Upgrade help...

complex.

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Hi guys,

I'm looking to upgrade my components and would appreciate some help as i'm years behind the hardware scene :(

What I have right now
Thermaltake Tsunami Dream case
Antec High Current Gamer 620W
ASUS A8N SLi-Delux motherboard
AMD Athlon 64 4400+ X2
nVidia GeForce 7800 GTX
Audigy X-Fi Fatal1ty
2gb Corsair RAM
...and a hard drive of some sort :D

The PC will be used for playing games such as Counter-Strike:Source, Counter-Strike:Global Offensive, F1 2011 and maybe Battlefield 3.

I have a budget of £300 to spend - Is this enough to upgrade and notice a big difference in performance?

I'm happy with my case, so i'd prefer not to replace that. I've also recently bought the Antec PSU, I take it this will be sufficient for a new build?

Final question :p - Will I be able to use my sound card (its pretty old) in a new motherboard?

Thank you all verrrrrry much! :D

complex
 
Hi Stulid - thanks for your reply.

I'm not sure what the HDD is to be honest, i'll have to check tonight.

Hmm I think i'd want to upgrade my graphics card to be honest... Is there anyway to squeeze a decent one into my budget? :p
 
Hi guys,

I'm trying to find out if my HDD is SATA or IDE... i've tried going into my BIOS but my monitor just flickers on and off :(.

Is there any way to find out in windows?
 
Just checked my device manager and it has 'MAXTOR 6L200M0' - I guess this is my HDD. Google says its SATA... Is this compatable with the upgraded hardware listed above?
 
Hi guys,

I've decided I will be ordering a gfx card aswell.

I'm going with the spec that Stulid recommended;

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £173.99
(£144.99) £173.99
(£144.99)
Asus P8P67 LE Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ** B3 REVISION ** £72.59
(£60.49) £72.59
(£60.49)
G.Skill RipJawsX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL ) £39.98

What gfx card would be suitable to upgrade to? I can spend around £100...

Thank you
 
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So is this spec still the best option to get for my budget?

The 2500k as you said is cheaper (on offer for today only)

Is there any other RAM i can get that will be as good as/better than the G.Skill RipJawsX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit for the price?

Thanks
 
Thanks for your help Surveyor.

So whats the difference between

Corsair Vengeance Arctic White 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit

and

Corsair Vengeance Blue 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
 
Okayyyyyy so i'm seconds away from ordering...

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £149.99
(£124.99) £149.99
(£124.99)
MSI GeForce GTX 460 Cyclone 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £119.99
(£99.99) £119.99
(£99.99)
Asus P8P67 LE Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ** B3 REVISION ** £74.98
(£62.48) £74.98
(£62.48)
Corsair Vengeance Arctic White 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit


Does that look ok? I'm going with the GTX 460 over the HD 6850. Good choice? Which would be better for running BF3?
 
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Ok thanks.

Its already been shipped sadly :(

Do I need to buy anything else to fit the CPU cooler? i.e thermal paste or do they come with it?
 
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