Looking for upgrade help

Fortyseven · 3 Oct 2009 at 15:23

Hi,

I'm looking to upgrade my CPU, Mobo and RAM and don't know much about the current hardware available.

If possible could I get suggestions for an AMD and an Intel setup. (Or advice on which to go for.) Looking to spend around £400 and for the intel spec would be looking for Sli.

Thanks in advance.

Stormar · 3 Oct 2009 at 15:25

need your setup details,plus when you say sli do you already have a gpu or you want to buy 2 new gpu's,because £400 would not be enough if thats the case.

Fortyseven · 3 Oct 2009 at 15:37

Stormar said:
need your setup details,plus when you say sli do you already have a gpu or you want to buy 2 new gpu's,because £400 would not be enough if thats the case.

Current setup:
5600 X2
2Gb PC6400
8800GTS
Asus M2N-Sli Deluxe

I ment to say CPU in my first post. What a tool I am.

Stormar · 3 Oct 2009 at 15:52

oki you can do a upgrade for that easy...

Intel Core i5 750 2.66Ghz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail + Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising Game £159.99 inc VAT

Asus P7P55D Evo Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard £155.99 inc VAT

Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 10666C9 1333MHz TwinX Dual Channel £74.99 inc VAT

£390.97

or

AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 965 Black Edition 3.40GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail

Asus Crosshair III Formula AMD 790FX (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard

Patriot G Series AMD 4GB (2x2GB) PC3-10666 1333MHz Dual Channel

£370.97

loads of options really

Fortyseven · 3 Oct 2009 at 15:57

Stormar said:
oki you can do a upgrade for that easy...

Intel Core i5 750 2.66Ghz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail + Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising Game £159.99 inc VAT

Asus P7P55D Evo Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard £155.99 inc VAT

Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 10666C9 1333MHz TwinX Dual Channel £74.99 inc VAT

£390.97

or

AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 965 Black Edition 3.40GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail

Asus Crosshair III Formula AMD 790FX (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard

Patriot G Series AMD 4GB (2x2GB) PC3-10666 1333MHz Dual Channel

£370.97

loads of options really

They both similar in performance?

Worth going up to PC3-12800 RAM?

Stormar · 3 Oct 2009 at 16:06

hi you can go up on the ram as i said there are a lot of options for you really,you can go for better ram and a cheaper mb i just did as close to your money thats all,i wouldn,t think there is much in it between the 2 best thing would to look at benchtest i,m not that clued up on the amd side of things tbh,the i5 is a good little chip but not for sli really,tbh if you want a good sli setup you better of going the x58 route