:06

looks ok, but i'd change the hard disk to the Samsung SpinPoint F1 320GB.

95thrifles · 30 Jul 2009 at 13:37

Doing it on a budget, you could get this asus AM2+ mobo (£60) and re-use your existing RAM, use the money saved on CPU or other

mp260767 · 30 Jul 2009 at 14:44

95thrifles said:
Doing it on a budget, you could get this asus AM2+ mobo (£60) and re-use your existing RAM, use the money saved on CPU or other

could do this and move the processor up to the Phenom II X3 Tri Core 720 Black Edition

.

PakJai · 30 Jul 2009 at 15:25

AMD Phenom II X3 Tri Core 720 2.80GHz - £91.99

Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P AMD 770 (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard - £76.99

Corsair Dominator XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1600C9D Twin3X - £72.99

Price: £210.41