Upgrade Bundle/System

Dual · 20 Sep 2012 at 13:35

Hi OC'rs

So I think its time I upgraded, Crysis 3 is coming out next year and I want to be able to play it. Also run a couple of games this year at better settings.

So heres what I've got:

Antec 900 Case
Corsair 500W or 550W PSU (cant remember off my head)
4GB DDR2
Radeon 5850 GPU
BD Drive
P5K Motherboard
Q6600 Processor
500GB HDD and a 320GB HDD and a 150GB HDD

I was thinking either a bundle upgrade, or parts. Was looking to cut down to 2 Drives my 500GB and a SSD of about 240GB. Lots of cable clutter with 3 HDDs.

My Questions are:
Does anyone recommend upgrades to my computer, what would you upgrade?
I could allow up to £500 on upgrades.

What could I do with old parts?
What's tri-channel and quad channel? is this something I should be worried about when upgrading RAM?

Thanks for any help
-Dual

Dual · 20 Sep 2012 at 15:31

I like the sound of that, n maybe a few new leds to make my old tower different.

I suppose my PSU could take the new components?

I read this about the GPU is only a little bit better?
http://www.hwcompare.com/12104/radeon-hd-5850-vs-radeon-hd-7850/

And its not worth getting quad channel ram i take it.
Thanks,
-Dual

Dual · 20 Sep 2012 at 16:01

Sorry I forgot to mention I have a Noctua tower cooler, not sure if it will fit the socket though.
Also I didn't expect to get a GPU for that but hey, I might go to the 7870 then. Then if my old cooler fits use that if not stick to stock for a while. My old GPU 5850 goes for a good £50.

Thanks for the answers to my questions.

Dual · 20 Sep 2012 at 16:22

MSI HD 7870 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showdown PC Games £199.99
(£166.66) £199.99

Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
(£154.16) £184.99

ASRock Z77 Fatal1ty Performance Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £126.98
(£105.82) £126.98

Crucial Ballistix Tactical Tracer 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLT2CP4G3D1608DT2TXOBCEU) (Orange & Blue Activity LEDs) **WORLD FIRST** £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99

Sub Total : £476.63

VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £97.23
Total : £583.36

I was trying to find the noctua model but i bought it about 3 years ago

Was trying to gofor this week offers, I'm over budget

Dual · 20 Sep 2012 at 16:45

It looks like this with 1 fan

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-010-NC

It was bought a long time ago though I wonder if it' ll show in my overclocker rs history

Or .il have to check at home
Dual

Dual · 20 Sep 2012 at 16:49

Ok if your sure the budget items won't impede performance too much?
I mean if the extra to not use budget items will make an improvement I will stretch. Like I said I didn't know I'd get a gpu in there

Dual · 20 Sep 2012 at 17:27

I will check the model when I'm home. Do not know it. It's not on my oc history because the first time I ordered over the phone.

Dual · 20 Sep 2012 at 18:46

Yes definitely better safe than sorry.

And so I have A HX520W Corsair PSU

And Hyper X DDR3 800mhz

Noctua NF-S12-1200 looks like from here (just looked it up thats only the fan model number, cannot see the cooler number anywhere this is think :http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-017-NC)

Dual · 20 Sep 2012 at 20:01

HyperX yes is ddr2 so I'll be needing that value RAM

OcUK Value 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit £26.99

Is there any reason apart from my budget that you suggest this ram? is it reliable? If its not I'd stretch to something more appropriate.