upgrade for £50?

Murray · 1 Aug 2011 at 17:52

Is it worth upgrading anything for £50 or should I maybe buy a new mouse or even just keep it

Full spec is :

i5 2500k
Gigabyte P67-UD3
OCZ 600W
GTX 580 1536MB
Artic Cooler Freezer 7
Zalman Z9
Seagate Barracuda 500gb
Samsung Spinpoint F3 750gb
LG DVD-RW
Microsoft Sidewinder X4
Logitech MX518
OCZ Special OPS 4GB

Think thats everything tell me if I missed something.

I was thinking either Blu-ray drive, 8GB Ram or CPU Cooler?

Any suggestions

Edit: or perhaps a Razer Deathadder.

hybrid572 · 1 Aug 2011 at 17:54

Spend it on booze, narcotics or women of questionable morality. You're not going to get much of an upgrade for that out of £50.

Jordan97 · 1 Aug 2011 at 17:54

Get a silver arrow and overclock your i5 to the limit!

stulid · 1 Aug 2011 at 17:54

Blu-ray drive or CPU Cooler?

Mouse pad?

Moothead2 · 1 Aug 2011 at 17:56

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-040-OC&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=910

Stretch the budget and go for this?

Murray · 1 Aug 2011 at 18:02

stulid said:
Mouse pad?

I have a boogie bug

Jony27 · 1 Aug 2011 at 18:04

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=TY-000-AM

You will be the envy of everyone on the beach.

This cap will do it all.....

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-352-IN

how about speakers/headset?

Cleeecooo · 1 Aug 2011 at 18:06

SSD off MM?

stulid · 1 Aug 2011 at 18:13

Speakers?

Grimley · 1 Aug 2011 at 18:18

A better CPU cooler would be my choice. I'm not a fan of the artic freezer 7 TBH.

Murray · 1 Aug 2011 at 18:24

I have some old Dell speakers and Plantronics 367s.

Headphones are fine might upgrade Speakers.

Murray · 1 Aug 2011 at 18:45

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=SP-073-LG&tool=3

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-001-RA&groupid=702&catid=23&subcat=1257

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-072-AK&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=1395

Thinking one of these open to suggestions on changes though.

stulid · 1 Aug 2011 at 18:47

The Venom cooler could be changed for something a little less "bright"

olivier renault · 1 Aug 2011 at 18:49

Murray · 1 Aug 2011 at 18:54

stulid said:
The Venom cooler could be changed for something a little less "bright"

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-036-ZA&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=1395

olivier renault said:
8GB.

Cant find my RAM

stulid · 1 Aug 2011 at 18:55

Murray said:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-036-ZA&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=1395

Unless the Zalman home website says differently then that wont fit your socket.

Edit,

which it does - http://www.zalman.co.kr/eng/product/Product_Read.asp?idx=333 - it supports socket 1156 which is the same if you use this adapter - http://www.zalman.co.kr/eng/product/Product_Read.asp?idx=364

Jegethy · 1 Aug 2011 at 18:56

Personally I'd keep the mouse and either save the money or spend it on something else. I may be biased as I own 2 of them, but the MX518 is an awesome mouse and unless it was on it's deathbed, I wouldn't change it.

Murray · 1 Aug 2011 at 18:58

What do we think CPU Cooler or Speakers?

Probably get the Yellow CPU cooler

stulid · 1 Aug 2011 at 19:00

Murray said:
What do we think CPU Cooler or Speakers?

Now thats difficult.

You will certainly notice the speakers more if your old ones are just tinny, no highs or lows rubbish.

Murray · 1 Aug 2011 at 19:08

This is them here :

They are very old.