Anything I can upgrade?

[IwantanewPC]

Hey guys.

Got £200 to spend and I was wondering whether I should be looking to upgrade to anything?

Obviously I want my system as up to date as possible without having to buy a whole new computer, and I will be buying any new games coming out and want them to run at max. And I also wouldn't mind a few more FPS on games like CS:Source and BF2 for example.

My rig,

AMD Dual Core x2 3800
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum
X1800 XT 512MB
2gb Corsair Value RAM
Hitachi Deskstar 160GB
NEC 16x16 DVD-RW

Thanks.

 

[vincent1989]

everything looks pretty good there, as you dont have the money set aside for core 2 duo, or nearly enough for DX10 cards and mobos.
I'd suggest either start saving, because what you have there is pretty decent or upgrade the graphics a bit, which in my opinion wont do much, or upgrade the cpu a bit, again, wont do much.

to upgrade the CPU (if it's an AM2 mobo you currently have) then go for the AMD 4600 X2 (smallish upgrade, but under budget at £193 inc VAT)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-170-AM
or
to upgrade the graphics: sapphire ATi radeon x1950xt 256mb, again, a little under budget at £187(inc VAT)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-135-SP

aside from this, possibly your RAM, if you tell us more about it, eg PC???? and what mhz it is then we could help more there.

hope this helps a bit.

 

[Joe42]

Is it overclocked? Might be worth spending some money on a decent cooler if it isn't and overclocking it a bit.

Apart from that, i think your best bet is graphics upgrade, but what you have is fairly up to date and i don't think it would be worth getting a new dx9 card with dx10 around the corner, so either wait for the price of the 8 series to drop or wait for r600 in January. I shouldn't think there will be many games between now and then that the x1800 can't cope with.

I have a similar setup and i'm managing with my 6800gt until R600 turns up or some less pricey 8 series cards appear.

 

[IwantanewPC]

Anymore suggestions?

 

[lay-z-boy]

not much you can do for £200, the games you play are mainly cpu limited as well, so a gpu upgrade might not be as effective as you think

i can only suggest a few things

new mouse/ keyboard
sell gpu and get a newer/faster one
bigger/ more hard drives
decent air cooler and clock your x2 up a bit (will get more fps in css etc)

 

[PinkFloyd]

Definetly stick with what you have there until you have more money to spend.

I really find it hard that you need more fps on CSS I used to run that game on full on my old rig which was half as fast as this one

 

[touch]

Anything I can upgrade?

feel free to upgrade my anchient machine.

On a serious note:

AMD Dual Core x2 3800
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum
X1800 XT 512MB
2gb Corsair Value RAM
Hitachi Deskstar 160GB
NEC 16x16 DVD-RW
OCuK USB Missile Launcher

ok, i lied i cant do "serious"