upgrade for a friend £260

TheCenturion

TheCenturion

TheCenturion

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He's currently got

E6550 @ 2.3 GHZ
DDR2 2GB RAM
an Asrock conroe 1333-D667 mobo
and a 450W psu

I can't remember what his gpu is, but I remember that it was in need of upgrading. he plays at 1440x900.

for £260 would he need a new psu? If he gets something like a 5770 surely the 450w will be fine? Also, will his cpu/ram be a bottleneck?
 
Just get a 5770 with 2gb more RAM, a 3rd party CPU cooler maybe as well and help him overclock the CPU. Everything should be fine with that resolution.
 
if i got the right mobo it only has 2 memory slots, so i've listed 2 specs, first one is if he has 1 x2gb stick of memory, 2nd one is if he has 2x1gb sticks.

even tho hes on 32bit the extra memory will help.

VTX ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £123.36 (£104.99)

Corsair TX 650W ATX SLi Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-650TXUK) £59.98 (£51.05)

Titan TTC-NK85TZ/V2 Fenrir CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/LGA775/LGA1156/LGA1366) £32.99 (£28.08)

Kingston 2GB (1x2GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C6 800MHz Single Channel Memory Module £32.89 (£27.99)

Sub Total : £212.11
Shipping : £10.00
VAT : £38.87
Total : £260.98


VTX ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £123.36 (£104.99)

Kingston HyperX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 6400C5 800MHz Dual Channel (KHX6400D2K2/4G) £79.89 (£67.99)

OCZ StealthXStream 2 500W Power Supply £49.98 (£42.54)

Sub Total : £215.52
Shipping : £10.00
VAT : £39.47
Total : £264.99
 
What about this?

XFX ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £72.84
(£61.99) £72.84
(£61.99)
AMD Athlon II X3 Tri Core 440 3.00GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £57.99
(£49.35) £57.99
(£49.35)
Asus M4A78L-M LE AMD 760G (Socket AM3/AM2+) DDR2 microATX Motherboard £46.99
(£39.99) £46.99
(£39.99)
Kingston 2GB (1x2GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C6 800MHz Single Channel Memory Module £32.89
(£27.99) £65.78
(£55.98)
Sub Total : £207.31
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £37.94
Total : £254.75

Then flog off the old bits to get a new psu?
 
anant_shah94 said:
Okay thanks, I don't think that the psu is a quality brand one though. Hopefully it will withstand the extra voltage
Click to expand...

I assume you actually meant current, or power usage, as the voltage stays the same (apart from slight fluctuations) Get your friend to have a look on the side of his PSU, and read the rated current on the different voltage rails, the sticker will look similar to this:
psu2.jpg

That's a poor PSU (5V current is very high, and 12V is low)
This is a better PSU (notice the much higher 12V current rating)
CORSAIR-6.jpg


post back what the current ratings are (for 12V mainly), and someone will tell you if it can handle a decent GPU (if I don't get there in time to tell you myself)
 
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