Best upgrades I can do?

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I currently have £750 to spend on upgrades on my computer which I built last year.

It consists of the:

  1. 800w xsilence PSU
  2. Asus maximus formula 2 Mobo
  3. Q6700 @ 2.66 Ghz CPU
  4. 2GB PC6400 HyperX RAM
  5. XFX HD 4870 XXX 512MB GFX
  6. 2 x 500GB HDD
  7. SupremeFX X-Fi came with Mobo Audio
  8. Freezer 7 Pro cooler
  9. Storm scout case
  10. G15 Keyboard
  11. G9 mouse
  12. Speakers are some £5 things which suck!
  13. 22 inch monitor

I am a programmer(Eclipse IDE, Visual Studios), I also do freelance webdesign (DreamWeaver, Photoshop). I love watching HD movies only with my 5.1 headphones the speakers are ******, I also do allot of gaming in spair time, Grid, Dirt 2, Battlefield BC 2, MW2, etc etc... So really just an all round computer.

I was going to go for the i7 overclocked bundle and a 60Gb ssd. Sell my previous motherboard, ram, cpu, gfx, then use that hopefully to get a new GFX card / add to buy a new GFX card as I do have the case, psu... etc. However I am not sure if that is a good way to go as I know my CPU can be oced to 3.6... Would it be really worth upgrading to the i7?

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Or the Asus Xonar D2X 7.1 PCI-Express Sound Card and the z550 5.1 system as it seems to be the only DTS system and a SSD to quicken up the programming...
 
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4gb of RAM would be a good move :) Selling up like you stated wouldn't be the worst move ever. You would then have more money for a completely new rig.

If it was me, i'd be overclocking that q6700 and eeeking out the most performance i could out of it. 3.2ghz would be very reachable and give you significant gains. I'd stick another 2gb of RAM in, maybe new GFX as well if you game a lot. This would be the most cost effective upgrade solution for the time being.


An SSD would give you the best noticeable performance increase.
 
pixelthis said:
I was going to go for the i7 overclocked bundle and a 60Gb ssd. Sell my previous motherboard, ram, cpu, gfx, then use that hopefully to get a new GFX card / add to buy a new GFX card as I do have the case, psu... etc. However I am not sure if that is a good way to go as I know my CPU can be oced to 3.6... Would it be really worth upgrading to the i7
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Sounds like a good plan to me
 
Intel Core i7 930 2.80GHz (Bloomfield) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail £209.14 (£177.99)
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 460 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £183.29 (£155.99)
Asus P6X58D-E Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard £143.98 (£122.54)
Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 12800C9 1600MHz Triple Channel (CMX6GX3M3A1600C9) £117.49 (£99.99)
Titan Fenrir Evo CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1156/LGA1366/AMD K8/AM2/AM2+/AM3) £35.99 (£30.63)
Sub Total : £587.14
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £104.50
Total : £701.64

Replace your parts with the above which will spank what you currently have, sell those bits you replace and use that money for SC + speakers and if any left over SSD

Given your uses you would see a massive boost moving to i7 system
 
I fancy boys said:
If it was me, i'd be overclocking that q6700 and eeeking out the most performance i could out of it. 3.2ghz would be very reachable and give you significant gains. I'd stick another 2gb of RAM in, maybe new GFX as well if you game a lot. This would be the most cost effective upgrade solution for the time being.


An SSD would give you the best noticeable performance increase.
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Ditto with above and dont forget the 64bit Os if going with a ram upgrade.
 
Thank you for all the replies!

I like the setup you gave 95thrifles, I put togeather an i5 as I heard the i7 is a little overkill? i5 is enough for what I need apparently...

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Radon Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz @ 4.00GHz Overclocked Bundle Radon Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz @ 4.00GHz Overclocked Bundle £370.00
(£314.89) £370.00
(£314.89)
Options applied to the above product:
Corsair H50-1 High-Performance CPU Watercooler (Socket LGA775/1156/1366/AM2/AM3) £62.99
(£53.61) £62.99
(£53.61)
EVGA GeForce GTX 460 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card EVGA GeForce GTX 460 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £178.59
(£151.99) £178.59
(£151.99)
Sub Total : £520.49
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £92.92
Total : £623.91

Leaving me £130 change to get the SSD, I picked the EVGA as it has 10 year warranty and also I have heard many good things about there GFX cards. I am not so sure on going to the i5 seeing as I really wouldn't see much difference, but I could change out my whole rig and be happy for 2 years. :)
 
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iirc the gigabyte gtx460 runs cooler and quieter,but if you "really" need the 10 year warranty go for the evga
 
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