OLD PC what will i notice in differences

9dal39 · 2 Feb 2013 at 11:12

This is my old system as bought in april 2008!

ASUS M2R32-MVP 580X CrossFire Socket AM2 8 channel audio ATX Motherboard
AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ (3.2 GHz) Socket AM2 L2 2MB (2x1MB)
500GB 7200rpm S-ATA2 Hard Drive
4GB DDRII 667Mhz RAM
HD 3850 1GB GDDR3 Dual DVI HDTV Out PCI-E Graphics Card
(Added) Asus Xonar DG 5.1 PCI Sound Card
(Replaced PSU)

I currently earn around £400 a month take away bills and everything else, but ill be getting a payrise this month so that will be £664 after bills and everything, what kind of things would i notice most and what should i buy first for a system, i was thinking of buying a brand new case then slowly buying in the parts maybe? so obviously first of would be CPU motherboard ram but what kind of things should i be looking for do you think for a comp that can play games obviously browsing and maybe on occassion some rendering cheers for advice guys!

Smoogels · 2 Feb 2013 at 11:19

For gaming you would see better performance with a new GPU. However, I would personally grab a CPU+motherboard+RAM first as this 'should' increase performance in all areas of computing.

But if you value gaming more then a good GPU is a great start

9dal39 · 2 Feb 2013 at 11:42

im tihnking to be fair a from scratch build will probably be better? with this i guess i could max out the motherboard with ram and maybe crossfire another of the same graphics card so its obv still gonna be outdated but will have a little extra umph wont it?

Idleman · 2 Feb 2013 at 12:14

Items to buy.

1st: New case.

2nd: Mobo,Cpu and ram.

3rd: New Gpu.

4th: Ssd.

5th: Cooler, if you wish to OC.

If you can hold off for a few weeks and buy it altogether, you will save money on postage.
Also shop around for bargains, that is how I built my PC, cheaply.

P.S. what make and model Psu do you have?

9dal39 · 2 Feb 2013 at 12:21

erm not sure on the PSU at this moment mate ill have to crack the pc open and have a look just cba have a look just yet any chance i could get any cash at all for any of these parts? wouldn't mind just getting rid to be fair and buying in a full new system atleast if i justify getting any money at all for this system then i will splash major on a new one

Idleman · 2 Feb 2013 at 12:47

9dal39 said:
erm not sure on the PSU at this moment mate ill have to crack the pc open and have a look just cba have a look just yet any chance i could get any cash at all for any of these parts? wouldn't mind just getting rid to be fair and buying in a full new system atleast if i justify getting any money at all for this system then i will splash major on a new one

Have a look on that well known auction site and see what your parts are going for. You can keep the hdd and maybe the Psu. Sound card not to sure about.
I assume you have an OS.
This will give you some idea as to what you are looking at, about £600, assuming your Psu is decent. You can add a cooler later if you wish to OC.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) £155.99
1 x Plextor M5 Pro 128GB Extreme Series Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5P) £99.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black £49.99
1 x Avexir Blitz Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2GW) £39.95
Total : £617.86 (includes shipping : £10.00).