upgrading

Captain Vodka · 14 May 2012 at 13:13

looking to upgarde a 3 yr old irg. .

will install win7 to take advantage of 64bit extra ram etc

and extend a hdd to a 2tb module

at present

HP Pavilion Elite m9373.uk-a

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01510905&lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&product=3755523#N185

Motherboard IPIBL-LP
Form factor: microATX - 24.4 cm (9.6 inches) x 24.4 cm (9.6 inches)

HP 500 GB Personal Media Drive (7200 RPM)

Chipset:
Northbridge chipset: Intel G33 Express
Southbridge chipset: Intel ICH9R
Memory sockets: 4 x DDR2
Front side bus speeds: 1333/1066/800 MHz
Processor socket: 775
Expansion Slots:
1 PCI x16 slot for graphics card
2 PCI x1 slots
1 PCI slot

Intel Core Quad Q9300

4gb ram (Speed: PC2-6400 MB/sec)

will put in a 750w new psu as i already have that

so guess im looking at extending ram, can i run ddr3 8gb x 2sticks in ths?

new gfx card, 1 GB etc

so being a non pc of an amobea understanding level, what advice could yoiu give me on an upgrade

budget, guess £300-400

Captain Vodka · 14 May 2012 at 13:18

oh its running vista 64bit at moment but know vista wasnt ever . . 'wonderful. . .

stulid · 14 May 2012 at 13:18

You cant fit DDR3 RAM to you board.

DDR2 RAM is expensive.

Are your HDD+DVD drive of the SATA variety?

what are you trying to get out of this PC? extra gaming performance? or video editing times reduced?

shadow_boxer · 14 May 2012 at 13:20

What make and model no. is the 750W PSU you have? What do you use the system for?

Captain Vodka · 14 May 2012 at 13:38

it will be used for large raw file editing, 14bit per chanel Raw 128mb single file size images converted to 8 bit tifs. and ofcourse running the obligatory gaming "oh i should be woerking but need to kill and maime'

so BF3 and FSX etc

the psu is a new 750 w corsair.

ive know idea if its sata connected im afraid. The link above doesnt state

stulid · 14 May 2012 at 13:44

Captain Vodka said:
ive know idea if its sata connected im afraid. The link above doesnt state

Actually it does say they are SATA in that link, (under each drive) but just to check, do the cables going to them look like this,

Captain Vodka · 14 May 2012 at 13:54

checked they are sata

stulid · 14 May 2012 at 13:59

Might be worth start fresh,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 560Ti "448 Edition" WindForce 3X OC 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £167.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3450 3.10GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £145.99
1 x Gigabyte H61MA-D3V Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £47.99
1 x GeIL Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £37.99
Total : £411.36 (includes shipping : £9.50).

Keep your HDD+DVD drive

Check the GFX card fits in the case (its 280mm long)

Sell your CPU/RAM and add a SSD?

Captain Vodka · 14 May 2012 at 14:09

hey thanks for that, didnt thik about upping the cpu but its showing its age i guess. cheers much appreciated

stulid · 14 May 2012 at 14:13

Also can you fix your sig?

Its four lines maximum allowed.

Captain Vodka · 14 May 2012 at 14:30

opps will do

Scryus · 14 May 2012 at 14:34

I'd say stulid has the right idea, no reason to compensate for old equipment when you can just upgrade it and get a lot more bang/buck.