Upgrades Hmm. Upgrades.

[Neoni]

P4 3.2 Prescott HT
2GB DDR Crucial Ballistix
GeForce 6800GT 256mb
580 Hiper Type-R PSU (Hey its working fine for the last year or so!)
HDD's I have.

What should i do with 500-600 Pounds, yes ive made a thread on this before but would it be worth going to C2D or going a bit older and going with AMD X2's?

Not quite sure.

dont need monitor or anything or case. just CPU+HSF, Mobo, GFX, RAM

Ideas.

-Neoni

Thx in advance.

 

[gumbald]

No point going AMD at the moment, everyone else will say C2D too

I would spec you, but I'm struggling to keep my eyes open and I'd miss something obvious, so I'll think about it in morning

EDIT: What is the machine used for? And is the current GFX PCIe or AGP?

 

[York]

Looking at specing something very similar myself - motherboard just died so as good a time as any to upgrade!

Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler £26.99 (£31.71)
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient 95W Edition" 2.40GHz £155.99 (£183.29)
Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C3 667MHz Dual Channel Kit £56.99 (£66.96)
OcUK ATI Radeon X1950 Pro 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) £69.99 (£82.24)
Gigabyte GA_P35_DS4 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £94.99 (£111.61)

comes to £475.82 inc VAT + postage

but I'd suggest you upgrade that Hiper to a decent Corsair HX520 for an extra £68

 

[mk17]

Looking at specing something very similar myself - motherboard just died so as good a time as any to upgrade!

Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler £26.99 (£31.71)
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient 95W Edition" 2.40GHz £155.99 (£183.29)
Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C3 667MHz Dual Channel Kit £56.99 (£66.96)
OcUK ATI Radeon X1950 Pro 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) £69.99 (£82.24)
Gigabyte GA_P35_DS4 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £94.99 (£111.61)

comes to £475.82 inc VAT + postage

but I'd suggest you upgrade that Hiper to a decent Corsair HX520 for an extra £68

Very nice spec.

PSU upgrade seconded, Corsair HX520 is a beauty.

My own mobo preference would be for the Abit IP35 Pro, but that's c. £130 inc. versus c.£112 for the Gigabyte - still well within your £500-£600 budget though.

 

[willhub]

Looking at specing something very similar myself - motherboard just died so as good a time as any to upgrade!

Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler £26.99 (£31.71)
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient 95W Edition" 2.40GHz £155.99 (£183.29)
Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C3 667MHz Dual Channel Kit £56.99 (£66.96)
OcUK ATI Radeon X1950 Pro 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) £69.99 (£82.24)
Gigabyte GA_P35_DS4 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £94.99 (£111.61)

comes to £475.82 inc VAT + postage

but I'd suggest you upgrade that Hiper to a decent Corsair HX520 for an extra £68

That Hiper will do him fine for some time!, people are running HD2900XT's at E6600's heavy overclocked on these Hipers.

I hate it when people dis the Hipers

 

[York]

That Hiper will do him fine for some time!, people are running HD2900XT's at E6600's heavy overclocked on these Hipers.

I hate it when people dis the Hipers

I wasn't "dissing" the hipers, merely stating my opinion that the Corsair is a better PSU and for his budget, in my opinion, would do well to replace it.

 

[willhub]

I wasn't "dissing" the hipers, merely stating my opinion that the Corsair is a better PSU and for his budget, in my opinion, would do well to replace it.

Those specs dont demand a better PSU, yes the HX520 is better, I have one and a Hiper, but the Hiper aint no pushover, it'll take it fine .

 

[Naffa]

Just get the Corsair.

You're lucky to have seen a year out of the Hiper.

 

[willhub]

Just get the Corsair.

You're lucky to have seen a year out of the Hiper.

I seen 2 years + on my hiper and it was rock solid, and other people have too