PC Upgrade

Caal

Caal

Caal

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Hey,

I thought I'd ask you guys for some advice on upgrading my PC. I've ordered Win7 so I'd want to be upgrading when it arrives.

It's a gaming pc but its starting to show signs of age so hence the upgrade. I'd like to keep the upgrade as cheap as possible so if I can get away with just a new video card and some memory all the better otherwise if you think its worth a rebuild I'd be willing to spend about £600.

Current Spec
ThermalTake Shark Case (keep this)
DFI LanParty NF4
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+
NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT
2GB (2x1GB) G-Skill DDR PC-4000 (250 MHz)
PSU Enermax Noisetaker 485W (EG495Ax-VE(W))

160 GB Western Digital Caviar
500 GB External Drive

Max screen resolution is 1280*1024 and I'm Ok with that.

I'm a little worried that the PSU wont handle a new video card.

Thanks
 
although more ram and a new GPU would extend the life of your PC, i would just get a new system simply due to the cost of DDR RAM and the fact that there arent that many more upgrade you can make to your pc without spendign more then what it will cost to get a new system.

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Asus ATI Radeon HD 4870 Glaciator+ 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £108.99
(£94.77) £108.99
(£94.77)
AMD Phenom II X3 Tri Core 720 Black Edition 2.8GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £94.99
(£82.60) £94.99
(£82.60)
Gigabyte GA-MA770-UD3 AMD 770 (Socket AM3/AM2+) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £60.98
(£53.03) £60.98
(£53.03)
OCZ ModXStream Pro 600w Silent SLI Ready Modular Power Supply £57.99
(£50.43) £57.99
(£50.43)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £38.99
(£33.90) £38.99
(£33.90)
Kingston HyperX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel (KHX8500D2K2/4G) £37.98
(£33.03) £37.98
(£33.03)
Sub Total : £347.76
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £53.66
Total : £411.42

is what i would suggest. i would also recommend spending the rest of the money on a larger monitor if you can afford to, this should give you a much better gaming experiance
 
Thanks for the response Jak. Couple of questions if you've got time.

Would it better going for the full AM3/ DDR3 route. Maybe using the GA-MA790XT-UD4P mobo. Any great gains going up to a DDR3 Dual Channel? These boards say they only support 1333mhz without OC. A brief bit of googling suggests its quiet a small performance gain but how will that hold up in 2-3 years.

Is the Intel i7 the only Tri Channel setup at the moment? Is that worth the extra cost.

My current system has been running for about 4 years so I'd be looking for something that might last that long.

I'll consider looking at a monitor to go with it although that can be factored out of the current budget. A nice HDMI one that I can use with the xbox would be good.

Thanks
 
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