Iv given up the evil weed(hopefuly). So may do a complete upgrade

kPATm · 30 Apr 2011 at 00:24

Well I am currently "attempting" to give up on the cigs so with the money Im saving(£50 a week :eek:

) I think I may go all out and do a complete upgrade. Now I do like my gaming and I do a fair bit of converting movie files so I would be needing a decent CPU/GPU. I have just bought a BeQuit 530W PSU so I wont be needing that and I have a 24" monitor and I will be keeping my HD's, so basically Im after

CPU
GPU
Ram
Mobo
maybe a SSD

I will also be OCing aswell so keep that in mind. I have seen a lot of people say they have descided to go AMD rather than Intel due to the Price/Performance ratio. So would a top Phenom give me as good a performance as say an i5 2500k? Im looking at spending £500. Cheers

Smithy0115 · 30 Apr 2011 at 01:46

I'm a noobie at speccing but I wanted to say, well done on giving up cigs!

sk82jack · 30 Apr 2011 at 02:07

If your overclocking you'll want an aftermarket cooler as well, unless you already have one.

For a little over budget you can chuck in a SSD

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Operation Flashpoint Red River Game £161.99

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 Extreme 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** £114.98

MSI P67A-C45 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £99.98

OCZ Vertex 60GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-1VTX60G) £71.99

Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £39.98

Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £27.98

Total : £528.91 (includes shipping : £10.00).

Or without the SSD you can upgrade the motherboard to one which allows CF/SLI

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Operation Flashpoint Red River Game £161.99

MSI P67A-GD65 Intel P67 (socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £132.00

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 Extreme 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** £114.98

Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £39.98

Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £27.98

Total : £488.34 (includes shipping : £9.50).

kPATm · 30 Apr 2011 at 11:18

So the Phenom isnt really recommended over the i5 then?

sk82jack · 30 Apr 2011 at 11:24

No, not if you can afford an i5-2500k.
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/CPU/2

stulid · 30 Apr 2011 at 12:03

Can you list all of your current parts?

And what your uses of this PC are for?

A simpler upgrade with components more relevant to your needs may be possible.

Tealc · 30 Apr 2011 at 12:09

Good luck with giving up the cigs. Does it really cost £50 a week these days?

Best thing I ever did giving up those things four years ago, although strangely I sometimes miss it.

kPATm · 30 Apr 2011 at 12:51

Yip £50. I stated my uses in the first post Stulid. A man of your experience should know to read first ask later

Well heres my current setup

E2180
8800GTX
GA-P35-DS3R
2x1gb Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800MHz (I have 3gb but my mobos 1+2 ram slots are shot)
BeQuit 530w PSU

I will be using the PC for some gaming and I like my games to look good, so something thats capable of giving me all the eye candy. I also do a fair bit of encoding movies so someting that can cope with this aswell. I will be OC'ing this PC so keep that in mind.