spec me a upgrade

kevinmcm19 · 23 May 2010 at 18:04

hi wonder if you could help i want to upgrade my CPU mainboard and ram gfx card new keyboard and mouse for some gaming but mostly internet use budget would be about £300
ps my psu is 400w cooler master
thanks kevin mcm

stulid · 23 May 2010 at 18:05

what exactly have you got at the moment, model names and numbers please, psu?

Cycrow · 23 May 2010 at 19:15

£300 isn't gonna get you a lot for game, especially if your looking for a decent gaming mouse/keyboard.

it might be an idea to use the 300 on the gpu/mobo/cpu/ram, then replace the keyboard and mouse at a later date.

something like

XFX ATI Radeon HD 5750 512MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £104.99
(£89.35) £104.99
(£89.35)
Patriot Viper 4GB (2x2GB) PC3-10666 1333MHz Dual Channel (PVS34G1333ELK) £88.99
(£75.74) £88.99
(£75.74)
Gigabyte GA-MA78LMT-S2 AMD 760G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £55.99
(£47.65) £55.99
(£47.65)
AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 245 2.90GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £51.99
(£44.25) £51.99
(£44.25)

Marine-RX179 · 23 May 2010 at 19:36

No disrespect to OcUK, but £105 is just to expensive for a 5750 512MB. Most other places are selling them around £85 to £95...

kevinmcm19 · 23 May 2010 at 20:18

stulid said:
what exactly have you got at the moment, model names and numbers please, psu?

hi
at the moment i have a
mobo abit ip 95
cpu intel core 2 duo e4300
ram ddr 2 2gb corsir
gfx is a pov 7600gt
psu is cooler master 400w

im going to bulid a htpc in to a small antec case i have spare and use the all the above cpu ram gfx and mobo

i would prefer a full atx mobo as well

thanks kevin mcm

Cycrow · 23 May 2010 at 20:22

what resolution do you currently use then ?

if your stuck with lower res, u could get away with cheaper gpu without too much trouble

something like this might be enough for your needs

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-135-XF&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=938

kevinmcm19 · 23 May 2010 at 22:05

Cycrow said:
what resolution do you currently use then ?

if your stuck with lower res, u could get away with cheaper gpu without too much trouble

something like this might be enough for your needs

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-135-XF&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=938

hi
that looks good card
my res is set to 1024x768

Yakyb · 23 May 2010 at 23:39

also what do you play / what do you hope to play?

kevinmcm19 · 25 May 2010 at 00:13

Yakyb said:
also what do you play / what do you hope to play?

call of duty mw/2 and gta4 and cmr dirt 1 and 2

Cycrow · 25 May 2010 at 00:40

the 4850 would be more than enough at that kind of res, leaving you abit left for a decent cpu.

i would prolly look at an AMD quad core if possible

for £300
you could get

Patriot Viper 4GB (2x2GB) PC3-10666 1333MHz Dual Channel (PVS34G1333ELK) £88.99
(£75.74) £88.99
(£75.74)
AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 630 2.80GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £82.99
(£70.63) £82.99
(£70.63)
XFX ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £74.99
(£63.82) £74.99
(£63.82)
Gigabyte GA-MA78LMT-S2 AMD 760G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £55.99
(£47.65) £55.99
(£47.65)

then just get a new mouse/keyboard later.
if you really want it all together, then u could save abit by going dual core instead