What shall I upgrade??

nizzle · 22 Jun 2009 at 18:35

Just got the 'Titan Nero' from OCUK and was wondering what shall I upgrade 1st when I get the money?

Case - Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - Black
Graphics Card - Asus ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI
Hard Drive - Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache
Memory - Kingston HyperX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 6400C4 800MHz Dual Channel
Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-M61PME-S2P nForce 430 PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Optical Drive - LG GH22NS30 22x DVDÂ±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter
Power Supply - OCZ StealthXStream 500w Silent ATX2 Power Supply
Processor - AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 7850+ Black Edition 2.80GHz
Processor Cooler - AMD Black Edition Approved CPU Cooler
Sound Card - High Definition 7.1 OnBoard Sound Card

Thanks in advance

SKaRT · 22 Jun 2009 at 18:44

I'd upgrade the graphics card first personally but it depends what resolution you play at whether you'll get much benefit. Also depends how long you're looking at before you have the money, if it's gonna be a few months then sit it out and wait for the 5xxx series ATI cards to appear.

nizzle · 22 Jun 2009 at 18:46

Graphics I play Med/High. Not too much of a Graphics whore to be honest. I will probs wait for the 5 Series ATI's.
Personally I was thinking either my Mobo or CPU?

mjones1 · 22 Jun 2009 at 18:47

No need to really upgrade anything, unless you want to overclock or have a quieter computer so upgrade your cpu cooler.

stifler · 22 Jun 2009 at 18:47

why didn't you get a pc you didn't want to upgrade so soon.

nizzle · 22 Jun 2009 at 18:51

stifler said:
why didn't you get a pc you didn't want to upgrade so soon.

Because I need the computer as my current one is on its last legs (got a Memory stick as RAM on Vista

) and its all I could afford. Although I sorta rushed it really and should have got one easier to upgrade Mobo wise :|

SKaRT · 22 Jun 2009 at 19:33

nizzle said:
Graphics I play Med/High. Not too much of a Graphics whore to be honest. I will probs wait for the 5 Series ATI's.
Personally I was thinking either my Mobo or CPU?

Well then I'd go with the AMD OC bundle:
*OVERCLOCKED* AMD Phenom II X3 Tri Core 720 2.80GHz @ 3.50GHz / Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P Motherboard / Corsair 4GB DDR3 XMS3 PC2-1600C9DHX TwinX (2x2GB) Bundle £299.99
(£260.86) £299.99
(£260.86)
Sub Total : £260.86
VAT is being charged at 15.00% VAT : £39.13
Total : £299.99

Main problem is that you can't simply get a significant upgrade on any single component in that PC. It'll have to be CPU/Mobo/RAM all together because you will need to switch socket and also go DDR3.