Little upgrade, what do you think ? (spec me)

Ac1dh0u$3.

Ac1dh0u$3.

Ac1dh0u$3.

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Hello there

My current spec is

q6600
DFI lanparty 680i lt
2 gig cosair dominater ram 6400
8800 ultra <---- this blew up some time ago, so I've got some old thing in there to keep it running
1x 150 WD raptor
2x 500 gig WD harddrives

I'm looking at getting the following items

New monitor (thinking 24" don't really want to spend more than £200 on this but could)

New G-Card (again don't really want to spend more than £200 on this item but could)

Maybe a ram upgrade although i think I'll need 64 bit windows to do this ? and does anyone know what sort of ram i can use ?


I know this is an machine thats growing old, but I don't really want the hassle of a new build

Think I'm going down the right road ?

Thanks in advance
 
Cant say gfx card without PSU make/power. Sell old ram...

Samsung P2450H 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Glossy Black £182.39

GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency Dual Channel (GX24GB6400C4UDC) £57.98

Sub Total : £200.31
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.25
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £42.31
Total : £253.87
 
6950/24 inch monitor/2gb ram....sorted! ;)

Don't know much about monitors but all the ones stocked at ocuk will be good i reckon. They've come down in price so much now it's ridiculous.

OS wise, you might aswell get Win 7 as it's going to be the standard for many years to come.
 
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What it your cpu running at? Those old nvidia boards are pants overclockers as I remember. If your cpu is below 3ghz I'd be tempted to get a new mobo* and overclock it.

*maybe second hand, because if you buy new you may as well go the whole way and get a new chipset and sandybridge chip as you are buying RAM anwyay
 
Ac1dh0u$3. said:
2.4 Ghz, never been clocked
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It's going to be a massive bottlneck as soon as you upgrade your card in that case. If I were you I would attempt to overclock it on your current board, and failing that chuck the board for a new* one (P35/P45).

* as I said before, second hand, there's no point on spending £100 on a last-gen mobo when you could get a current one for the same amount.
 
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