Upgrade for yet ANOTHER brother

Agent WD40 · 6 May 2009 at 18:06

Guys,

Brothers current spec is;

Windows XP
02 x WD, 250Gb Sata-II HDDs
GeIL 2GB DDR2
4850 gfx card thingy, 512 version
Intel C2D E6600 2.40GHz, Dual Core
Abit Fatal1ty 650 Mobo
Lian Li PC-A05B Black
OCZ GameXStream 600w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply

Has this for about 19 months and he is complaining about Windows running too slow, so its to OcUK & some forum whoring to get some answers.

Was thinking about dropping in a HDD just for windows & Essentials, upgrading to i7 & DDR3. Shopping list looks like this;

Let me know if this is going to work / is compatable.

Thanks in advance.

Agent.

Agent WD40 · 6 May 2009 at 18:15

hmm, Was going to tell him to put his hand one it to keep it cool. Blood acts as "water cooling" and your body as one of the best passive heatsinks going?

Fair point about the OEM CPU.

Icey - good suggestion about clocking it a touch & slapping in a bit more ram but I don't think thats going to be an option. I went into his BIOS to see if I could "tweak something" and he flipped. The raging neandathol.

Agent

Agent WD40 · 6 May 2009 at 18:17

I think you're right Joe. Seeing as the new "proposed" system would involve reinstalling windows in the first place it probably isn't going to be much of a loss.

Do you reckon buying a HDD just for windows is avisable?

Thanks all for your help chaps, as always its massively appreciated.

Agent WD40 · 8 May 2009 at 09:37

oohhh - Forgot to mention he plays a lot of TF2 etc etc.

I will get him to reinstall windows & go from there.

Thanks again guys and if we run into any more problems I'll be in touch!

Regards,

Agent.