Upgrade advice please

WLB79 · 24 Sep 2010 at 08:37

Hello,

I bought my PC from this good website four years ago and it's seen me through pretty much every game I've wanted up till now. I've just bought Civ V and found that my PC can't handle it, even on low settings.

I'm looking for an upgrade, I was thinking of getting a cheap couple of gig RAM plus a graphics card now and then a new main board, CPU and RAM later in the year.
But if any of you know a cheaper way, like is it possible to put a decent CPU in my current board, I'd be happy for the advice.

Also do you know if Win 7 will run on my sytem?

My specs are:

Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB)
Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 200GB ST3200820AS SATA-II 8MB Cache
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Sapphire ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC5300 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit

WLB79 · 24 Sep 2010 at 09:44

Thanks for the reply.
I am thinking of spending abou £150-£200 on a graphics card.

WLB79 · 24 Sep 2010 at 14:02

Thanks for the help. I'd rather not go with building a new PC or ugrading everything so I'll take your advice and have a go at overclocking.

1 Day, I take it you mean with the RAM that I should buy 2x2g instead of an extra 2x1g, if so which type do you think will be best (there's too much choice for me to know where to start)

The same with graphics cards, if I went with a 460 is there a brand that is better or more reliable? and will it last a couple of years?

Also I am thinking of getting Win 7 so I can use DX10/11, could my (upgraded) pc handle it and would I be better off with the 32bit or 64 bit versions.

Sorry for all the questions, I haven't done this for four years so I'm quite rusty.

WLB79 · 24 Sep 2010 at 18:47

Ok first thing tomorrow I'll have a go at overclocking the CPU, I've been advised on another forum to go it the bios and change the cpu speed to 1066, is it as simple as that or is it a bit more complicated.

Again any help would be appreciated.