Upgrade suggestions

[Locke]

Was just wondering If this was the best possible upgrade for around £700? - I couldn't see any flaws with it myself, needed double checking. Thanks
I have all the other components, hard drives, graphics card (GTX285) and case already.


Intel Core i7 860 2.80Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail
£226.99

Gigabyte GA-P55-UD5 Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard Gigabyte
£144.99

Be Quiet! Dark Power Pro 750W ATX2.2 Modular SLi Compliant Power Supply £120.99

OCZ Gold 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 Low-Voltage Dual Channel x2
£139.98

Noctua NH-U12P SE2 Dual Fan Quiet CPU Cooler (LGA1366/LGA1156
£59.98

Total : £704.43

 

[ndaar]

what are you upgrading from? There are a few good bundles on sale at min, i myself went for the I5 over clocked bundle for £389 which is chip, mobo, ram and cooler....i think there are certainly cheaper options i just build a whole new system for £700 which should be here tuesday i hope LOL

 

[DavyBoy]

You could do a similar build for cheaper if you went for this bundle, and a cheaper PSU like this one..

That comes to around £659..

At least with the bundles, you get a chip that is guaranteed to do 3.8GHz.

 

[Locke]

Well my current PSU is the Tagan 520 modular one and it's 3 years old this week.... just like most of my system (E6600, 2GB RAM, S775)
I got a 4GB ram kit but it doesn't work with this motherboard so I thought I may aswell upgrade to quad core / 4 - 8 GB ram and then sell the current stuff.

Currently doing lots of editing / encoding / programming and then of course gaming on weekends / evenings...

Plus I have £700 spare cause of the tax man being nice - so this is a pretty solid upgrade don't you think?

 

[johnerz]

Keep the PSU you have listed and go with Davyboy on the bundle, its good value and an instant overclock if you like