Another upgrade advice topic!

[The Old Man]

Hi,
I'm looking to buy the following components to replace my sons existing AMD64 4000+/Asus A8V Deluxe/6800GT games PC:

Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - OEM
OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-8500C5 1066MHz SLI-Ready Edition Dual Channel DDR2
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775)
NZXT Lexa Blackline Blue Midi Tower Case
BFG GeForce 8800 GT OC 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)


It comes to about £500 with delivery. He already has a new 500GB HDD and DVD-RW waiting.

I'm now wondering about the CPU though as now I'm in a position to buy a Quadcore to give him some gaming headroom for the next 2 yrs, I noticed people are talking about selling their Q6600's and replacing them with newer Dualcores. Why is this?

Also, could you recommend a PSU without breaking the bank? Any advice would be much appreciated.

 

[Kearney_1988]

Current games dont really use all 4 cores so quad core isnt really used. So people who just game sometimes go for a faster dual core.

You dont need 8500 Ram if you go with the q6600 some 6400 will be fine and save you some money

Most people on here will recommend corsair 520 all day long for about £70 but there are some alternatives, ive got Antec EarthWatts 500W PSU running pretty much the same set up for about £15 cheaper....but its not modular

Lee

 

[The Old Man]

Thanks for the advice, much appreciated.

 

[The Old Man]

Hi,

This is what I decided to order, hoping it will arrive tomorrow.

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - OEM £119.99 1 £119.99
BFG GeForce 8800 GT OC 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £107.99 1 £107.99
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775) £14.99 1 £14.99
NZXT Lexa Blackline Blue Midi Tower Case £59.99 1 £59.99
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £55.99 1 £55.99
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £24.99 1 £24.99
Akasa Rounded Ultra ATA133/100/66 IDE UV DAY-GLO Cable (0.45m) - Blue £5.99 1 £5.99
OCZ GameXStream 600w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply £54.99 1 £54.99
Order Cost Summary

Sub Total: £444.92
Shipping: £10.95
Total Vat: £79.78
Total inc Vat: £535.65

I have been studying the CPU's all week and in the end decided to go for the Quad Core, which when games fully support I'm sure it will make for good performance but for the time being it should give Crysis a pounding compared to the old AMD64 4000! I already have 2 HDD's to go with it.

I took your advice and went with the 6400 ram which I believe is 800Mhz but the CPU is 1066Mhz so I was a bit confused about it not needing to run the same speed.

Thanks again.