PC Upgrade - Help

wirefan

wirefan

wirefan

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Been a bit of a moron recently. My PSU died, and not wanting to spend loads I went to ****** in search of a quick fix PSU and paid £45 for a CIT 700w PSU which then turned out to have insufficient power cables for six pin PCI-E and for the CPU.

Anyway, in addition to this, I also damaged the CPU heatsink in removal so I am now left with an annoying situation.

My barebones systems is now:

IP35 Pro M.Board
INTEL CORE 2 DUO @ 2.4GHZ WITH NO HEATSINK/FAN
OCZ Memory 4GB Kit (2x2048) Reaper HPC Edition DDR2 PC2-8500
NO PSU
500 GB SATA HD MAXTOR
Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 4870 1GB
Win7

Am I better upgrading or replacing and starting again? Would only have £300 for a new CPU, MBoard and PSU.
Also, would I be able to re-install win 7 on a new system or need a new copy?
 
The thing with that is that a new PSU and cooler could be transferred to a new system when funds allow. No point upgrading if the old system still does what you need it to. Irresponsible to tell someone to do this on credit as well.
 
OK after much deliberation, I have decided to go behind the mrs back, and fund a new (ish) build using some existing parts.

I bought a new PSU and Cooler today anyway, so now need a new board, CPU. Will stick with the current RAM (possible?) and GPU (possible?) for now and upgrade these later.

So what's the best value : performance cpu/mb combo I can go for, for around £200-£250?
 
your wasting money when your existing kit will still suffice, but here you go.

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £111.61
(£94.99) £111.61
(£94.99)
Gigabyte MA770-ES3 AMD 770 (Socket AM3/AM2+) DDR2 Motherboard £49.98
(£42.54) £49.98
(£42.54)
Sub Total : £137.53
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.00
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £25.64
Total : £172.17

The only problem is the motherboard is out of stock.
 
Cheers. You have me thinking now regarding my existing setup. Maybe I'll just leave as is with the new PSU and cooler and wait to see what impact these new Intel chips have and whether they force a reduction in existing models.

I know what will happen next anyway. I'll get the new PSU, and then find out it was not that preventing the PC from firing up, and end up rebuilding from scratch anyway! :D
 
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