Up grading my Alienware 7500

[discoferret]

Hi its been about 3 years sinec I've got my Alienware PC. If I knew the things now about pc's I wouldnt of spent £2000 on it lol Oh well we learn from our mistakes. Anyway, I want to up-grade the mobo, memory and processor. I want to get a Intel E8500 but am stuck on what mobo and memory to get, could you guys give me any ideas on what would be a good package. Forgot to mention I will be overclocking it. Thanks.

Peter.

 

[Steve2000]

What is your current max budget?

 

[discoferret]

My budget will be about £500

 

[mp260767]

any reason you're stuck on the 8500, 8400 is a fair chunk cheaper and overclocks well.

 

[semi-pro waster]

My budget will be about £500

Since you've got SLi'd graphics cards that rather limits your choice of motherboard, something like this might do. I'd also suggest you have a read of the FAQ, particularly in regard to your signature (4 lines max) and mentioning competitors.

Asus P5N-T Deluxe nForce 780i (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £134.99
(£158.61) £134.99
(£158.61)
G.Skill 4GB DDR2 PQ PC2-8000C5 (2x2GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit (F2-8000CL5D-4GBPQ) £69.99
(£82.24) £69.99
(£82.24)
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.00GHz (1333FSB) - Retail £112.99
(£132.76) £112.99
(£132.76)
Sub Total : £317.97
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £8.25
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £57.09
Total : £383.31

 

[discoferret]

any reason you're stuck on the 8500, 8400 is a fair chunk cheaper and overclocks well.

I was just reading a few other post 8400 does seem like a better choice.

 

[discoferret]

Since you've got SLi'd graphics cards that rather limits your choice of motherboard, something like this might do. I'd also suggest you have a read of the FAQ, particularly in regard to your signature (4 lines max) and mentioning competitors.

Asus P5N-T Deluxe nForce 780i (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £134.99
(£158.61) £134.99
(£158.61)
G.Skill 4GB DDR2 PQ PC2-8000C5 (2x2GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit (F2-8000CL5D-4GBPQ) £69.99
(£82.24) £69.99
(£82.24)
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.00GHz (1333FSB) - Retail £112.99
(£132.76) £112.99
(£132.76)
Sub Total : £317.97
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £8.25
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £57.09
Total : £383.31

Sounds good to me, will look into the above. Its well under my budget too.
Thanks.

 

[mp260767]

to be honest with SPW's spec price you could sell you're 7800GT's, change the mobo to one that doesnt need to have sli and get an 8800GT/GTS or one of the similar spec new cards when they come out.

 

[discoferret]

to be honest with SPW's spec price you could sell you're 7800GT's, change the mobo to one that doesnt need to have sli and get an 8800GT/GTS or one of the similar spec new cards when they come out.

If i did that what would be the best mobo to get?

 

[mp260767]

for the price of the sli one spw spec'd you could go for a p35 board like the abit ip35 pro or a more up to date x38 one like the DFI Lan Party DK X38-T2R.

 

[semi-pro waster]

for the price of the sli one spw spec'd you could go for a p35 board like the abit ip35 pro or a more up to date x38 one like the DFI Lan Party DK X38-T2R.

This is true and would probably be better overall, I was just giving an option on the parts requested rather than anything else.

 

[mp260767]

This is true and would probably be better overall, I was just giving an option on the parts requested rather than anything else.

aye i know, just thought i'd tag the bit on the end as an option no offence meant