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With the upcoming release of Skyrim and BF3 i have wanted to upgrade my budget PC to something with a bit more substance im wanting it to be around the £300 mark however if you can get it lower that would be great :) I just liek to check to see im not spending money where i dont need to be.

I have a Bitfenix Shinobi case and a CD drive so i dont need them, i also have a Phenom 2 x2 So no need for a CPU



What changes would you make?
 
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Change the RAM to a dual channel 4 or 8GB kit., only Intel socket1366 use triple channel kits.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=my-104-ks&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=my-094-ks&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

put a am3+ board in it - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=mb-466-as&groupid=701&catid=1903&subcat=1481 - so your more future proof.


the psu is pants, this is a much better quality psu with reviews on the net to back it up,
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=ca-056-oc&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=


and the gtx550ti is slow, a equal priced 6850 is faster,
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=gx-041-hs&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1866

see how the 6850 is ahead here - http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/powercolor/hd_6850_scs3_passive/27.html


But I would actually drop the SSD and get a much better graphics card.

Is the CD drive a IDE or SATA? why not get a DVD drive for £17?
 
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Its a SATA CD Drive i bought it a few weeks ago to replace a broken one so thats all good, Thanks for the info glad i diddnt get the ram :)

yeh the ssd was just a cool added bonus for me and in all fairness if i needed too i can drop the hard drive and get a cheap upgrade of XP to windows 7, my xp is only 32 bit and i think its time to upgrade anyway
 
To be fair mate, I would do this,


Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
OcUK GeForce GTX 560Ti 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with FREE Batman: Arkham City PC game** £163.99
(£136.66) £163.99
(£136.66)
Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 AMD 760G (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £54.18
(£45.15) £54.18
(£45.15)
OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £47.99
(£39.99) £47.99
(£39.99)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £29.99
(£24.99) £29.99
(£24.99)
Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £23.99
(£19.99) £23.99
(£19.99)
LG GH22NS70 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£14.99) £17.99
(£14.99)
Sub Total : £281.77
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £58.70
Total : £352.22


The Motherboard is AM3+ so Bulldozer ready and supports all the higher wattage 125W+ CPU's

The 550W PSU is still plenty - http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story&reid=248

4GB of RAM is fine for gaming, 8GB is good if you get a 64Bit operating system and do video/music editing.

The 500GB HDD is a performance based drive.

The GTX560ti is much higher up the food chain compared to the GTX550ti or 6850 etc.

Included a new DVD drive as the new operating systems come on DVD disks.

And its closer to the budget you wanted:)
 
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Ill check when i get home but im pretty sure it is already a DVD Drive, 4gb is fine am i right in thinking i need to upgrade to a 64 bit system, i would do anything to stay on XP
 
Thanks for this, im going to leave the Hardrive out for now and stick with my current 500gb one to keep the price down and enable me to use a cheap copy from software4students they only do the upgrade version
 
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