Upgrade Challenge - CPU/MB/GFX/RAM/PSU

[Smit]

Hello,

I am in need of an upgrade

Budget of £750 inc. delivery.
This must include a monitor (22" TFT - most likely the Samsung Pebble) and so in reality there is only £500 for CPU, RAM, MB, Graphics Card & PSU

I'm not really bothered about Overclocking and don't really care about 'upgradeability'.

Any Ideas?... Thanks

 

[mp260767]

Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £64.99
(£76.36)

Point of View GeForce 8800 GT 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £144.99 (£170.36)

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £139.99 (£164.49)

Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £57.99 (£68.14)

OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK) £31.99 (£37.59)

Sub Total : £439.95
Shipping : £8.95
VAT : £78.56
Total : £527.46

 

[BillytheImpaler]

From what are you upgrading? Is the rig for gaming?

EDIT:

 

[Gunther]

Product NameQtyPriceLine Total

Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard£64.99
(£76.36) £64.99
(£76.36)

Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK)£57.99
(£68.14) £57.99
(£68.14)

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail£139.99
(£164.49) £139.99
(£164.49)

OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK)£31.99
(£37.59) £31.99
(£37.59)

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 3870 XT 512MB GDDR4 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail£134.99
(£158.61) £134.99
(£158.61)

Samsung SM-2232BW Pebble 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Glossy Black£189.99
(£223.24) £189.99
(£223.24) Sub Total : £619.94Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout)Shipping : £10.95VAT is being charged at 17.5%VAT : £110.41 Total : £741.30

 

[Smit]

Some nice suggestions. Thanks.

Upgarding from an old P4 2.53Ghz, 1GB Ram which is about 5 years old now.

Some light gaming would be nice although I have my xbox 360 & PS3 for that.

 

[jas72]

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17803786

 

[Deleted member 64478]

That should be a sweet system. Why don't you give it ago with a spec yourself @ OP? Then ask for suggestions on how to improve it if anything?

 

[Smit]

I have purchased my nice new monitor and just need the rest of the upgrades

Managed to increase the budget too... So now I have £775 inc Delivery for CPU/MB/GFX/RAM/PSU.

I would like to be able to run UT3 & Crysis but I don't really care about maximum settings.

I assume that Intel have the better CPUs at the moment. 4GB of RAM would be needed?

 

[Cr0fty]

Might aswell get a whole new rig for that Maybe something like this....

You really should be overclocking that cpu though... just read the forums and you'll pick it up.
If not just the CPU(retail version though), MB, GFX and Psu + 4gb of ram from that spec would be loverlyyy.

 

[Smit]

Might aswell get a whole new rig for that Maybe something like this....
You really should be overclocking that cpu though... just read the forums and you'll pick it up.
If not just the CPU(retail version though), MB, GFX and Psu + 4gb of ram from that spec would be loverlyyy.

Thanks for the help. I should have mentioned that I don't need a case or optical/hard drives. So you think the Quad Core is the best way to go?

As for Graphics.. 8800 or HD3870?

 

[mp260767]

Thanks for the help. I should have mentioned that I don't need a case or optical/hard drives. So you think the Quad Core is the best way to go?

As for Graphics.. 8800 or HD3870?

is the case you have suitable (size wise) to house a 8800 card ?

 

[Smit]

is the case you have suitable (size wise) to house a 8800 card ?

I think it is... I haven't seen the size of an 8800 though.

The case is some old Chieftech (I think) with 5 front bays (not inc the floppy drive bay)

 

[fobose]

I assume that Intel have the better CPUs at the moment. 4GB of RAM would be needed?

Yup, and 4GB of ram is so cheap now (£70???) there is no reason not to get it

*edit* If your cheiftec is anything like the 2 I had (the Scorpio and the BX-01 series), then the card will be in the way of the HDD cables infront of the intake fan which is inbuilt in to the hard drive caddie, you would then need to move it up in to the floppy bay area, not a real issue unless your a fanatic about keeping HDD temps low.

 

[Stabhappy]

Get 2 gigs of ram not 4, unless you like buying things you'll hardly use.