Upgrade components or completely new system

jimbos · 16 Feb 2009 at 13:19

Hi all

Currently have:

Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 "LGA775 Allendale" 2.13GHz (1066FSB)
Asus P5N32-E SLi nForce 680 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 MB
BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)
OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-8500C5 1066MHz SLI-Ready Edition Dual Channel DDR2
Enermax Liberty 620W ELT620AWT ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU

I have a budget of about £800 give or a take a little. I am unsure whether to try and upgrade what i currently have or just buy a new box.

Used for gaming only. Please can you give some advice of what is the best direction.

Thanks.

jimbos · 16 Feb 2009 at 13:25

Looking to upgrade the monitor also so 1920 x 1080 is what id most likely use.

Used for gaming such as CoD, Farcry, Crysis etc but also MMORPGS

jimbos · 16 Feb 2009 at 13:32

How do i see your spec Ben?

jimbos · 16 Feb 2009 at 13:43

still cant see it im afraid, I think my work is blocking out the link.

jimbos · 16 Feb 2009 at 14:13

Thanks Ben

I was wondering tho what this pre-built system is like?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-154-OK

Was also wondering if i just upgraded my graphics card to a XFX ATI Radeon HD 4870 1024MB if i would see a large increase in performance? (also would this work ok with my MB?)

jimbos · 16 Feb 2009 at 14:28

So if I grabbed the 4870 1gb, the CPU would be the next thing to upgrade??

The whole reason behind this is I find my system lags and stutters sometimes with mutiple apps running (say a game with itunes in the background) so would this hint towards a cpu or RAM bottleneck?

jimbos · 16 Feb 2009 at 14:47

Ok thanks

also is my cpu powerful enough to make the most of the 4870 grpx card?

jimbos · 16 Feb 2009 at 14:57

its not clocked as i think i only have a stock cooler.