Upgrade needed, spec me..:-)

sychnant · 28 May 2016 at 23:16

Hi everyone just bought new bigger monitor and am looking for an upgrade bundle for my tired (but still running great) system... Guess I need CPU cooler,Ram and M-board..Budget £400.. Any advice welcome Thanks..
Existing system.........
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.40GHz (1066FSB)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler
Abit IP35 Pro (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
OCZ Platinum Revision (4x1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Series
Lian-Li PC-7B PLUS II Aluminium Midi-Tower Case
MSI ATI Radeon HD 6950 OC Twin FrozR III Power Edition 2gb DDR5
Corsair HX 620W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply
NEW Monitor BenQ GW2760HM

stulid · 29 May 2016 at 02:00

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Gigabyte Z170-Gaming K3 - Intel Core i5 6600K Bundle **£10 Saving**= £280.98
1 x Panram Ninja-V 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (PUD43000C154G2NJK)= £34.99
1 x Raijintek Aidos Direct Contact CPU Cooler - Black= £14.99

Total: £342.06
(includes shipping: £11.10)

A faster gfx card would be the next purchase.

If your existing cooler supports lga1155/56/50 then it fits 1151 also.

Akagi · 29 May 2016 at 02:03

Can't find fault in Stulid's spec to be honest, it looks good!

I also agree that your next purchase following the upgrade should be a graphics card. Or if you can increase your budget bu £250~ then do it all at once.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/pc-components/graphics-cards/amd/radeon-r9-390

eazyrider · 29 May 2016 at 02:21

If OP is not an avid gamer then his current gpu should be ok, at 1080p it still shouldn't be too bad. If a gpu upgrade is required then it wouldnt be better to wait for polaris at the end of june

sychnant · 29 May 2016 at 09:52

Thank you for the replies, as Eazyrider says I will have to wait and see how my games run on the new increased screensize.. 1080 will do me as at 69 yrs old the eyesight is not as good as it once was.. :-)