Cheap upgrade advice please

andyarmitage · 9 Jul 2009 at 20:57

Hi all I think I might want a cheapie upgrade I play Team Fortress Classic 2 i have the following spec

AMD 3800 dual core cpu

OCZ 520 psu

2gig DDR ram
ati 1900xt card

A8N 32-sli Deluxe M/board

I want to keep my case hard disk and hopefully the psu I need to spend as little as possible so please help as hardware is not my thing. I don't have a clue. I was thinking of just getting a new card maybe an ATI 4850 will that be ok I know the CPU will hold it back a bit but would it improve my game ok. Or do I need a new m/board, card, cpu, and ram?
Any advice much appreciated if you can suggest what make to get that would be great but it can't cost me a lot. If I could just get away with a new card that would be superb

Many thanks

Andy

moppy89 · 9 Jul 2009 at 20:58

What would be your budget?

andyarmitage · 9 Jul 2009 at 21:02

Hi there I will spend what I need to spend but I just want to keep it as low as possible as I feel that my machine copes with most things I use it for except newer games but I hope just getting a card might work as I could always do other bits later but I will be advised by people on here that know a lot more than me

4T5 · 9 Jul 2009 at 21:04

50 quid on a 2nd hand 8800GTX, Jobs a good'en.

BigBruiserAl · 9 Jul 2009 at 21:06

if you need help mate you will need to give peple a budget, what you think you need may diff to other people so give them a rough est £250, £300?

andyarmitage · 9 Jul 2009 at 21:12

I don't have a budget as I said I want it to be as cheap as possible, I can afford whatever it costs but I don't want top end on anything the 4850 is about £75 that I am hoping would maybe sort me out I know the psu can cope with it. I would spend £250/300 or even more but I would rather spend on just the card if you think that might help my system

4T5 · 9 Jul 2009 at 21:15

Just buy a GFX card & some Decent cooling & some AS5, Reseat the chip using AS5, Fit the new CPU cooler, Instal new case fans, Clock the nutz of everything, Happy days.

PermaBanned · 9 Jul 2009 at 21:42

malc30 said:
Just buy a GFX card & some Decent cooling & some AS5, Reseat the chip using AS5, Fit the new CPU cooler, Instal new case fans, Clock the nutz of everything, Happy days.

MX-2 is better. But he has a point, overclocking before upgrading. As for the GFX, a 4670 or a 4770 would be your best bet. You can overclock that too.

andyarmitage · 9 Jul 2009 at 22:09

Clock the nuts off everything LOL I wouldn't even know where to start, would I need extra cooling if I just replaced the card? as that is what I would prefer to do I think I read somewhere that a 4850 will run a bit cooler than my 1900 card!