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djxtc

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hi, I built myself a pc two years ago and i m now considering investing around £800 to make it nice again and ready for windows 7. I mostly use my pc for work and gaming.
This are the components that i have at the moment:

Windows Vista Home Premium 32 oem
ASUSTeK P5K-E
Nvidia Geforce 8800 GTX
2gb corsair ram
Arctic Cooling AC-FRZ-7P Freezer 7 Pro
Antec P182
Intel Core 2 duo E6750
1 Samsung 500GB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 16MB Cache - OEM
Dell 24” (2407FPW)
Arctic Cooling AC-FRZ-7P Freezer 7 Pro
Corsair 620W HX Series Modular PSU


Could anyone please give me some advice on the best way to spend the money to upgrade this computer?
thank you very much in advance
 
case, monitor and psu are salvagable, the rest needs replacing really

Intel Core i7 860 2.80Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail £226.99 (£197.38)
Asus P7P55D Evo Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard £155.99 (£135.64)
G.Skill Ripjaw 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C7 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-12800CL7D-4GBRH) £73.99 (£64.34)
Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD1001FALS) £68.99 (£59.99)
Sony Optiarc AD-7240S 24x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.99 (£16.51)
Sub Total : £473.86
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £72.50
Total : £555.86

This little lot will get you going, then when new 5 series gfx cards come out in a coupla weeks get one of them too
 
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keep the screen, PSU, HDD, DVD and case (if you still like it). I dont actually know what the P182 is . . . if its mATX then id ditch it unless size is of real importance to you.
Then buy something like:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-299-IN
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-359-AS
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-041-GS
Use your current GPU and wait on the new cards then invest the extra dosh on one of them. Also a decent aftermarket cooler when the 1156 range opens up and overclock the i5.
 
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thanks for your advice everyone, i m thinking of going for the *OVERCLOCKED* Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz @ 4.00GHz Max / Gigabyte EX58-UD5 Intel X58 Motherboard / Patriot Viper 6GB DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz DDR3 Bundle; as i m not very good at overclocking; I also thing that I would like a new case as mine had a few problems and i d like a new one really ;) hehe. Do you think that this bundle is good and also do you have recommendation for a good looking case, thanks
 
yea its a nice case indead but it got a bit of abuse througout the year and isnt in the greatest shape now, both side panels are broken and some of the front bits so thinking its time to go for another one, any ideas welcome:)
 
My i7 920, UD5 and Patriot Viper RAM is causing me some real issues atm. I know it is a much used combination and if OcUK have packed it together then I wouldnt really worry.

There are plenty of good cases around, how much do you want to spend ?
These are all good imo:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-145-CM&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-136-LL&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-065-SV&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=
 
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Thank you very much for everyones opinion, much appreaciated and very helpful. I really like the Lian Li PC-7 and have heard very good things about it, now i m just wondering with all the new parts inside the pc, and a new series 5 card when they come out, will my 620W corsair be enouth to support everything? Thanks again very much
 
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