Upgrade Advice/Spec Check

[Eddie182]

Hi Guys,

After a bit of advice if you would be so kind.

Currently running the following system.

Asus M2N32 SLi-Deluxe
AMD Althlon 64 3800
2Gb PC6400
7600 GT
2X 500Gb SATAII in RAID0
580W Hiper Type-R

Now obviously as you can see this is getting a bit behind the times and not up to running the newer games at full settings so I'm looking at upgrading when I get back to Blighty in early March.

Now budget isn't much of an issue fortunatly, however I want to remain sensible.

I've currently settled on the following upgrade components.

Asus P5N32-E-SLi
Itel Q6600
XFX 8800 Ultra
An Additional 2Gb of PC6400
X-Fi Xtreme Gamer

Basically, as I've been out of country (in sunny Afghanistan) for a few months I've been unable to follow the trends so I'd like to hear any advice you may have regarding changes to the above spec.

Also, would it be worth adding a higher wattage PSU to the list or will my current one do the job?

Thanks in advance.

Ed

 

[TheRedZealot]

First of all the Ultra is a big waste of money, it would be a better idea to go with a different card such as a GTX.

It would be better to buy a P35 board for Oc'ing aswell and the OEM Q6600 with a tuniq tower.

OcUK GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - OEM£207.99
(£244.39) £207.99
(£244.39)

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - OEM£131.99
(£155.09) £131.99
(£155.09)

Tuniq Tower 120-LFB CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775)£31.99
(£37.59) £31.99
(£37.59)

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC)£27.99
(£32.89) £27.99
(£32.89)

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer 7.1 Sound Card - Retail£51.99
(£61.09) £51.99
(£61.09)

Abit IP35 Pro (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard£99.99
(£117.49) £99.99
(£117.49)

Sub Total : £551.94Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout)Shipping : FREEVAT is being charged at 17.5%VAT : £96.59 Total : £648.53

I cba to type it up so it comes straight from basket.