Shall I upgrade?

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My brother wants a new computer and me being the nerd of the family i'll make him one. I've got 3 options how to do this:
- make him one from scratch
- sell him my PC and get myself a new one
- sell him parts of my PC , get other parts new, then replace my parts with new stuff

My system is as follows:
E6420 @2.8 with Noctua cooler
ASUS P5N-E
Geil 2GB PC6400
7800GTX
OCZ Modstream 450W
320GB WD
Antec SLK3700 case
LG DVD/RW drive


I was thinking of upgrading but I need to save money for travelling so I can't go overboard, especially as in about 6/7/8 months I wont be using the computer for about a year while I go travelling. But I'm just about to finish uni so will basically be chilling out for half a year or so I want to treat myself a bit.

I was thinking of maybe upgrading to 4GB and an 8800GT, just so I can play crysis and a couple of other new games. I know I wont be able to play it all on max but thats ok.

My brother has a budget of around £300 give or take, and I have about £150 to spend on my parts. What do you think is the best route to take?

I'm a bit out of touch on the hardware side but if I sold him all of my computer for £300 or so (is this a fair price?) and then add my 150 on top I'm thinking I would struggle to get something better than my current setup.

Advice?
Thanks
 
Well bit of an update. My brother has backed out and doesn't want a computer now :(.

However I still fancy upgrading. My budget is around 150, (200 if it's really worth it) plus whatever I can sell old parts for.

It will be used mainly for gaming so I was thinking another 2GB of ram and an 8800GT perhaps. Only thing I'm worried about is lack of power.

Any advice?
 
new psu and gfx card

i wouldn't of even run ** current pc on that psu i like 100w over at least.

ive seen personally what a bad psu can do to your system
 
hello:cool:

your power should be fine

if i was you id get the 8800GT and put the extra money towards a new cpu depending on how much you are willing to spend.

what operating system do u use? the extra 2gb of ram would make no difference unless you were using a 64bit one..
 
I'm using vista 64bit so I could use the full 4GB. As for the cpu I would like a quad core but as I dont so any video editing and such it kind of seems a bit pointless as games dont really support quads yet (i think). I will probably try get my chip a bit faster when I get some spare time.

As for the PSU I didnt think it was as bad as you say smogsy but I do think that I'm pushing my luck slightly, but its just a lot of money for no performance gain ;)
 
I would get some more ram and leave it at that, the rig is pretty good spec and as ram is so cheap atm you would be silly not to, but as all this new wonderful stuff is coming out in the next year i would have thought saving the pennies a little longer and building from scratch would give better results
 
I did read something about some new cpu's and gpu's coming out later this year. But as I said in my OP I will be going travvelling in 7ish months so wont be using it for a long time then. I want something to kkep me going until then ;)

I agree on the RAM side though, it is really cheap so I will definately be getting that. Only thing I cant decide is whether I'd be pushing my luck getting a new GPU without a new PSU as I cant really afford to get both.
 
OCZ Modstream 450W

im not saying your psu is bad but ive seen, a overwhelmed psu die then take everything with it.

psu could give you a performance boost (if you was at the verge of nearly using it all) which i doubt atm but, PSU will help you in the future even if you decide to build a new pc as you could take it with u a but in the old 450w back in.

this is why i personally bought 1000W PSU its overkill atm but when i decide on which GFX card i want 9900GTX Sli & 4870X2 Xfire i know i have enough power plus extra to put in other stuff or later on Even more power hungry graphics
 
even if you upgrade to an 8800 ultra you still wont be able to "max" it out. if you wanna play it, just do it, its more of a big tech demo than a classic, play far cry again, its more enjoyable.
 
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