Upgrading my computer what do you think ?

fitzy2003 · 20 Sep 2007 at 14:48

didnt update for 3 years

but now im starting to update

Bought the Antec p182 case today

now going tho get these as im tight on budget

Gigabyte GA_P35C_DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 NCQ 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache
Antec TruePower Trio 650W PSU

is this a good choice or does anyone have any comments on it?? ill have to hold out for graphics card for a while ..

mp260767 · 20 Sep 2007 at 14:59

maybe look at the 6750 processor (cheaper) or q6600 (dearer).

if you want a 500gb hd have a look at either seagate/samsung or if you can afford the extra get the western digital AAKS.

psu have a look at the Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU.

Teaf · 20 Sep 2007 at 15:09

Would drop the Antec for a Corsair HX520 which saves you about £10. Would also change the E6600 for the faster, and oddly cheaper E6750 (newer tech and newer price bracket therefore cheaper and better!) and I would consider changing the hard drive for a Western Digital AAKS. The motherboard however is great, and so is the RAM.

[EDIT]: lol I noticed mp260767 posted exactly the same system upgrades, I should learn the read posts prior to replying! sorry for the duplication of the information.

fitzy2003 · 20 Sep 2007 at 15:14

thanks lads.ill do exactly that

kevpuk · 20 Sep 2007 at 15:27

Good advice from the guys

I have an AAKS WD and it is a lovely drive......and the Corsair is a great PSU for the dosh !

melbourne720 · 20 Sep 2007 at 15:39

flibby said:
Would also change the E6600 for the faster, and oddly cheaper E6750 (newer tech and newer price bracket therefore cheaper and better!)

the e6750 is faster and cheaper because it runs at a faster FSB than the e6600, so it potentially puts more stress on the motherboard at stock, and as such the relative overclock will be less.

i.e.

e6600
stock 9 x 266 = 2.4GHz
OC 9 x 333 = 3GHz

e6750
stock 8 x 333 = 2.66GHz

So for the same FSB, the e6600 is faster.

Nothing wrong with the e6750, I'd probably get one of the lower cache chips and save a load though

e2160 or e4400 for instance.

Camalot · 20 Sep 2007 at 16:39

Is that mobo and ram good enough to get an e2160 up to 3ghz and beyond?

kevpuk · 20 Sep 2007 at 16:44

The Geil stuff is pretty good (says a guy with 4GB of it

)....dunno about the mobo, but most Gigabyte's are pretty handy

Garyj881 · 20 Sep 2007 at 16:48

Camalot said:
Is that mobo and ram good enough to get an e2160 up to 3ghz and beyond?

Yes, but then i would have a look at the E2180 which wont be much more than the E2160 but has a 10x muiti.

I reackon youd get 3.4-3.6 on air with it.

http://processorfinder.intel.com/details.aspx?sspec=sla8y

fitzy2003 · 24 Sep 2007 at 10:38

got all these today lads. thanks for your help

Antec Case P182
Gigabyte GA_P35C_DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard
Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.66GHz (1333FSB) - Retail
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit
Samsung SpinPoint 320GB 7200RPM S300 16MB
Corsair Memory 520 Watt, ATX, EPS12V, PS/2, Modular Power Supply

next up when my pockets are not empty.a graphics card