Upgrade Advice

evulboo · 15 Oct 2006 at 16:34

Hey guys could u spec me an upgrade to the core 2 range, needs to be cheap as poss but upgradable for the future.

Current rig:

478 2.8 prescott
4x 256 3200 twinmos
audigy 2 platinum
agp aopen 6800gt
2x sata 80gp seagate
pioneer dl dvdrw
samsung 913n
hiper type R 580watt

All i do is game on this pc which is starting to show its age. Champ manager, fear, CoD2, Oblivion, mmorpg's etc

so im guessing a e6300, 1 or 2gb ram, mobo, maybe new gfx card depending on motherboard and a new hsf

I haven't got a strict Budget but cheap is good for me atm

Many thx

Boo

evulboo · 15 Oct 2006 at 17:51

double post

evulboo · 15 Oct 2006 at 17:52

Cheers, yeah the cheap bundle looks good enough for me but i have no idea what graphics card to go for, what would be best suited for 1280x1024 gaming at near high quality? 7900gs?

@ CrazyMonkey yeah i will be selling my old parts but we cant discuss it outside of MM

@ xirokx there is no point in waiting for me to do an upgrade as there is always something around the corner and you could wait a life time to upgrade if u stick by that rule

evulboo · 15 Oct 2006 at 18:04

Not much really but around £150 - £200

evulboo · 15 Oct 2006 at 20:45

So does this look like a good choice

REFERENCE DESCRIPTION QUANTITY PRICE COST

CP-135-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM (CP-135-IN) 1
£107.99 £107.99

MY-057-GL GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC6400 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX21GB6400UDC) (MY-057-GL) 1
£84.99 £84.99

MB-061-GI Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-061-GI) 1
£91.99 £91.99

HS-003-SY Scythe Ninja Plus Rev.B Heatpipe CPU Cooler (478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA755) (HS-003-SY) 1
£29.99 £29.99

GX-053-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1900 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-053-CO) 1
£144.99 £144.99

Subtotal £459.95
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £8.95
VAT £82.06
Total £550.96