Upgrade time

A new graphics card.
An Ivy Bridge with a Z77 motherboard.
A SSD with Windows 7 64-bit.

Any of the above will do :)

P.S. - What is the system used/wanting to be used for?
 
swap out the core 2 duo for a core 2 quad and overclock? Install a 64bit operating system, and upgrade your graphics card. A 6850 would be a good choice as mentioned above.
 
depending on the funds you have available, you may want to consider retiring your PC and building a new one. Since if you were to upgrade the cpu and graphics card, in a year or two you would want to upgrade the cpu to a more current one, which would mean that you need a new motherboard and new RAM, and then thats the entire guts of the system changed... You might just want to retire it to server status or folding or just as a spare, and build a new PC. Sandy or ivybridge, ddr3 ram and a decent current gen graphics card.
 
No running windows 7 pro 64bit unsure of power supply and case at movement but it's suitable for that board will prob nee changing , defiantly the psu. Use it for lts of iTunes Internet and the od go on fsx
 
if you can reach it on your budget:


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £179.99
1 x **B Grade** Asus GeForce GTX 560Ti DirectCU II TOP 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £159.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard with FREE BOOGIE BUG XXL GAMING MOUSE MAT £129.98
1 x Intel 520 Series 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £119.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance 8GB (1x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Single Channel Module (CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10) £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £49.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-500CXUKV2) £49.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 330U Midi Tower Case - Black/Silver £32.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA2011/1366/1155/1156/775/ AMD AM3/AM3+/AM2/AM2+/FM1) £29.99
1 x Asus Xonar DGX 5.1 PCI-Express Sound Card with built in Headphone Amp £21.98
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £867.32 (includes shipping : £11.25).



If your hard disks/case are working fine feel free to keep them. Same with the optical Drives. This build should run FSX on high settings at least
 
If it's just the odd go on FSX then I'm sure an Ivy Bridge processor as well as a Z77 motherboard will be the most futureproof for you. Perhaps you could get a new graphics card too. As mentioned above, upgrading to the current generation will benefit you more than upgrading to the same generation.
 
sgtmoody87 said:
if you can reach it on your budget:


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £179.99
1 x **B Grade** Asus GeForce GTX 560Ti DirectCU II TOP 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £159.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard with FREE BOOGIE BUG XXL GAMING MOUSE MAT £129.98
1 x Intel 520 Series 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £119.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance 8GB (1x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Single Channel Module (CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10) £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £49.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-500CXUKV2) £49.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 330U Midi Tower Case - Black/Silver £32.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA2011/1366/1155/1156/775/ AMD AM3/AM3+/AM2/AM2+/FM1) £29.99
1 x Asus Xonar DGX 5.1 PCI-Express Sound Card with built in Headphone Amp £21.98
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £867.32 (includes shipping : £11.25).



If your hard disks/case are working fine feel free to keep them. Same with the optical Drives. This build should run FSX on high settings at least
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A single RAM stick?

Wouldn't a dual channel kit offer better performance?

Also tall RAM and a large heatsink arent advisable.

Why buy a Bgrade GFX card when you can get a fast one for less - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-074-GI&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1810
 
Building on sgtmoodys spec, I'd recommend this:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £179.99
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 560Ti OC WindForce 2X 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128D/EU) £83.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £82.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £64.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.98
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £31.79
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38192M1600HC11DC) £29.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £734.78 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 
Bgrade or not great card great cooling and 2gb version of the 560 ti? Bargain price imo, made mistake with 1 ram stick 2x4gb vengeance low profile version.
 
 
 
stulid said:
I dont see how £700-800 is a "cost effective upgrade" :p


YOUR BASKET
1 x Gainward GeForce GT640 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £71.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £49.99
1 x Intel Pentium G620 2.60GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £49.99
1 x MSI H61M-P31-G3 Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £38.99
1 x OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £32.99
1 x Kingston Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £23.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £293.93 (includes shipping : £10.00).




Stick that lot in your existing case.
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Dat GPU?
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-294-SP&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=
 
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