Upgrade any good

ZUTON · 4 Jan 2007 at 13:07

IntelÂ® Coreâ„¢ 2 Duo E6700 Dual Core Processor(2.67GHz,4MB Cache,1066MHz)
Genuine WindowsÂ® XP Media Center Edition 20
550W PSU - Black
ASUS P5N-E SLI nForce 650i SLI(C55) Mainboard - Core 2 Duo/Quad-Core - ATX
2048MB DDR2 900MHz Memory -( 2x 1024MB Kit)
320GB Serial ATA Hard Drive with 16MB Buffer
Super Format SONY 18x Dual Layer DVD Writer +R/-R/RW/RAM
16x DVD-ROM Drive (40x CD-ROM)
256MB nVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT - Dual DVI,HDTV & TV-Out + DVI - PCI-Express
Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio Sound Card (oem)
6x USB 2.0 Ports (10x possible on motherboard)
2x IEEE1394 Firewire (onboard)
1x Gigabit LAN (onboard)
1.44MB - 3.5" Floppy Disk Drive

steve258 · 4 Jan 2007 at 13:16

ZUTON said:
550W PSU - Black

What is the brand of that PSU??

otherwise the rest looks fine imo, although I'd go for E6600 instead.

Have you considered getting Vista instead of WinXP MCE??

ZUTON · 4 Jan 2007 at 13:21

Power supply is HEC , had one before no problems

The reason i have not gone for 8800GTX is no DX games as yet , and i don`t play many anyway only a few FPS like Call of Duty etc

semi-pro waster · 4 Jan 2007 at 13:46

I'd also suggest the 6600 instead of the 6700, both can reach about the same speeds with overclocking but you save getting on for £150 by getting the 6600.

I also don't know much about the motherboard so have no ideas about it's clocking abilities.

ZUTON · 4 Jan 2007 at 14:11

just had a look at the MB it looks ok

http://uk.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=11&l3=397&model=1459&modelmenu=1

Admiral Huddy · 4 Jan 2007 at 14:21

Id go with what SPW says.. get an E6600 ..

Also, the Nforce6 Mobos are a lot of money.. why not go for an Asus P5W deluxe then with the money you save from this and the CPU go for a 8800GTS which is faster than the 7950 and is DX10 ready.

I think you'd be a lot happier tbh.

steve258 · 4 Jan 2007 at 14:38

That link is for P5N32 680i mobo, are you going for this or the P5N-E 650i in your original post (if it's even available)??

If it's 680i then it's not worth it imo unless you are seriously thinking SLIing 8800.

As said a P5W DH and the P5B Deluxe are much more reasonable.