Any upgrade options for my slightly broken rig?

[Helium_Junkie]

My ram is slowly dying, and I think my CPU is a bit outdated, is there any part that can upgraded in this ageing machine? Or is it a new pc situation?

Ram - crucial ballistix but half of it is faulty.

Asus GeForce GTX 260 896MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card

OCZ GameXStream 600w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply
http://www.ocztechnology.com/ocz-gamexstream-600w-700w-power-supply-eol.html

Asus P5W DH Deluxe WiFi (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

Intel Core 2 Duo E4400 "LGA775 Allendale" 2.00GHz (800FSB) - Retail

Much appreciate any advice, if it's a new PC situation I'd appreciate some advice on whats popular at the moment for a mid range gaming pc.

 

[mp260767]

not a lot wrong with that for a mid range gaming machine, what sort of games are you playing ?

i'd just consider getting ram for that setup unless the processor is holding you back gaming wise.

have you tried overclocking the 4400 ?

 

[Helium_Junkie]

I have it running at 2.5 up from 2, on air. I recently put it back when blue screens started up but it turned out to be the ram.

Can you even get compatible ram from such old hardware now? Is DDR2 still around? hehe.

 

[Redmint]

Just put an advert in the wanted section for 4GB DDR2 800MHz, they usually go for 35-40.

CPU wise I'd be looking for a Q6600/Q6700 maybe, usually sold for £65-80 these days, I'm not too sure how the 975X chipset is for overclocking quad cores, but I think Cat-The-Fifth had his at around 2.9GHz.

 

[Helium_Junkie]

Thanks guys