Upgrading Time Again

[Coln]

Hi all,

Well i think it's time for an upgrade again. reckon it's been around a year and a half since the last one (round about when the Core 2 Duos came out).

Spec at the moment are these:-

Intel Core 2 Duo @ stock 2.4
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro
Gigabyte DS4-965P
2Gb G-Force DDr2 6400Hz
Enermax Noisetaker 600W
Soundblaster X-Fi
ATI X1900
2 x 500GB W Digital HDD
NEC 20WGX2 20.1 Widescreen monitor
Lian-Li PC60

Will put everything back in the PC60 and keep the monitor, HDD's, X-Fi and PSU.

So basically looking for a CPU, mobo, RAM & gfx card really.

The X1900 i have just now is on it's way out it seems, with artifacts cropping up here and there with the fan set to manual 100% all the time

Will be used mostly for gaming and surfing with a limit of around £400.

Many thanks,

 

[Coln]

Cheers for the replies.

Not really tried overclocking this one. Tried a few years back and fried a processor

Wouldn't have thought the E7200 would be much of an upgrade over the 6600 i already have??

Everything is ok with this rig just now so no problems waiting for a bit to see what the situation will be with the gfx cards.

 

[Coln]

Ok, cheers for the replies.

Had a read of other posts and came up with this so far.

Running at 3Ghz at the moment (333x9) stock voltage

Changed G-Skill 6400HZ memory to 4-4-4-12 timings and upped the voltage on it a tad.

Temps seem to be ok but will keep monitoring.

Not too bad. Anything else i need to do apart from a 12hr test with Orthos?

Cheers,

 

[Coln]

12 hr test last night passed with flying colours and max temp was 56 so everything seems fine.

Never knew it was this easy

Speaking to a guy at work who was asking about PC's and he's interested in buying this computer off me. Me be tempted, but not sure what to ask for it? Will still a full list of bits up tomorrow and hopefully someone can give me some idea of what to ask if i do decide to sell