help me upgrade my c2d PC I built in 2007

[Chicken #16]

Hi,

I plan on getting Civ 5 and possibly the new fallout game but think my PC could do with a refit.

It's a:

Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB).
Abit AB9 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard.
I upgraded the ram to 2GB, gfx card is an ati 3870, the hard drive is damaged ( sata cble falls out if you move the PC) so i need to replace and i have xp home oem.
The case is fractal design r2 with an ocz 650 watt power supply.

I'm thinking I need windows 7 retail, a new gfx card and hdd. Do I need to upgrade mobo and processor as well?I also like the look of those all-in-one processor watercoolers.

Budget is around £400-max £500

Cheers

 

[stulid]

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 460 OC 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with HAWX2 PC-Game £129.99
(£110.63) £129.99
(£110.63)
Corsair XMS2 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C5 TwinX Dual Channel (TWIN2X4096-6400C5C) £70.49
(£59.99) £70.49
(£59.99)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £29.99
(£25.52) £29.99
(£25.52)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 939 / AM2 / AM3 / 775 / 1156 / 1366) £15.98
(£13.60) £15.98
(£13.60)
Sub Total : £209.74
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £38.37
Total : £257.61


sell your 2gb of ram and put a 4gb kit in.

sell the 3870 and put the GTX460 in

stick the cooler on and crank some speed out of that CPU.

and for the new DX11 GPU win7 will allow all the new features to be used.

 

[Chicken #16]

ok looking good, what oc would you expect for the processor. I had the stock cooler and it would only really get up to about 2ghz and started getting really hot and wobbly.

Anyway - I'd also be tempted with an ocz 60gb ssd drive. I reckon £130 extra for windows 7 and then £92 for the ssd drive....£460 in total with free postage