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Well, the approach of asking for general information didn't work, so let's try this instead...

Current Spec:

3500+
Abit AN8 Ultra
1GB PC3200
160GB HDD
X800XL
19" TFT

Say, for £400, looking to move to either Duo or Quad, mild overclocking could be entertained, gaming not an issue so the X800XL could stay.

What sort of gear should I be looking at?
 
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I'm assuming that your X800XL is PCI-E? If so then this should do, you need to re-use your case and hard drive/optical drives but it will also be very overclockable if you wish. :)

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - OEM £135.99
(£159.79) £135.99
(£159.79)
Abit IP35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £69.99
(£82.24) £69.99
(£82.24)
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £29.99
(£35.24) £29.99
(£35.24)
Tuniq Tower 120-LFB CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775) £29.99
(£35.24) £29.99
(£35.24)
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £57.99
(£68.14) £57.99
(£68.14)
Sub Total : £323.95
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £8.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £58.26
Total : £391.16
 
Would it need the PSU or would my 480W Tagan be ok? It's only 40W less and was a well regarded PSU at the time. Or will it be missing connectors?

Also, seeing as that RAM looks cheap as chips, would 4GB be worth it considering I use a lot of image editing apps and a lot of CAD programs for Uni?

edit - and yes the X800XL is PCI-E
 
If your Tagan is ATX 2.0 compliant then I'd go with it for the moment, it is still a decent PSU but do remember that PSUs get less efficient with age.

4gb Ram might well help but be aware that if using a 32bit OS you won't see a full 4gb, more like 3.5gb. :)
 
Indeed, I was aware of the 32bit limitations.

The PSU was purchased around October 2005 and I think it is ATX2.0...
 
Anyone else or are people only interested in these sorts of things when there is a budget of about £2000 and they can go mad with SLI 8800GTXs and Triple Quad Cores etc.? :p
 
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Anyone else or are people only interested in these sorts of things when there is a budget of about £2000 and they can go mad with SLI 8800GTXs and Triple Quad Cores etc.? :p
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nah its not that its just SPW is usually so damn quick at posting a spec and generally you cant do much better :).

only thing i'd add is make sure the cooler spec'd can fit into you're case :D
 
CM Centurion 530 or 531, I forget.

It currently houses an arctic cooler 64 pro atop my 939 board with a fair amount of room to spare.
 
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