upgrade or renew?
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Depends on your budget - but I would try and get a better C2D/Q from MM and a better GFX card - maybe a 4870/90.
It might be better for the long haul to start from scratch if you are a flight sim fan, due to the upgrade cost to get some good improvement.
The the P35 socket 775 is a good solid platform but is now outclassed by the i5/i7 platform.
To upgrade I would go for a 775 quad, you could probably pick up a q6600 cheap,
Your motherboard is decent, but you need to at least double the amount of RAM, and run a 64bit OS, either win7 or vista - and trade that 8800 in for a GTX275 or better.
This in turn would warrant a better power supply also.
That will give a big boost, but you are probably looking at the best part of £300 and there is really no further upgrade path, beyond that you are looking at a new build.
So in short, yes you could make big gains with an upgrade, but you need to weigh up weather it would be more efficient (money wise) to start from scratch.
Whats the budget?
The the P35 socket 775 is a good solid platform but is now outclassed by the i5/i7 platform.
To upgrade I would go for a 775 quad, you could probably pick up a q6600 cheap,
Your motherboard is decent, but you need to at least double the amount of RAM, and run a 64bit OS, either win7 or vista - and trade that 8800 in for a GTX275 or better.
This in turn would warrant a better power supply also.
That will give a big boost, but you are probably looking at the best part of £300 and there is really no further upgrade path, beyond that you are looking at a new build.
So in short, yes you could make big gains with an upgrade, but you need to weigh up weather it would be more efficient (money wise) to start from scratch.
Whats the budget?
Hmm its tempting to tell you to max out your current system, because you would have change from your £500 and you could sell the old CPU, GPU and PSU to offset the cost even further...
edit: you also need to be running an x64 OS to use more RAM (4gb or more) , so thats another consideration.
...what screen size/res do you like to run?
edit: you also need to be running an x64 OS to use more RAM (4gb or more) , so thats another consideration.
...what screen size/res do you like to run?
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Hi,
From looking at your spec I would say a new build would be the best solution. But it all depends on your budget, that CPU only runs at 2ghz and the 8800 GT although a great card can now be replaced by superior tech now available.
If you want a spec, let me know and I will have a good attempt.
Regards
Von
From looking at your spec I would say a new build would be the best solution. But it all depends on your budget, that CPU only runs at 2ghz and the 8800 GT although a great card can now be replaced by superior tech now available.
If you want a spec, let me know and I will have a good attempt.
Regards
Von