Upgrade help

Rhysjoe · 9 May 2009 at 18:40

Need to upgrade my system but need some advice.
I currently have:

E6600@stock
P5N32Se Sli deluxe M/B
4Gb of Ocz ram
280 GTX

Was thinking of getting this:

Q9550,Asus P5Q Pro and another 4 gig of ram.

But would i be better off paying a bit extra and getting an i7 system.

Kennysevenfold · 9 May 2009 at 18:59

how much do you have to spend exactally.?

jak731 · 9 May 2009 at 19:00

what is the pc used for?

personally i would get a new CPU cooler like the TRUE (as it can be used across a wide range of CPU sockets meaning if you go i7, AM2 AM3 etc you dont need to buy another cooler), if your still on the stock intel cooler then overclock the E6600 to see what effects it has on the performance of your PC. you want at least 3GHz to prevent the cpu bottlenecking your GTX280

Rhysjoe · 9 May 2009 at 19:10

I have about £550-£600 if needed.I use the computer mostly for gaming.I have an arctic freezer 7 cooler but don't know the first thing about overclocking.

Kennysevenfold · 9 May 2009 at 19:15

something like this then mate.? cause your graphics card is fine, sell your mobo,cpu and ram and get some money back aswell

Product Name Qty Price Line Total

Intel Core i7 920 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - OEM £224.99
(£195.64) £224.99
(£195.64)

Asus P6T Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £204.99
(£178.25) £204.99
(£178.25)

OCZ Gold 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 Low-Voltage Triple Channel (OCZ3G1333LV6GK) £61.99
(£53.90) £61.99
(£53.90)

Noctua NH-U12P SE1366 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366) £57.99
(£50.43) £57.99
(£50.43) Sub Total : £478.22 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : FREE VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £73.16 Total : £550.88