Spec me an upgrade please

roughlad · 7 Dec 2010 at 20:52

Looking to upgrade my curent setup, E4500, 2gb ram and ati 4850.

Looking to spend around the £200 mark to get the best bang for buck for playing games like cod, mohaa ect.

Cheers
Rough

jaffveyda · 7 Dec 2010 at 21:35

If your mobo would support quad core processirs go with Q8400.Sell your 4850 and buy GTX 460 1Gb version and 2 Gb of Ram.

cmndr_andi · 7 Dec 2010 at 21:43

Hi there,

May I ask what motherboard you have?

As mentioned by Jaffveyda, the best cheap upgrade for your system (assuming your current motherboard is a good one) is to drop in a quad core (personally I would suggest looking for a second hand Q6600), upgrade the RAM to 4GB total and drop in a nice graphics card (I would go with the excellent GTX 460 768MB to keep the price down).

Another option (probably the best if the current motherboard and RAM are not great) is to sell the existing CPU, RAM, graphics card and motherboard. Then buy a nice Athlon II X3/X4 CPU, 4GB DDR3 RAM and an AM3 motherboard, then buy a GTX 460 768MB to beef up the graphics.

roughlad · 7 Dec 2010 at 22:13

So it's not worth me looking at i3's ect?

roughlad · 7 Dec 2010 at 22:14

Motherboard is the ip35

Nelson Santos · 7 Dec 2010 at 22:18

roughlad said:
So it's not worth me looking at i3's ect?

Not with that budget imo, as you would have to keep your GPU.

As above but with keeping you GPU.

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 7 Dec 2010 at 22:24

What PSU does the OP have BTW??

roughlad · 7 Dec 2010 at 22:25

Dont mind keeping the GPU for another month or 2 if it means a better all round system

roughlad · 7 Dec 2010 at 22:27

Hyper 580w

cmndr_andi · 7 Dec 2010 at 22:27

roughlad said:
Motherboard is the ip35

That's a good board - (P35 chipset), so I would suggest keeping it, adding in a quad core (Q6600), 2GB more compatible RAM (or sell you existing 2GB and buy a faster, higher density 4GB (2x2GB) kit) and a GTX 460 768MB. This should just be within budget and give you a very decent performance boost for your money.

I would not suggest going down the i3 route - it is rather expensive and means you won't have much money to get a nice GPU upgrade (which would give you a big performance boost when playing modern games).

Edit:

Hyper 580w

Oh crums...

TBH, I would replace this IMMEDIATELY.

This would be my suggestion for a solid replacement (seasonic made).