So I was sick to the back teeth of some of the components in my pc, and it being rock solid stable, but HP I thought I'd keep it instead of a fresh build.
I had a budget of just shy of 150£ I dont know if I made the correct choice, to keep what I had with the upgrades or blow a bigger budget to start a fresh?! But hey ho, you only live once
That got me the following components from MM and a certain auction website.
C2D e6850 @ 3ghz 1333fsb
4x 1gb PC6400 Corsair
1x 36gb WD Raptor 10,000rpm
ATi 3850 512mb
Hiper 580w PSU
I feel the Windows Experience Index scores look a bit more reasonable now...
The only original parts inside the case now is the card reader, dvd writer, motherboard and 500gb HDD
It actually works a treat and is quite fast compared to it's former self of:
e4500 @ 2.2ghz 800fsb
3gb pc5300 2x 512mb + 2x 1gb
Nvidia 8500 GT 512mb Turbo Cache
I had a budget of just shy of 150£ I dont know if I made the correct choice, to keep what I had with the upgrades or blow a bigger budget to start a fresh?! But hey ho, you only live once

That got me the following components from MM and a certain auction website.
C2D e6850 @ 3ghz 1333fsb
4x 1gb PC6400 Corsair
1x 36gb WD Raptor 10,000rpm
ATi 3850 512mb
Hiper 580w PSU
I feel the Windows Experience Index scores look a bit more reasonable now...
The only original parts inside the case now is the card reader, dvd writer, motherboard and 500gb HDD

It actually works a treat and is quite fast compared to it's former self of:
e4500 @ 2.2ghz 800fsb
3gb pc5300 2x 512mb + 2x 1gb
Nvidia 8500 GT 512mb Turbo Cache
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