Upgrades

frampi · 7 Sep 2011 at 22:39

Hi
After browsing about have seen some threads that sort of deal with what i want to ask. I have an dell inspiron 570 and was wondering what it would take and how much money it would take to upgrade it for some of the new games coming out. Have been a pc gamer for a fair while but have never really done much upgrading or building wise so i am not really confident doing anything until i know what i am doing.

So somethings about my current pc
processor is a amd phenom II x4 820 processor 2.8 GHz
Ram = 6gb
NVIDIA Geforce GT220

As i said i would be looking to play some of the newer games coming out this year like battlefield 3 and skyrim.

Would really appreciate any advice
Thanks for looking

frampi · 7 Sep 2011 at 23:38

Unfortunately living on a student budget i don't think i can afford to build from scratch :/ if there is stuff i can salvage and be able to play the new games if not i am afraid i may have to wait and get them on xbox O_o

frampi · 7 Sep 2011 at 23:56

Could afford the upgrades that mp suggested pretty easily however the more it goes up from there the harder it gets for me...around 600 possibly at an absolute push and that isnt leaving much cash for much of anything else lol.
So am i going to get better out of the stuff i already have + upgrades or rekon it is a better idea building from scratch?
Thanks for all the advice so far

frampi · 8 Sep 2011 at 00:41

Oki thanks a lot for the advice...tbh upgrading seems a better option for me atm due to funds.
How difficult is it to transfer the components over to the new case?

frampi · 8 Sep 2011 at 00:56

Oki thanks a lot guys you've been a great help.
Will post a wee update when i get sorted out

Thanks again really appreciate it

frampi · 8 Sep 2011 at 01:17

Hi so soz for the noob bombardment but would the gfx card psu and case that mp suggested be compatible with the motherboard and cpu fowler suggested.

If i could do it in 2 stages it would make things a bit easier financially.
Thanks again.

frampi · 8 Sep 2011 at 01:31

Yeah sorry i was looking at the 6870 for it if they are all compatible i might try upgrade in stages starting with graphics psu and case. and then move on to the cpu and motherboard. Is there a program i can use to grab that info looking for 1 now.
Thanks

frampi · 8 Sep 2011 at 17:47

hi so under SPD its saying the manufacturer is elpida and voltage is 1.5v....hope it means something to u guys doesnt mean anything to me :S lol