PC revamp

colzboppo · 29 Mar 2010 at 14:30

OK i have just had an interesting proposition from a buddy of mine looking to buy a second hand PC.

Basically I have a Dell PC that i offered to sell for £250. It has an old 8600GTS, 2GB RAM, various bits, excluding display as he already has one.

Basically I have 4GB DDR2 RAM, a 5770, and a 650W Antec trupower PSU I bought now sitting in the machine but obviously surplus if i sell the PC with original parts on.

Question is, what kind of setup could i budget in at £200-300 for a CPU, case, mobo, & HD.

Could I afford a SLI crossfire setup?
What kind of CPU would I be looking at?
Would I be better off with a DDR3 setup long term?

colzboppo · 29 Mar 2010 at 14:48

thx for the quick reply.

The old machine currently has a q6600 2.4Ghz atm, what kind of performance difference would i see between that and the AMD cpu, hows its OC capability?

What about intel and the new i3-7 setup?

Would sticking to DDR2 architecture be cheaper, and are there viable SLI/Crossfire mobos out there for that?

colzboppo · 29 Mar 2010 at 15:49

I don't see where he says he has sold it?

I'd feel pretty bad about selling my buddy a PC minus the CPU.. He'd be like, whys it not working?!?!!?

colzboppo · 29 Mar 2010 at 16:06

stulid said:
Its just that what is he going to be able to get for £300 that will be faster than a overclocked Q6600? A phenom X4 955 wont satisfy the itch.

Needs to be a i5 750 minimum.

Thanks, that info is golden, and just what i was looking for.
At least I know what i'd need to base my system round to make it worth doing.

Oh and its worth mentioning, overclocking the q6600 on my current PC is a buggy ball ache, clockgen and hope the speed set doesnt lock the machine on every boot, and one of the reasons i wish to upgrade, so its only useful to compare my experience at stock speeds really.

colzboppo · 29 Mar 2010 at 16:38

Guest2 said:
Q6600 - £80
Case - £?? (maybe £50)
Motherboard - £50
Hard drive - £50

Comes to £230. Might aswell stick with the 4GB DDR2. Overclock the Q6600, still got £80 left to put towards another 5770 in future

+1

I like your way of thinking!!

Had to RMA the 5770, wouldnt work with the PC, kept crashing...

Just got a credit note for it, so im thinking 5850, £80 extra, plus your suggestion = win

colzboppo · 29 Mar 2010 at 16:47

mobos confuse the hell out of me, whats a good, overclockable DDR2 motherboard with SLI/ Crossfire support??

colzboppo · 29 Mar 2010 at 17:24

Biz.Kid09 said:
And are you surprised the 5770 didnt work? Im not being funny but Dell OEM mobos arent any good and thats also probably why you cant get a good OC

Surprised? no. Dissapointed? Yes very much so, then again, the last bios update they did on that motherboard was in 2007.

Hence why im taking the oppurtunity to get rid seriously, plus i bought the system at a price too good to turn down. :cool:

colzboppo · 29 Mar 2010 at 20:24

Shopping around for a new mobo, whats the difference tween the P43/P31 and the G41/G31 chipset, quite a big premium for the former compared to the latter.

This whole motherboard thing has got my head spinning