What needs upgrading? (+Spec Upgrade)

Dharok

Dharok

Dharok

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Current Spec:
Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 @ 3.1GHz
2GB Geil PC-6400 800MHz
Gigabyte P35C-DS3R
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro
Coolermaster 650w PSU
Nvidia 8800GTX 768mb
250GB Seagate 7200.10
24" DGM Widescreen

My questions:

Is it worth going P45? (£99 Asus P5Q Pro)

Do I upgrade my air cooling and spend the extra on other components, or buy a watercooling setup (£150+)?

The 8800GTX, is it still good for new games on 1920*1200 res?

And finally, could anyone spec me a £500-600 upgrade.
 
8800GTX still OK with 24' monitor but with new game like Far Cry 2 I think a bit hard for it. Safe your money for a next gen of tech. If your realy want to spend I thinks go for a 4870 or 4870X2 and find a second hand E8x00 or Q9x50. P5Q deuxe abit more in my head than P5Q Pro. Find a Tuniq CPU HSF, its will keep your quad core cooler than Freezer7. £600 with or without watercooling?
 
Had watercooling several times and yes i got better temps but it was abit of hassle in the end so decided to go back to air, and with these intels you can still overclock high on air, so i would personally spend the cash elsewhere.

If i were to spend £600 on an upgrade i would go for the following.

Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.16GHz (1333FSB) - Retail
Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail
Asus P5Q Pro Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
G.Skill 4GB DDR2 PK PC2-8500C5 (2x2GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit (F2-8500CL5D-4GBPK)
Noctua NH-U12P CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/LGA775)

Total: £543.18

Although like the post above, im not sure i could warrant sending £600 on an upgrade from what you already have as i dont think it would be a massive increase. Personally i would save the cash and wait for the next tech to come out.
 
Thanks for the input there guys. I have had the same problem myself, not sure if I can warrant spending £500-600 yet not get much of a performance increase.

Any idea of what I could expect for my money next year if I were to save it?
 
Dharok said:
Thanks for the input there guys. I have had the same problem myself, not sure if I can warrant spending £500-600 yet not get much of a performance increase.

Any idea of what I could expect for my money next year if I were to save it?
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Next year I guess quite excited with Intel waves of GPU and more about Core i7.
 
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