Upgrade Time

Aracnid · 25 Oct 2006 at 15:27

Hi,

I have been away for a while but have finally got some money and want to upgrade to something that will be Vista capable and a lot faster than what I have at the moment.

I all ready have enough Hard Drives, DVD Drives and Monitors so all I really need is a new GFX, CPU, mobo, and RAM. I don't really want to go over £500 though I can. I don't intend to overclock at the moment though I would like to be able to a year or two down the line.

I really like the look of the OcUK Galaxy GeForce 7900 GS OC SILENT 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-043-OK), but if there is some better out there please tell. I would prefer Pentium but am not set against AMD and apart from that I am open to any suggestion.

Noni Juice · 25 Oct 2006 at 15:51

MB-061-GI Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-061-GI)
£89.99 £89.99
CP-135-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM (CP-135-IN)
£97.99 £97.99
MY-096-CS Corsair 2GB DDR2 Value Select PC4200 Dual Channel Kit (2x1GB) (VS2GBKIT533D2) (MY-096-CS)
£139.99 £139.99
Subtotal £327.97
VAT £57.40
Total £385.37

I would chose a 7900GTO but that goes a little over budget.

wizardmaxx · 25 Oct 2006 at 15:52

212 said:
MB-061-GI Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-061-GI)
£89.99 £89.99
CP-135-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM (CP-135-IN)
£97.99 £97.99
MY-096-CS Corsair 2GB DDR2 Value Select PC4200 Dual Channel Kit (2x1GB) (VS2GBKIT533D2) (MY-096-CS)
£139.99 £139.99
Subtotal £327.97
VAT £57.40
Total £385.37

I would chose a 7900GTO but that goes a little over budget.

Don't forget the cooler for the 6300

Noni Juice · 25 Oct 2006 at 15:58

Whoops,

Shopping Cart (Prices in British Pounds)
REFERENCE DESCRIPTION QUANTITY PRICE COST REMOVE
CP-135-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM (CP-135-IN)
£97.99 £97.99
MB-064-GI Gigabyte GA_945PL_S3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-064-GI)
£54.99 £54.99
MY-034-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC5300 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB5300DC) (MY-034-GL)
£139.99 £139.99
HS-003-SY Scythe Ninja Plus Rev.B Heatpipe CPU Cooler (478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA755) (HS-003-SY)
£29.99 £29.99
Subtotal £322.96
VAT £56.52
Total £379.48

Hows that? I removed the motherboard and put a cheaper one in. Better memory for the same price and a scythe ninja!

Aracnid · 25 Oct 2006 at 16:27

Looks great but in the past have a bought a top the range mobo so I can upgrade to a newer CPU or GFX card without creating a bottleneck, would it be smart of am I just wasting money?

Lolcb · 25 Oct 2006 at 16:35

Pentium lol, but anyway, do you overclock, from the way you post, I doubt you do(correct me if im wrong), then I would suggest that you increase ** budget a little and put cpu to e6600

Aracnid · 25 Oct 2006 at 16:41

I try not to at first though I have my Prescott running at 3.6 atm. I normally only overclock towards the end of a cpu's life or after it out of warrenty. I can't spend much more than £750 (that's how much is in my bank account) and I want/need £200 to tied me over to the 1st (pay day).

Noni Juice · 25 Oct 2006 at 17:25

Well if you could get a Conroe based CPU and board, with a 7900GTO that would be great.

Shop around mate, Im sure you could get what I mentioned with a 7900GTO for £500.