Upgrade

Mike1 · 22 Oct 2011 at 13:10

Hi all,

I am thinking of upgrading my present rig which is around 4 year old.
My current spec is,-
1) AMD AM2 Athlon 64 6400+ Black Edition Dual Core 3.2GHz, 2 x 1mb Cashe.
2) Asus M2N-SLI Delux NF570 SLI, S AM2, PCI-E ( x16 ),DDR2, SATA Raid, ATX
3) 4GB Corsair DDR2 PC-6400 ( 800 ), 240pins, CAS 4-4-4-12.
5) GeForce GTS250 Igb card.
6) Corsair 620W power supply.

I would be grateful to know what the community would recommend for the upgrade, I have a budget of around £500 which I might be able to exceed if need be.

Kind regards
Mike

stulid · 22 Oct 2011 at 13:15

I would do a CPU/RAM/MOBO upgrade first, what is the PC used for?

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £184.99
(£154.16) £184.99
(£154.16)
Asus P8Z68-V LX Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £81.59
(£67.99) £81.59
(£67.99)
G.Skill RipJawsX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL ) £37.99
(£31.66) £37.99
(£31.66)
Sub Total : £253.81
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £52.66
Total : £315.97

Is the HDD/Optical drive you have a SATA or IDE interface?

Gregster · 22 Oct 2011 at 13:22

I like you am going to upgrade. Personally I am a gamer and will be going this way:

Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-054-AK&tool=3

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-360-IN

G.Skill RipJaw 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit x2
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-053-GS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1516

I already have a Gainward GTX 560TI OC GFX card and after chrimbo I will be buying another card to sli these.

What kind of rig are you aiming for? (Gaming/video editing/work)

Mike1 · 23 Oct 2011 at 14:49

Hi all,
Thank you for your reply and for the suggested upgrade.

stulid said:
I would do a CPU/RAM/MOBO upgrade first, what is the PC used for?

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £184.99
(£154.16) £184.99
(£154.16)
Asus P8Z68-V LX Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £81.59
(£67.99) £81.59
(£67.99)
G.Skill RipJawsX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL ) £37.99
(£31.66) £37.99
(£31.66)
Sub Total : £253.81
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £52.66
Total : £315.97

Is the HDD/Optical drive you have a SATA or IDE interface?

Mainly simulation, texturing and photo manipulation.
The HDD is a SATA 500gb.
Many thanks again for your help and advice it is very much appreciated.

Kind regards
Mike

stulid · 23 Oct 2011 at 14:53

Simulation? as in flight/train or something a bit more serious.

Mike1 · 26 Oct 2011 at 15:12

stulid said:
Simulation? as in flight/train or something a bit more serious.

Hi all,

Yes along those lines, no pun intended, flight simming mainly.
Kind regards
Mike

R088ieS86 · 26 Oct 2011 at 15:20

The price of the i5-2500k has comw down this week so you could go with this if you found an extra £20:

YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK ATI Radeon 6950 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £199.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £169.99
1 x MSI Z68A-G45-G3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £114.98
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT25664BA160A) £21.98
Total : £518.35 (includes shipping : £9.50).

or swap the graphics card for a 560Ti and get a decent cooler so you can clock your cpu (flight sims tend to be cpu intensive so a good clock will help):

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £169.99
1 x OcUK GeForce GTX 560Ti 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with FREE Batman: Arkham City PC game** £159.98
1 x MSI Z68A-G45-G3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £114.98
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT25664BA160A) £21.98
Total : £504.94 (includes shipping : £10.00).

HD6950 vs 560Ti