Upgrade suggestions

scumbies · 30 Oct 2007 at 14:06

My system is as follows:

Athlon 64 FX-55
Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe
Leadtek 6800 GT
Corsair 2GB
CoolerMaster Stacker
Enermax 600W PSU
2 x Raptor 74GB (RAID Stripe)
1 x 300GB
1 x 120GB
2 x 500GB eSATA (RAID Mirror)
Dell 24" Monitor

I'm looking to upgrade for DX10 games but I also want to make it quiet. My current card is really noisy. Any suggestions?

Admiral Huddy · 30 Oct 2007 at 14:26

what is your budget?

scumbies · 30 Oct 2007 at 14:30

LOL. Missed out the most important part!

Budget would probably be in the region of 500-600 quid.

Admiral Huddy · 30 Oct 2007 at 14:40

EVGA GeForce 8800 GT 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (512-P2-E801-AR) £149.99

Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £57.99

Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (0A33437) £58.99

Antec P182 Super Midi Tower Case - No PSU (Gun Metal Black) £67.99

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - OEM £135.99

Gigabyte GA_P35C_DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard (£76.36)

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £31.99
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775) £14.99

Sub Total : £582.92
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £103.93

Total : £697.80

mind you have already have a 500Gb drive and a 600w PSU, so by taking them out, you have near enough your £500 system. Cutting edge graphics, Quad core, you can upgrade to DDR3 later.. and you have plenty of room for overclocking too.

ps- are you sure its the card that's noisy and not all the HHDs you have