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Currently have a S939 setup:
Opty 165 @ 2.8Ghz
Noctua NH-U12P CPU Cooler
DFI Ultra-D NF4 mobo
2Gb PC3200 DDR
8800GT 512mb
Akasa Eclipse 62 case
Hiper-R 580W modular PSU

I use the PC for games (on a 1280x1024 LCD), internet and watching films. Little bit of photo editing but nothing major.

Any reason not to upgrade to the following spec and OC the E8400?
Was debating going the i7 route but that'd be another £200-300 and a bit beyond what I want to pay for an upgrade as I'm not an uber gamer or anything. I'm hoping the below will be a major difference to my current bit of kit and keep me going for another 18 months or so. If games start to lag down the line then I'm hoping another (cheap) HD4870 in crossfire would do the job.

Ta

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It'll be more than good enough, you could even save some money on the gfx card, for your resolution the xfx 4850 would be enough, unless youre gonna be upgrading monitor anytime soon?
 
gort said:
Currently have a S939 setup:
Opty 165 @ 2.8Ghz
Noctua NH-U12P CPU Cooler
DFI Ultra-D NF4 mobo
2Gb PC3200 DDR
8800GT 512mb
Akasa Eclipse 62 case
Hiper-R 580W modular PSU

I use the PC for games (on a 1280x1024 LCD), internet and watching films. Little bit of photo editing but nothing major.

Any reason not to upgrade to the following spec and OC the E8400?
Was debating going the i7 route but that'd be another £200-300 and a bit beyond what I want to pay for an upgrade as I'm not an uber gamer or anything. I'm hoping the below will be a major difference to my current bit of kit and keep me going for another 18 months or so. If games start to lag down the line then I'm hoping another (cheap) HD4870 in crossfire would do the job.

Ta

specupgrade.jpg
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Looks good :D
 
95thrifles said:
It'll be more than good enough, you could even save some money on the gfx card, for your resolution the xfx 4850 would be enough, unless youre gonna be upgrading monitor anytime soon?
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Very true. First thing that came to my head was - keep the 8800GT if you running at that resolution.
Wouldn't worry too much about GFX unless you planning on upgrading monitor soon.
 
The 8800GT will be fine for 1280 x 1024, plus you also get cuda with it. I would keep it unless you are going to get a bigger monitor in the future. If so then go for the 4870 1gb.
 
Thanks for the input. Only really thought of an upgrade after playing Fallout 3 and found it runs like a pig on my system. Had to turn most things down or off and run at 1027x768 res. So would my 8800gt along with the new parts run it and other games a lot better? I thought most games were gpu heavy as opposed to cpu so thought new gfx would be needed also. Cheers
 
Well I have Fallout running on my system (which uses an 8800gt) and everything is maxed out and runs fine. My monitor is at 1440x900 so not too different to yours overall I wouldnt think. Should work fine if you upgrade like you suggested.

Getting the 4870 or 4850 would make it a bit more future proof as well though, but maybe wait until prices drop a bit
 
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