Off to NY this week so been looking for a few upgrades to the HTPC so it can play a few games and be a bit faster.
This is my current spec
YOUR BASKET
1 x OCZ Agility 3 60GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (AGT3-25SAT3-60G) £62.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £59.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 320Gb SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD3200AAKX) £49.99
1 x MSI HD 5450 1024MB GDDR5 Low Profile PCI-Express Graphics Card £39.95
1 x Intel Celeron G540 2.50GHz Socket LGA 1155 Processor - Retail £32.99
1 x Imp MicroATX Tower Case (500w PSU) £29.99
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte H61M-S2PV Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £26.00
1 x Corsair Value 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Low Voltage Dual-Channel Kit £23.98
1 x Asus Xonar DG 5.1 PCI Sound Card with built in Headphone Amp - OEM £22.99
1 x Samsung SH-224BB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £366.85 (includes shipping : FREE).
And these are the upgrades i'm looking at doing to it.
YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus HD 6670 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £71.99
1 x ASRock H61M-ITX Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 M-ITX Motherboard £59.99
1 x Intel Pentium G640 2.80GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £49.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced Mini-ITX Case - Black £39.98
1 x Corsair Value 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMV8GX3M2A1333C9) £34.99
Total : £256.94 (includes shipping : FREE).
Will then sell the old CPU, Mobo, Case, RAM, Sound card.
upgrades will cost about £185.
Opinions?
needs to stay around that price really any other parts to consider instead?
This is my current spec
YOUR BASKET
1 x OCZ Agility 3 60GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (AGT3-25SAT3-60G) £62.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £59.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 320Gb SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD3200AAKX) £49.99
1 x MSI HD 5450 1024MB GDDR5 Low Profile PCI-Express Graphics Card £39.95
1 x Intel Celeron G540 2.50GHz Socket LGA 1155 Processor - Retail £32.99
1 x Imp MicroATX Tower Case (500w PSU) £29.99
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte H61M-S2PV Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £26.00
1 x Corsair Value 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Low Voltage Dual-Channel Kit £23.98
1 x Asus Xonar DG 5.1 PCI Sound Card with built in Headphone Amp - OEM £22.99
1 x Samsung SH-224BB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £366.85 (includes shipping : FREE).
And these are the upgrades i'm looking at doing to it.
YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus HD 6670 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £71.99
1 x ASRock H61M-ITX Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 M-ITX Motherboard £59.99
1 x Intel Pentium G640 2.80GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £49.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced Mini-ITX Case - Black £39.98
1 x Corsair Value 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMV8GX3M2A1333C9) £34.99
Total : £256.94 (includes shipping : FREE).
Will then sell the old CPU, Mobo, Case, RAM, Sound card.
upgrades will cost about £185.
Opinions?
needs to stay around that price really any other parts to consider instead?
