Me again

[Petey_243]

Well as you guys know i posted about a new graphics card a while back, well the thing is i have just come in to some money £300ish to be accurate. I chose not to buy a new GPU as my system compnets i have need and upgrade so i was just going to use my old ATI 3870 till i could by a new GPU. now I have my old XPS630i cases to use ( Is either components or case )

I was browsing the bundle packages and came across this

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-085-OE&groupid=43&catid=2053&subcat=

As I like to play ARMA 2 currently getting 20 - 30 FPS i wanted to upgrade, now with this upgrade i will need a new PSU from my old one the Stock Dell 750W to a new one but it take me over my budget can anyone help? Even if it means buying components to make it cheaper I don't mind

 

[Bacon?]

Im not quite sure what you were asking for but that bundle while it looks good and is cheap is a nightmare to be honest as the AMD Bulldozer chips cant bulldoze down a flower!


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £99.95
1 x MSI HD 6850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £83.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Gigabyte H61MA-D2V Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £44.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Blu 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1333C9D3B1K2/8G) £41.99
Total : £332.90 (includes shipping : £10.00).



I included a graphics card but you could remove it and upgrade to a Z77 board for a future Ivy upgrade?

 

[Petey_243]

For the moment i can only spend 200 so will the 550W PSU be able to run the 6850 or even the 6870?

 

[Bacon?]

Yes, easily. 6850 is better value than the 6870 and can be overclocked to near same performance.

So are you looking for a CPU, Mobo and RAM for £200??

 

[Petey_243]

yes i lost some of my budget for now so i got £200 maybe £250 if i stech myself but i cant get a lot for that so i was just going to get the 6850 with a new PSU.

At the moment the GPU and PSU comes to £133.98 excluding shipping leaving me with about £60 - £115 Max including shipping to get a new Mobo, Ram and CPU which will be hard.

I dont mind using my old Q6600, i will just need a mobo that supports it

 

[Bacon?]

I would just advise sticking with yoru current mobo in that case, whats wrong with your current PSU though?
Plus if you already have 8GB of RAM i doubt you need any new stuff?

 

[Petey_243]

The current PSU i have is a dell stock 750 Watt MAX model DT50E which i have had over 4 years and i do also keep getting Kernel power problems which could be my PSU. The mobo i have is also a stock one which came with the pc when i brought the XPS 630i

My current RAM is DDR2, I wouldn't mind getting a new mobo that will run the Q6600

 

[Petey_243]

I just brought these:

MSI HD 6870 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply
Cooler Master Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black

I think i have just f'ed up the XPS630I Dimesions are

195 x 488 x 560 mm (W x H x D)

and the new case is

190 x 424 x 490 mm (W x H x D)

Will i be able to fit all of my companents in or will i need to upgrade to a bigger case liek the NZXT LeXa S Windowed Midi Tower Case - Black?

 

[RJC]

One thing you will need to check is the motherboard uses the standard connections for USB and power on switch, as sometimes they use their own style connections.

Almost forgot double check the mount holes match up as well, but all will fit in the new case ok if Dell stuck with the standard connections.