Spec an Upgrade please.

[[Darkend]Viper]

Hi people, Long time since i've posted on here.

Right i'm looking to upgrade my PC. Current PC is core 2 duo 6320 on an intel D946gzis matx board. 4gb dd2 800 ram, various hdd's and dvd-rw and graphics is a 7800gtx, 512mb i think but could be 256.

I use my pc for gaming, and as a media server/file storage. I also use Adobe CS5 apps, mainly photoshop, dreamweaver and indesign.

Ideally i'd like to be able to add more hdd's, currently got 4x sata connectors, but would also like to go to an intel ich10 controller if possible.

I've been toying with either upgrading the mobo but keeping current cpu, so I can get more sata connectors, or going for a core i5 if possible.

Budget is around £350-400, maybe stretch a bit more if its needed. After either mobo if keeping current cpu, or mobo+cpu+ram if I5 route. Could maybe possibly upgrade current cpu to a quad core 775 socket. As I said been out of here a while and current system is one I was given, and it's not slow, but just ran out of sata connectors.

And one last requirement is gigabit lan, I send files to multiple NAS, and laptops at the same time and 100mbp/s is limiting me at moment!

All ideas greatfully received.

ste

 

[95thrifles]

whats your psu like?
This mobo would allow you to re-use your RAM, then add a 955 chip thats £176 for mobo/cpu then you could add a 460 gfx card if your psu is up to it

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 460 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £176.24 (£149.99)
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £111.61 (£94.99)
Gigabyte GA-MA770-UD3 AMD 770 (Socket AM3/AM2+) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £63.99 (£54.46)
Total : £351.84

mobo has gigabit lan and you can use a sata controller card to allow for more HDDs if necessary

 

[mp260767]

have a look at the Asus P5Q Deluxe Intel P45 mobo, processor wise try your current one first , if its not up to it go for a second hand q6600/q9550.

edit:

Palit GeForce GTX 460 Sonic 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £169.99 (£144.67)

Asus P5Q Deluxe Intel P45 (Socket 775) DDR2 Motherboard £86.99 (£74.03)

Corsair TX 650W ATX SLi Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-650TXUK) £59.98 (£51.05)

Sub Total : £269.75
Shipping : £10.00
VAT : £48.96
Total : £328.71

 

[[Darkend]Viper]

thanks for getting back so quickly. PSU is a Hiper Type-R 580w modular. I would rather stay intel than AMD, use to have AMD and after breaking an athlon 64 with the heatsink i was put off. But my old Opteron 165 was great.

Will look and see what the asus has to offer.

 

[Redmint]

have a look at the Asus P5Q Deluxe Intel P45 mobo

Overkill unless you want an awesome crossfire mobo really. Can pick up a decent clocking single GPU P45 board for around £40 on the MM or elsewhere.

 

[mp260767]

Can pick up a decent clocking single GPU P45 board for around £40 on the MM or elsewhere.

yup, it matched the gigabit lan and cotnroller he wanted, so priced one new so he would get an idea of outside budget, it was that or the se on the shop just picked that one .