what to buy for £180

Freddie589 · 1 Sep 2010 at 20:07

i have £180 left over birthday money and im not sure what to spend it on, my rig is in my sig and the only things missing from sig are windows vista ultimate 64bit and cheap advent speakers) any ideas im stuck

thanks

RJC · 1 Sep 2010 at 20:10

One of these: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-047-OC&groupid=1657&catid=1660&subcat=1668

And a set of speakers with the rest.

Deific · 1 Sep 2010 at 20:29

sell 5830, combine money and buy gtx470 or stretch to a 5870

Redmint · 1 Sep 2010 at 20:31

Windows 7.

Deific · 1 Sep 2010 at 20:32

PermaBanned · 1 Sep 2010 at 20:38

Speakers... what you using for a monitor?

rebel rebel · 1 Sep 2010 at 20:39

Redmint said:
Windows 7.

This^

Peter_C · 1 Sep 2010 at 20:44

Redmint said:
Windows 7.

+1.

Then get...I don't know, an SSD with the rest?

HW91 · 1 Sep 2010 at 20:45

ASUS cinevibes + the SSD or Sennheiser 333D's

bifday2k · 1 Sep 2010 at 20:47

If it was me, this is what id get, nice fast boost for the new OS, and u can use ur existing drive for games/storage.

Intel X25-V Value 40GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (SSDSA2MP040G2R5) - Retail £84.99

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £82.99

Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £8.00

Total : £177.38

Freddie589 · 1 Sep 2010 at 20:58

moniter is iiyama prolite e2208hdd link:http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-058-IY

Freddie589 · 1 Sep 2010 at 21:22

if i was going to add an SSD with win7 how would i transfer all my games etc without renistalling them all?

ThomasTheTankEngine · 1 Sep 2010 at 21:35

Freddie589 said:
if i was going to add an SSD with win7 how would i transfer all my games etc without renistalling them all?

With disk cloning software. Don't ask me to suggest which program though.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_cloning

Definitely get an SSD though, they're fantastic.