upgrading from e8400?

squarehead94 · 13 Jan 2012 at 00:42

hey all, my brothers currently got an e8400 in his asus p5ne-sli with 4gb xms2 ram. it has a gts 450 in. its in a xigmatek screwless case, with a minimal psu. he is thinking of selling it to upgrade. but he is only being offered 230 for it (generous IMO but still, he has no other money to upgrade) ive tried to price him up a sandy bridge rig but cant, 250 is simply too cheap. is it worth going to a phenom? would there be a major increase? i think we could do a fairly decent amd system with that kinda cash, he has a hard drive, ide.
is it worth upgrading? thanks

beejjacobs · 13 Jan 2012 at 00:43

What components does he need for £250?

Razargh · 13 Jan 2012 at 00:45

Minimum for full rig would be around £400.

squarehead94 · 13 Jan 2012 at 00:46

he would need, motherboard, cpu, gpu, ram, dvd drive, possibly a case and psu but i have those i can donate to him there old but will do.

beejjacobs · 13 Jan 2012 at 00:47

Would be worth keeping what he has if that is the case, his set up is still decent. Maybe buy a cooler to overclock the CPU?

EDIT: what does he use the PC for?

squarehead94 · 13 Jan 2012 at 00:49

gaming. wondered whether a mass improvement would be seen going to an amd phenom machine. thanks

beejjacobs · 13 Jan 2012 at 00:51

squarehead94 said:
gaming. wondered whether a mass improvement would be seen going to an amd phenom machine. thanks

I'm not sure you'd get a good rig for 250! Especially not as good a GPU. The GTS450 isn't bad. He'd be getting a worse PC almost definitely!

Razargh · 13 Jan 2012 at 00:54

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6570 1024MB GDDR3 PC-Express Graphics Card £49.99
1 x MSI H61M-E33 Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard **B3 REVISION** £46.99
1 x OcUK Imp MicroATX Tower Case (500w PSU) £24.98
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £17.99
Total : £259.93 (includes shipping : £10.00).

You would have to get a 2nd hand HDD or something and keep the existing GPU, its better than the one i have spec'd

beejjacobs · 13 Jan 2012 at 00:56

Razargh said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6570 1024MB GDDR3 PC-Express Graphics Card £49.99
1 x MSI H61M-E33 Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard **B3 REVISION** £46.99
1 x OcUK Imp MicroATX Tower Case (500w PSU) £24.98
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £17.99
Total : £259.93 (includes shipping : £10.00).

You would have to get a 2nd hand HDD or something.

Wouldn't ever get that PSU

squarehead94 · 13 Jan 2012 at 00:59

lol aye righty then will tell him. yeah i think he wont mind going 2nd hand to be honest, but i dont know anyone selling anything decent for 250 tbh! prefer a sandy bridge tbh but he cant afford it. would it not be worth just getting a q6600? is that much better than the e8400? he video encodes and games so. just i saw a rig with a phenom 945 second hand for cheap. thanks!

beejjacobs · 13 Jan 2012 at 01:10

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/56?vs=53
Only pulls ahead because of clock speed, OC the Q6600 and it's a great chip

So yeah if you can get a cheap Q6600, go for that i would

Razargh · 13 Jan 2012 at 01:12

beejjacobs said:
Wouldn't ever get that PSU

I know but it was all that was possible in the budget, best thing is just to find second hand stuff.