Heavy PC "Upgrade"

mynameisjarvis · 2 Sep 2009 at 18:46

I already have a case, 400w PSU, HD & DVD-rom

GX-176-AS
Asus GeForce 9800 GT 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card (Includes World of Warcraft Trial)
£82.98

CP-251-IN
Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5200 "LGA775 Core 2" 2.50GHz (800FSB) - Retail
£51.99

MY-192-CS
Corsair XMS2 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 TwinX Dual Channel (TWIN2X4096-8500C5C)
£47.99

MB-367-AS
Asus P5QPL-AM Intel G41 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
£37.98

£231.87

That motherboard looks worryingly cheap...

I'm upgrading from;
Athlon 3000+
1GB Ram
GeForce 6800 GS 256mb

I can barely run CoD:WaW with just 9fps atm....I'll notice a solid improvement with this build right?

95thrifles · 2 Sep 2009 at 18:51

Yes you will, but as you rightly notice the mobo is a bit weak, if you can afford it go for a P43 board such as this, if you cant dont worry too much, itll still be a good step up from old machine, is it a decent make PSU though? you dont want to hook up new kit and find its a cheap psu which might blow under the strain
Edit: also for £2 more this gfx card is much better

mynameisjarvis · 2 Sep 2009 at 19:29

I wouldn't be overclocking my system so that motherboard should be okay right?

and if I do spend just £2 on that card the PC's power consumption goes up by 80w to 420w and I have to buy another PSU, for atleast £25 (Cheap 550w PSU)

I hate having a budget

Kennysevenfold · 2 Sep 2009 at 19:42

Much better for the money tbh...

Product Name Qty Price Line Total

HIS ATI Radeon HD 4850 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card - OEM £79.99
(£69.56) £79.99
(£69.56)

Gigabyte GA-MA770-UD3 AMD 770 (Socket AM3/AM2+) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £60.98
(£53.03) £60.98
(£53.03)

Kingston HyperX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel (KHX8500D2K2/4G) £48.99
(£42.60) £48.99
(£42.60)

AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 240 2.8GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £45.99
(£39.99) £45.99
(£39.99) Sub Total : £205.18 Shipping cost based on delivery to Credit/debit card billing address, XXX XXX with:
FREE SHIPPING (DPD Next Day)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : FREE VAT is being charged at 15.00% VAT : £30.78 Total : £235.96

PwnDirect · 2 Sep 2009 at 20:11

go for Kennysevenfold spec seems solid

Also what is your psu? & whats your max budget?

djinuk · 2 Sep 2009 at 20:13

for once im seeing a system aimed a bit cheaper on here

mynameisjarvis · 2 Sep 2009 at 20:14

im liking this build, thinking it may be the one

any good alternatives to that GPU?

mynameisjarvis · 2 Sep 2009 at 20:18

My budget was £200 heh

I'm currently packing a FSP Group 400watt PSU w/ NOISE KILLER! (lol)

http://educations.newegg.com/tool/psucalc/index.html

http://extreme.outervision.com/PSUEngine

I've been using these two programs to benchmark the power usage and this build comes in at just 377watts. wondering if that's a safe enough margin... however it says that's how much my current system is using.

not sure how reliable it is. surely it uses more power, or are these newer pieces of hardware just more efficient?

Sitting on the fence with these two;

Asus GeForce 9800 GT 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £82.98 inc VAT
(comes with a 3 year warrenty)

or

HIS ATI Radeon HD 4850 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card - OEM £79.99 inc VAT
(no warrenty)