Upgrade time (I think)

[airdrawn]

I am getting ready to have an upgrade, my system is below what do you think my best options are. I do a bit of gaming CSS etc, web development and also use the PC to feed a squeezebox network throughout the house, with this in mind i would like the PC to be quiet and have a low power consumption. I have about £450 ex vat to spend.

Intel core 2 duo e6300
conroexfire estata 2 mobo
2gb pc25300 geil memory
ATI x1800 GFX
Seasonic S12-430 PSU

Ta very much

 

[semi-pro waster]

These ought to do you for the basics, re-using your existing PSU and case. I'd spend the rest on a hard drive and optical drive if needed.

Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 PC2-6400C5 TwinX (2x2GB) £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
OcUK GeForce 8800 GTS Extreme 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £117.99
(£138.64) £117.99
(£138.64)
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.00GHz (1333FSB) - Retail £114.99
(£135.11) £114.99
(£135.11)
Asus P5K Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
Sub Total : £352.96
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £8.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £63.33
Total : £425.24

 

[mp260767]

i'd fit a Arctic Cooling Accelero X2 VGA Cooler to the x1800, mobo/memory/processor as per SPW with something like a tuniq tower or Thermalright Ultra.

what case do you have, hopefully something with 120mm fans, if so maybe change the fans for yate loon's etc, if not P182 case and yate loon fans.

 

[airdrawn]

The case is a Chenbro gaming bomb or something like that, i also have a VGA cooler fitted to the x1800. Will prob go for the mobo/memory/processor SPW suggested, thanks for the help guys.