Upgrading...

ShiiShiiNii · 3 Feb 2009 at 15:18

This is my first post, and so I'd like to say Hello to all of you. I'm looking at upgrading my system as its slowly starting to struggle. I'm a novice at this kind of thing so i was wondering if any of you could give me any advice on the following setup. I wont be needing optical drives, HDD, or peripherals as this is taken care of.

I don't really want to spend much more than the current cost, although if any of you could save me any money that'll be fine

Thanks, Matt

ro_0t · 3 Feb 2009 at 15:56

What will be your main use for the pc? Gaming?
Looks ok, although I'd go for the Q6600 @ £150 inc vat
Can't fault the board or memory.
If you intend on gaming then maybe stretch your budget and get a 4870 or a nvidia 260.
I couldn't justify paying £150 for a 4850. Although it is a good card if it suits your needs.

ShiiShiiNii · 3 Feb 2009 at 16:05

ro_0t said:
What will be your main use for the pc? Gaming?
Looks ok, although I'd go for the Q6600 @ £150 inc vat
Can't fault the board or memory.
If you intend on gaming then maybe stretch your budget and get a 4870 or a nvidia 260.
I couldn't justify paying £150 for a 4850. Although it is a good card if it suits your needs.

I will be using it for design work, basic tasks, word processing, and gaming.

Thanks, Matt

ro_0t · 3 Feb 2009 at 16:09

Well if you game heavily, go for a 4870 or 260. Possibly change to the q6600. everything else looks fine.
Also if you don't have a large monitor then go for the 512mb 4870 rather than the 1gig, it will save you £.

ShiiShiiNii · 3 Feb 2009 at 16:11

ro_0t said:
Well if you game heavily, go for a 4870 or 260. Possibly change to the q6600. everything else looks fine.
Also if you don't have a large monitor then go for the 512mb 4870 rather than the 1gig, it will save you £.

Thanks

Kennysevenfold · 3 Feb 2009 at 16:47

ShiiShiiNii said:
I will be using it for design work, basic tasks, word processing, and gaming.

Thanks, Matt

for that kind of work you would be way better off with something along the lines of...

Product Name Qty Price Line Total

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail (11133-00-20) £145.99
(£167.89) £145.99
(£167.89)

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.00GHz (1333FSB) - Retail £129.99
(£149.49) £129.99
(£149.49)

Asus P5Q Pro Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £96.99
(£111.54) £96.99
(£111.54)

Seasonic Silverpower 500W PSU £49.99
(£57.49) £49.99
(£57.49)

OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2 (OCZ2G8004GK) £28.99
(£33.34) £28.99
(£33.34) Sub Total : £451.95 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DHL @ Home Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £8.99 VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £69.14 Total : £530.0

Clum · 3 Feb 2009 at 17:05

ShiiShiiNii · 3 Feb 2009 at 17:15

Thanks, Ill take a look!