Time to build from scratch?

deathwalker666 · 28 Sep 2008 at 12:57

Hi guys, I'm hoping someone can help me out here.

I've always found the hardest thing with PC's is deciding when its the right time to stop upgrading and simply buy a new PC. Below are the specs of my current PC.

Mobo: Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe
Processor: AMD Athlon 3500+ Newcastle
RAM: Corsair 2x1024MB PC-3200 400MHz DDR
GFX: NVidia 7900GTO 256MB
Case: Gigabyte 3D Aurora (I'd happily keep this)
PSU: Xilence 420W
HD: Some crappy old one which I will be replacing regardless.
DVD-RW: Same as above.
Keyboard and Mouse: Happy with these

So my question is. What would be my best option? I want a fairly decent gaming machine and I want to spend around £600 to £700. Not including monitor. I want the new machine to not need upgrading in the near future too.

Should I scrap the old machine and sell the old parts? (Will they be worth anything?) or should I build a new machine, salvaging some of the old parts? Or is my current spec worth upgrading at all?

Opinions and advice most welcome

Cheers!

BarKeep · 28 Sep 2008 at 13:12

Build new and don't use any old parts.

Monkeynut · 28 Sep 2008 at 13:56

939 chips and DDR memory still sell quite well considering their age. I doubt you'd get much for the gfx, keep it as a spare.

PwnDirect · 28 Sep 2008 at 16:55

Your ram will sell well but your cpu wont due to model

If you want to stick with Amd you will be better off waiting for the deneb phenoms in jan.
But ofc it dosent stop u building it now with something like a AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ & uping it later.

Or ofc you could join the forces of evil & do an intel build

Pilky01 · 28 Sep 2008 at 16:56

PwnDirect said:
Or ofc you could join the forces of evil & do an intel build

You would have to be stupid not to.

BarKeep · 28 Sep 2008 at 17:06

qwerty321 said:
You would have to be stupid not to.

Are you suggesting that anyone who builds AMD at the moment is stupid?

deathwalker666 · 29 Sep 2008 at 11:56

Thanks for the suggestions everyone.

I've always been an AMD guy personally, but I think for this next build I'm going to have to sell out and go Intel

From the sounds of things, I'm probably better off keeping the PC as a spare, as besides the RAM, the rest of the components don't seem to be worth much.

Generally whats the mid range processor/graphics card I should be thinking about for a £600-£700 build?

fireflyfx · 29 Sep 2008 at 12:03

deathwalker666 said:
Thanks for the suggestions everyone.

I've always been an AMD guy personally, but I think for this next build I'm going to have to sell out and go Intel

From the sounds of things, I'm probably better off keeping the PC as a spare, as besides the RAM, the rest of the components don't seem to be worth much.

Generally whats the mid range processor/graphics card I should be thinking about for a £600-£700 build?

Intel E8400 cpu and ATI 4850 gpu.

tigerstyle · 29 Sep 2008 at 12:14

fireflyfx said:
Intel E8400 cpu and ATI 4850 gpu.

+Asus P45 mobo
+4gig Geil Ram