Upgrade Time?

shadowake

shadowake

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Hi guys, havn't been on here for quite a while.

Anyway, I've had my current system for nearly 2 years and I'm wondering if it's time for an upgrade?

Budget wise I'm thinking £1000-£1200ish. Dont need monitor, speakers, keyboard, mouse etc, just the tower.

I like to keep an eye on the latest hardware but couldn't tell you that much about the subtle differences.

You guys helped me out a lot on my last build so a bit of advice would once again be welcomed!

CPU wise I originally thought it had to be an i7, but the quad core athlons look pretty good and a lot cheaper? My curent machine has a Q6600 overclocked to around 3GHz, would the athlon be much better or the i7 the one to go for?

Also on graphics I really regret not getting an SLI board. At the time they were pretty new and with a 8800Ultra I never thought I would want/need to upgrade. So I definately want an SLI/Crossfire (or even tripple) capable board (preferable Gigabyte, had a lot of problems with Asus boards in the past). Which leads me to graphics, I'd like at least one 'decent' card (maybe a dual) with the option to SLI or Crossfire later. Once again I've heared a lot of good things about the ATI stuff especially comparing price to the few extra fps you get from the GeForce stuff.

If anyone can point me out what products I should be looking for CPU/Mobo/Graphics I'll spec something up.

Thanks!
 
QlimaxUK said:
the system in your spec looks perfect for what you need, just update the graphics and itll be fine :)
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Yeah but I dont like the case so defo want a new one Antec 900 2 or CM690? And since im changing that I'll need to rip everything out which will be a major ball ache (teach me to buy a cheap non modular case). I have a friend who's offered me £600 for my old tower so for £400-£600 I can get a whole new system for not that much more than 1 or 2 decent graphics cards (thats my thinking/reasoning anyway)! ;) Not sure the gf would agree but hey!
 
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Well I did this spec for someone other day
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Sorry, should have said I don't need OS.

How do you guys rate the 4870 against the 260? With the extra memory would the 4870 be better for my resolution?
 
There's really not much point upgrading anything other than your graphics card with your spec (wait until motherboards drop in price for the i7's). IMHO I'd recommend the GTX260 and an extra 4GB of RAM (if you hammer RAM at the moment that is - as you have a 64 bit OS). Also perhaps consider a 30GB SSD to host your OS to decrease boot times.
 
I have a similar spec and am also dying to upgrade, but I know I'll feel sad when I hook it all up and find there are no games to play. I have decided instead to upgrade all the stuff that doesn't get any love when I build my tower, like speakers, mouse, keyboard, etc. It's surprising how much better your pc looks and feels just by upgrading the simple things.
 
Souness said:
I have a similar spec and am also dying to upgrade, but I know I'll feel sad when I hook it all up and find there are no games to play. I have decided instead to upgrade all the stuff that doesn't get any love when I build my tower, like speakers, mouse, keyboard, etc. It's surprising how much better your pc looks and feels just by upgrading the simple things.
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They're the only things that I like lol! And my Gigaworks 7.1 has been built into the walls so that ain't getting changed anytime soon! :eek:
 
Antec 900-2
GTX 295

Job done.

Anything else would be pointless unless your PC is actually struggling in photoshop and other apps; an i7 is good, but would be a complete waste of money over a Q66 which still does the job.
 
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