How would you upgrade this?

GIBURROWS · 25 Jun 2011 at 18:23

I want to upgrade my PC this is what I have, what would you do? (nothing silly I'm not made of money £500-700 realistically)

932 HAF case
OCZ i3 Clarkdale 2.93 overclocked to 4.00
Gigabyte GA-H55M Intel motherboard
4GB ram

1 x ocz 60GB ssd agility 2
2 x 1TB Samsung F3's
Corsair H50 water cooler
ATI 5770 1GB graphics card
1 x Samsung BluRay drive
1 x LG BluRay re-writer drive
800W stealth extreme PSU

I think that is all of it.

PrChaos · 25 Jun 2011 at 18:25

In my opinion, another 2 GB stick of ram and a processor upgrade.

Possibly a new graphics card also but the ram and processor would take priority if it was me.

GIBURROWS · 25 Jun 2011 at 18:27

As it is overclocked I was told I would lose my overclock if I add anymore RAM?

GIBURROWS · 25 Jun 2011 at 18:27

It was a bundle from OCZ RAM, Motherboard and Processor

Reaper 392 · 25 Jun 2011 at 18:32

keep the cooler, case, PSU, SSD, HDD, DVD and blu ray for sure theres very little reason to upgrade these

dont bother adding another stick of ram, your motherboard only has dual channel and i suspect PrChaos thought your motherboard supported triple channel.

what do you use your PC for?

cmndr_andi · 25 Jun 2011 at 18:32

The biggest upgrade would be a quad core CPU and a new graphics card.

If you want to keep your current motherboard, then you can pick up a second-hand i5 750 or 760 quad core for ~£100, if you buy new then you are looking at more like £140.

Alternatively, you could sell on both the i3 CPU and H55 motherboard and upgrade to the even faster, newer sandy bridge platform. A motherboard like this and this CPU would be great (you can reuse your H50 cooler with this kit as well).

May I ask what make and model number RAM you are using. Since it is DDR3 it should run at the rated 1.55V at 1333MHz on a sandy bridge system.

As for a new graphics card, I would suggest something like this.

May I ask what make and model number monitor you are using?

Moothead2 · 25 Jun 2011 at 18:35

What do you do in regards to your PC? Video editing, gaming ?

PrChaos · 25 Jun 2011 at 18:35

I probably did. Wow... I should do more research before posting what I think :rolleyes:

GIBURROWS · 25 Jun 2011 at 18:36

Gaming mostly, Photo editing(not much) it's a general PC

GIBURROWS · 25 Jun 2011 at 18:37

The RAM is Corsair DDR3 PC£ 12800C9 1600mhz

GIBURROWS · 25 Jun 2011 at 18:39

I want to get into the best games a PC has to offer(Battlefield 3, Crysis 2) as I have only played CM, FM, C&C, Shogun and those sort of games

Reaper 392 · 25 Jun 2011 at 18:40

something like this would be a massive upgrade:

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
MSI GeForce GTX 570 OC Twin FrozR III Power Edition 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £279.98
(£233.32) £279.98
(£233.32)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor £161.99
(£134.99) £161.99
(£134.99)
Asus P8Z68-V Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £130.00
(£108.33) £130.00
(£108.33)
Sub Total : £476.64
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 20.00% VAT : £97.23
Total : £583.37

will you need some thermal paste for your cooler, and do you have the socket 1156/1155 mounting stuff for it?

Moothead2 · 25 Jun 2011 at 18:42

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-360-IN - CPU

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-051-AK&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1990 - Motherboard (Z68 for SSD caching)

GPU - Either http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-129-MS&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1010

or

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-128-MS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1752

GIBURROWS · 26 Jun 2011 at 17:50

Too many options, the indicision is killing me!!!!

Deleted member 77746 · 26 Jun 2011 at 17:52

That spec doesn't really need upgrading. Does it do everything you want it to do at present?

GIBURROWS · 28 Jun 2011 at 06:39

Yes but I keep seeing all this new stuff and I want it "I WANT IT!"

chaotic_uk · 28 Jun 2011 at 06:56

GIBURROWS said:
Yes but I keep seeing all this new stuff and I want it "I WANT IT!"

we all do

CrixxzeH · 28 Jun 2011 at 07:51

+1
For the i5 2500k... especially for gaming.
keep the cooler or go with h70,h80,h100, when out.

olivier renault · 28 Jun 2011 at 08:20

Like reaper said, 2500K, good P67 / Z68 board, 570. Or if you really want something flash...

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gainward GeForce GTX 580 "GOOD Edition" 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £347.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor £161.99
1 x Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £139.99
Total : £661.37 (includes shipping : £9.50).

Although I bet a quad-core 1156, and a graphics card would do, you might as well go the whole hog.

Power supply good enough for single card (It's similar to a 480 GTX in terms of power consumption). You can sell the rest and save money for a XFX 850W Black if you want a new PSU.