Upgrade or full build £500

[Freddie589]

Hey guys, trying to work somthing out for my friend atm,

His current spec is:
• Q6600 @ STOCK
• Generic 115w PSU
• 2GB DDR2 RAM
• Stock cooler
• 500gb WD HDD
• N wireless Network card
• DVD Drive
• Generic case

I'm not too sure on this GPU, all I know is that its built into the motherbord and is made by NVIDIA so will need a upgrade.

Whats needed:

• 
  Case
  
  PSU
  
  GPU
  
  CPU/mobo - Or maybe even get a upgraded 775 board for the Q66600 then clock it?
  
  RAM
  
  CPU cooler

He does not need a OS or anything else.

Thanks guys

 

[stulid]

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £167.99
(£139.99) £167.99
(£139.99)
OcUK ATI Radeon HD 6870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Deus Ex PC Game £136.99
(£114.16) £136.99
(£114.16)
Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.98
(£66.65) £79.98
(£66.65)
OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.98
(£41.65) £49.98
(£41.65)
BitFenix Merc Beta Gaming Case - Black £32.99
(£27.49) £32.99
(£27.49)
Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £23.99
(£19.99) £23.99
(£19.99)
Sub Total : £409.93
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £19.10
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £85.81
Total : £514.84

The HDD and DVD drives are SATA?

But I think you should get the Q6600 working with 4GB of RAM and overclock it to 3GHz with a fat heatsink.

 

[Freddie589]

I was wondering how long it would take you stulid! <3
yer dvd and hdd are both SATA and I also like your idea with the Q6600 as it would save allot of £
Thanks

edit*

Would I be better off getting him a 2500 becouse he prob wont oc the 2500K?

 

[stulid]

The "K" is the same price so makes sense as its worth more.

As for getting a lga775 board and DDR2 etc, only buy second hand, the prices for new ones means its cheaper to sell the Q6600 and get a Z68+DDR3 and the faster sandybridge chip.