Upgrades for around £600

[Deiwos]

Hi Folks, I recently posted regarding getting some upgrades for around £600 for my rig, but in my lazyness, I never got round to ordering anything, and what was recommended is no longer on the TWO offer.

I'm looking at new Mobo+CPU+RAM, with possibly a new HDD if my budget stretches that far. I was thinking of an E6600 CPU, but all advice/opinions are welcome. I've currently got a 7800GT Gfx Card, and a Tagan 530W (I think 530 anyway, would have to check at home) PSU, so Mobo+CPU+RAM is next on the agenda.

Cheers folks!

 

[semi-pro waster]

I've included a hard drive which puts you a shade over budget but other than that it should be a good specification for overclocking.

Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - OEM £177.99
(£209.14) £177.99
(£209.14)
Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler £28.99
(£34.06) £28.99
(£34.06)
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS4 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £99.99
(£117.49) £99.99
(£117.49)
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £164.99
(£193.86) £164.99
(£193.86)
Samsung SpinPoint P HD160JJ 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM £36.49
(£42.88) £36.49
(£42.88)
Sub Total : £508.45
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £8.95
Vat : £90.55
Total : £607.95

 

[Deiwos]

I've included a hard drive which puts you a shade over budget but other than that it should be a good specification for overclocking.

Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - OEM £177.99
(£209.14) £177.99
(£209.14)
Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler £28.99
(£34.06) £28.99
(£34.06)
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS4 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £99.99
(£117.49) £99.99
(£117.49)
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £164.99
(£193.86) £164.99
(£193.86)
Samsung SpinPoint P HD160JJ 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM £36.49
(£42.88) £36.49
(£42.88)
Sub Total : £508.45
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £8.95
Vat : £90.55
Total : £607.95

Thats pretty much identical to the one you did for me a few days ago, cheers

Just a quick question, is the it worth paying the extra £15 or so to get the Corsair on TWO atm, as I've heard people have had trouble with the Geil as of late?

 

[semi-pro waster]

I guess it is similar as the parts have changed little in the time. If you can stretch to the Corsair I see no harm in buying it (it does have funky if somewhat stupid looking heatsinks) but I'm afraid I'm not really clued up enough on the specifics of Ram to tell you if it uses the best chips, maybe have a quick look in the Memory sub-forum and see what is recommended in there.