Upgrade suggestions

Unicorn · 25 Dec 2011 at 20:45

Specs: AMD Phenom x3 8650 2.3GHZ | Arctic Freezer 7 PRO Rev. 2 | ASUS M3N78 | 2GB DDR2-800 | 9500GT 512mb | 570W Trust PSU | Bosse Galaxy III Case | Hitachi Deskstar 320GB 7200RPM HDD

This is what i have at moment.

My ideas are either sell this for whatever i can get or would it be more worth me salvaging some parts off it like my disk drive hard drive and graphics card as a temp job and cpu cooler . I know i could sell the psu quickly but the case mobo and processor i wudnt know what to do except ebay for whatever.

I would be upgrading to a coolermaster case, i3 processor, dno bout mobo, and a better psu.

Advice is much needed. My budget would be more if i sold it but as i know its old tech and won't sell for much. If not ive got about 200-270 to upgrade it.

RJC · 25 Dec 2011 at 20:51

Is your hard drive sata?

It probably be worth selling the motherboard, CPU and memory.

Also get a new psu and dump your current psu.

Unicorn · 25 Dec 2011 at 20:53

PSU Would defo be dumped, Dads just blew up so i can flog it to him :') Hard drive is indeed a sata drive.

shadow_boxer · 25 Dec 2011 at 22:26

What Coolermaster case have you got your eye on? Use the code "cmdouble" to get £20 off this lot then a further 5% off and free shipping, if your ordering before midnight tomorrow.

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £95.99
(£79.99) £95.99
(£79.99)
Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
(£70.82) £84.98
(£70.82)
Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
(£41.66) £49.99
(£41.66)
Cooler Master Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black Cooler Master Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black £39.98
(£33.32) £39.98
(£33.32)
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/4GX) Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/4GX) £19.99
(£16.66) £19.99
(£16.66)
Sub Total : £242.45
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £50.84
Total : £305.04

By my calculations it'd come to £257.39 (with free delivery). Included a budget but decent Z68 motherboard so if the future you could pop in an i5-2500K or an i7-2600K/2700K. If your not to fussed about upgradability then get a more basic H67/H61 motherboard and put the savings towards a graphics card. Depends I guess what you used the system for.

fowler002 · 25 Dec 2011 at 22:59

shadow boxer I don't think the 2 codes co-exist, as I tried and with the 5% voucher code added the £20 off the cm psu goes away.

RJC · 25 Dec 2011 at 23:02

Just tried and either 5% or the cmdouble code, not both together.

Unicorn · 25 Dec 2011 at 23:08

Ide like to compare the following cases.. If anyone knows which i should go for and why

NZXT Tempest 410 Elite Black Case
or
Cooler Master CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case

The NZXT isn't on oc so u may have to google it.