Upgrading PC approx £300 budget - pls help

Delta Charlie · 2 Oct 2009 at 16:56

Hi folks, I am looking to upgrade my 3 year old pc but money is tight and I am trying to scavenge as much as possible from my old system. I am looking for a rig that will play current games on a mid range setting and be suitable for upgrading over the next 18 months ( new processor gfx etc).

I am looking at the following build :

XFX Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - £83.98

AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 250 3.00GHz (Socket AM3) - £59.00

Asus M4A785D-M Pro AMD 785G (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
£57.99

Corsair XMS2 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 TwinX Dual Channel (TWIN2X4096-8500C5C) - £52.99

total £264.89 INC VAT

I have an Antec P180 case and a Seasonic S12 powersupply 500w in my old system, would this power supply be able to cope with the above upgrades (enough power / correct pins etc) and would the upgrades provide the level of performance I am looking for??

Thanks in advance for your help

PermaBanned · 2 Oct 2009 at 17:24

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Asus GeForce GTS 250 512MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £80.99
(£70.43) £80.99
(£70.43)
AMD Phenom II X2 Dual Core 550 3.10GHz Black Edition (Socket AM3) - Retail £77.99
(£67.82) £77.99
(£67.82)
Patriot G Series AMD 4GB (2x2GB) PC3-10666 1333MHz Dual Channel (PGS34G1333LLKA) £70.99
(£61.73) £70.99
(£61.73)
Asus M4A785TD-V Evo AMD 785G (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £70.99
(£61.73) £70.99
(£61.73)
Sub Total : £261.71
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £40.68
Total : £311.89

Hairybudda · 2 Oct 2009 at 19:13

For the extra £50 I think superewza is spot on.

PermaBanned · 2 Oct 2009 at 19:23

Graphics card you could swap out for something else, performance between stuff around the £80 mark is almost exactly the same though. Just that this has PhysX.

niko · 2 Oct 2009 at 19:41

Superewza said:
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Asus GeForce GTS 250 512MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £80.99
(£70.43) £80.99
(£70.43)
AMD Phenom II X2 Dual Core 550 3.10GHz Black Edition (Socket AM3) - Retail £77.99
(£67.82) £77.99
(£67.82)
Patriot G Series AMD 4GB (2x2GB) PC3-10666 1333MHz Dual Channel (PGS34G1333LLKA) £70.99
(£61.73) £70.99
(£61.73)
Asus M4A785TD-V Evo AMD 785G (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £70.99
(£61.73) £70.99
(£61.73)
Sub Total : £261.71
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £40.68
Total : £311.89

wow that's a lot of pc for your money

Shakeel · 2 Oct 2009 at 19:54

why not take a lot at those ocuk pre builds

Delta Charlie · 3 Oct 2009 at 23:41

Superewza said:
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Asus GeForce GTS 250 512MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £80.99
(£70.43) £80.99
(£70.43)
AMD Phenom II X2 Dual Core 550 3.10GHz Black Edition (Socket AM3) - Retail £77.99
(£67.82) £77.99
(£67.82)
Patriot G Series AMD 4GB (2x2GB) PC3-10666 1333MHz Dual Channel (PGS34G1333LLKA) £70.99
(£61.73) £70.99
(£61.73)
Asus M4A785TD-V Evo AMD 785G (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £70.99
(£61.73) £70.99
(£61.73)
Sub Total : £261.71
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £40.68
Total : £311.89

Would my current psu cope with this upgrade or would I have to upgrade?

Delta Charlie · 5 Oct 2009 at 12:51

Just need to know if my PSU will have the correct pins for the motherboard and will it have enough power to cope?