Spec me a gaming upgrade :)

19ninety · 29 Oct 2010 at 20:25

Looking to bring my PC a little up to date, havent really followed the scene at all this year.
Current rig:
Antec Sonata Case & PSU
Q6600 G0
Asus P5Q-Deluxe
4GB DDR2
8800GTS 512

Its ok, and all games are still playable, however its getting to that point where max settings are a little beyond my reach now in some games while keeping playable frames.

The problem I have is my case is a midi and there is only just enough room for the 8800 in there, plus my PSU is sloooowly on the way out (capacitor whine) and wont cope with any more load.
So what would be a good nice budget case (pref black), psu and graphics card?
Is it even worth the route of a case, psu and getting a second (If I cant find one the same brand) 8800GTS? Prob not I guess?

Perhaps:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-161-AN
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-069-GI&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1854
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-033-CS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1084

Thanks in advance

stulid · 29 Oct 2010 at 20:31

do everything in your power to get a GTX460, is so much better - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-068-GI&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1830

the other choices of parts are solid.

Infam0us · 29 Oct 2010 at 21:24

Bigger case, new PSU, - 6 Series ATI / Thread

19ninety · 29 Oct 2010 at 21:52

Just looking at the GTX460 size ... its shorter than the 8800 ... so no need for a new case

stulid · 29 Oct 2010 at 21:53

19ninety said:
Just looking at the GTX460 size ... its shorter than the 8800 ... so no need for a new case

win then!!

19ninety · 29 Oct 2010 at 21:54

...with win sauce!

ahenners · 29 Oct 2010 at 22:00

Definitely go for 460 over the 450 if you can afford. What's the q6600 clocked at? If stock then bumping the speed may increase frames a little in games

19ninety · 29 Oct 2010 at 22:25

About 3.2ghz atm, it has weird moments every once in a while and chucks a CPU fan error a boot and wipes all the BIOS settings, in the two years or so I've had it its happened enough times that I now CBA to keep re-tweaking everything so just pop the FSB to 360 and the rest is left on auto and its happy like that until it throws a wobbly again. I've disabled/ignored the CPU fan options in the BIOS but it still happens, buggered BIOS battery perhaps?