Upgrade Time!

topgun06 · 2 Jan 2008 at 15:12

PC starting to feel a bit sluggish so im after an upgrade. Formatted not so long ago and im looking at a max of £200. Looking at new cpu/mobo. wondering what performance increase I would get with any suggestions. Current spec as follows:

e6600 C2D at 3100Mhz
Asus P5N-E SLi
Nvidia GeForce 8800GT
GeIL 2GB PC2-6400C4
600w PSU

Thanks to any comments

eyetrip · 2 Jan 2008 at 15:47

To be honest, that system shouldn't be sluggish.... only thing I might upgrade at this point would be the Mobo.

Though you list "600W PSU" - what PSU is it exactly?

Oh, and what OS you running?

caithomas44 · 2 Jan 2008 at 15:50

get 2gb more ram

and a retail version quad core

all for about £180

£190 inc delivery

will be very very nice

eyetrip · 2 Jan 2008 at 15:52

caithomas44 said:
get 2gb more ram and a retail version quad core all for about £180 £190 inc delivery

will be very very nice

The P5N-E's are rubbish for OCing quads.

caithomas44 · 2 Jan 2008 at 15:54

ffallic said:
The P5N-E's are rubbish for OCing quads.

he didn't say he was overclocking

eyetrip · 2 Jan 2008 at 15:55

caithomas44 said:
he didn't say he was overclocking

I thought it was implied as he is running an E6600 at 3.1GHz.....

caithomas44 · 2 Jan 2008 at 16:06

ffallic said:
I thought it was implied as he is running an E6600 at 3.1GHz.....

ok ok ok

topgun06 · 2 Jan 2008 at 22:56

ffallic said:
To be honest, that system shouldn't be sluggish.... only thing I might upgrade at this point would be the Mobo.

Though you list "600W PSU" - what PSU is it exactly?

Oh, and what OS you running?

I know, it shouldn't be sluggish.

Its a Seasonic S12 600W PSU and I'm running XP.

The weak link in the spec seems to be the Mobo. It was part of a upgrade on a tight-ish budget.

gamesaregood · 3 Jan 2008 at 00:27

Which Hard Drive are you booting windows from?

topgun06 · 3 Jan 2008 at 00:42

Hitachi Deskstar 164GB

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-027-HI&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=59

That one i think.

jak731 · 3 Jan 2008 at 00:46

have you tried running a dianogstic (sp?) check on your HDD to see if it is dying?

topgun06 · 3 Jan 2008 at 00:59

Whats the difference i would see between this e6600 and a Q6600 for example?

jak731 · 3 Jan 2008 at 01:03

it will depend on what you do, for encoding it will be quicker provided you are using multithreaded software, for gaming probs not much as most games are not multithreaded

Sinny · 3 Jan 2008 at 01:10

X-Fi and some nice 5.1 speakers?

if that doesnt appeal to you then save your money, its not worth it just for the sake of spending money, wait for penryn to come.

gamesaregood · 3 Jan 2008 at 08:25

I would upgrade your boot Hard Drive, Thats an Old Drive now and IDE Based, a faster SATA drive should increase overall system preformance, something linke a Western Digital AAKA Based Drive

melbourne720 · 3 Jan 2008 at 09:28

New SATA drive and a fresh install of windows is what you need. Samsung or WD, or a raptor if you're feeling flush.

Get 2, and stick the page file on the second drive.

topgun06 · 3 Jan 2008 at 20:34

Something that has just popped into my head... TV Tuner. Any recommendations what features should i expect?

melbourne720 · 3 Jan 2008 at 21:48

There are some good dual tv tuners out there. Record one channel and watch an other.

topgun06 · 3 Jan 2008 at 22:30

Ill have a look

CyZMyAssBaby · 3 Jan 2008 at 22:34

The cinergy 2400i DT (Terratec) is a very good tv card

Dual DVB-T, Dual Freeview tuner and video recorder. PCI Express and widows vista certified.