it's time for my 2 yearly upgrade

jas72

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I bought an TX-1050 Black (131€) comes with modular 500w Antec PSU
250 SATA II HD for 93€
MB is ASROCK DUAL VSTA
GDX card 7600 GT
MEM GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-5300C4 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit
CPU is C2D E6300.

I'm looking to get a new gfx card and mobo but was wondering about the memory. I take it that 5300 is still ok?

I was hoping to get a 4750 and a suitable motherboard anyone here in general computing give me some ideas. I'd have around 250 quid to spend.

Also must I do a fresh install of XP or could I get away without doing one. I have the PC running nicely and my version of XP pro is pre SP1 :( (apparently you can't slipstream to SP3 :( )

Thanks for any time taken to reply.

J
 
If you are keeping the same CPU then the same Ram is fine (it would still be fine even with a 1333mhz CPU). That motherboard should be a pretty decent choice, I've heard good things about the P45 chipset and Asus motherboards are usually pretty solid.

As for the graphics card, they are almost all built to a reference design so it doesn't matter hugely which one you choose. Price, cooler or occasionally bundle are the areas that would sway my decision usually.
 
I dont think the P5Q supports 667Mhz Memory.

I bought an TX-1050 Black (131€) comes with modular 500w Antec PSU
250 SATA II HD for 93€
MB is ASROCK DUAL VSTA
GDX card 7600 GT
MEM GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-5300C4 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit
CPU is C2D E6300.
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Keep the case, PSU, CPU, HDD, Optical Drive (if its Sata) and possible the memory.

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail
£111.99 (£131.59)
Asus P5K Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
£59.99 (£70.49)

Sub Total : £171.98
Shipping : £8.25
VAT : £31.54
Total : £211.77

You could go with this or save up £100 more and get a 4870
 
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Thanks guys for your input. lovely upgrade for only 200 quid . very nice.

I was looking at the 300 quid mark would a 4870 give me a boost or should I got for an X38 board with DDR3 mem?

I don't think the memory gives a great boost does it and it's really the gfx card that is holding me back not to mention the current mobo is PCIe 4x only.

Gonna wait until monday to decide so if you have any other ideas.

My current PSU had to be RMA'd so i'm using a generic 450 at the moment should it be ok to run a 4850? Don't want to fry my mobo gfx card if they come before my replacement PSU (yay to antec offering 3 year warranties) :D

Was actually looking at the ASUS P5E3 and 2GB DDR3 ram OZC P66663 1333Mhz + the 4850 comes in at just over 331 quid. Or you think it would be better getting cheaper mobo and 4870. I'm an avid gamer playing COD4 (cod5 in Dec) and Flight sim X (which needs a cpu upgrade to run quicker but I'll do that nearer christmas when I move to vista.)
 
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don't go ddr3 at the moment, ddr2/you're current memory will be fine.

when u say generic 450w any idea what make ?, i'd seriously consider waiting until you have you're psu back before putting it all together.

from what i've seen fsx is all about cpu speed so you might want to consider changing the memory at the same time as the processor and overclocking.

mobo wise do you need anything on the pro version or will the Asus P5Q Intel P45 do ?
 
mp260767 said:
don't go ddr3 at the moment, ddr2/you're current memory will be fine.

when u say generic 450w any idea what make ?, i'd seriously consider waiting until you have you're psu back before putting it all together.

from what i've seen fsx is all about cpu speed so you might want to consider changing the memory at the same time as the processor and overclocking.

mobo wise do you need anything on the pro version or will the Asus P5Q Intel P45 do ?
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thanks for your replies the P5Q would do nicely. I'll stick with my current ram and just go for a mobo Gfx card upgrade.

Gonna order tomorrow can't wait. Just RMA'd my PSU on Sat so hopefully it won't take too long. From what I've read I should see some difference between 7600 GT and 4870 :D
 
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