Spec me some upgrades :P

HungryHippos · 21 Dec 2007 at 18:17

Hey guys,

i'm currently running quite a decent PC but felt like I wanna spend some monies and give it a few upgrades to play some newer games like Crysis etc, currently my machine has the following spec:

NEC 20.1" widescreen TFT (I am happy with this atm)
C2D E6600 2.4GHZ CPU
2GB Geil memory (can't remember the type tbh, think it's Ultra stuff but a little old)
Gigabyte DS3 Mobo
ATI x1900XTX 512MB VGA card
Several hard drives, I run my Windows/apps on a old style WD Raptor still,
Seasonic 580 or 680W Silent PSU I think

I'm thinking that the best thing I could do would be to get a new GFX card and maybe a new CPU, this would probably get me the biggest upgrade for the money I spend?

My budget is around £700-£800

My budget

closeratio · 21 Dec 2007 at 18:21

You know I doubt you'll get much of a performance boost if any if you get a new cpu (unless of course it's a quad and you run a lot of quad-supported hardware).

Graphics would be a gif improvement though, nVidia 8800GTS/GTX would be great for that sort of system, although you could waitg until circa March next year when they bring out the new range. Which will be even fasssster

Tetras · 21 Dec 2007 at 18:33

If you don't feel a need for speed then wait it out, you have a decent enough rig there and widely available 45nm quads are on the horizon

Ben M · 21 Dec 2007 at 19:06

unless you badly need new stuff now, in that what you have is too slow (but idk what you'd be doing for that to be the case) I'd wait for new 45nm chips, and new gfx cards.

if you do want to do something now, i'd look at getting some new RAM, probably 4gb (if you're on 64 bit) or maybe some water cooling =D

iraiguana · 21 Dec 2007 at 19:30

only thing worth upgrading there now would be graphics if you must have dx10 otherwise wait for latest revisions in q1 next year.

stevenazari1 · 21 Dec 2007 at 19:49

its that time where last week people would say upgrade and next week they will say wait out. Im waiting for sure - 45nm chips should be a nice improvement from what I've seen, and reviews are saying heat isnt the problem with the overclocking but voltage is more of an issue. I'd like to see what everyone can do when they get their hands on them. also quad sli will be out (not that anyone will be using that) but we'll be seeing a nicer range of motherboards with better ddr3 support.

I dunno I just think q1 of next year is where its all gonna be at.