What to upgrade?

setter · 22 Nov 2010 at 02:14

Wayne, is that a 120mm fan ghetto modded above the ram? Im running a ghetto mod fan to cool my sli gtx 470s, both are clocked at 751 mhz, currently using a rather crude fan holder to cool them.

Quite literally a shoestring budget cooling option.

Apologies to Meatloaf, dont mean to hijack your thread mate.

pastymuncher · 22 Nov 2010 at 09:03

Wayne, how is that fan held there. It look's like it's just hovering.

MeatLoaf · 24 Nov 2010 at 19:13

Well ive managed to pick up a P5Q-E board, E6300 CPU, 4Gb PC8500 and a Tuniq Tower 120 on MM for £142 :cool

So my CPU plus that board, RAM and cooler should make for a decent overclock. Plus i'll have my current board, RAM and the E6300 to sell on as a bundle meaning the whole upgrade is likely to cost very little

setter · 24 Nov 2010 at 19:52

Saw that bundle on MM, some quality kit youve picked up.

MeatLoaf · 25 Nov 2010 at 00:19

Im just hoping that cooler isnt a pain to fit and it fits in my case

Admiral Huddy · 25 Nov 2010 at 08:47

Meatloaf, I have a similar system although I've got my CPU running at 3.6GHz

I recently purchased a Sandforce SSD and response time is much quicker without the hard disk bottle necking. Money is well spent went you can noticeably see the difference an upgrade makes. An SSD is a must.

MeatLoaf · 25 Nov 2010 at 14:28

Admiral Huddy said:
Meatloaf, I have a similar system although I've got my CPU running at 3.6GHz

I recently purchased a Sandforce SSD and response time is much quicker without the hard disk bottle necking. Money is well spent went you can noticeably see the difference an upgrade makes. An SSD is a must.

Got one mate got a Vertex 2 last month

MeatLoaf · 26 Nov 2010 at 15:42

New stuff has arrived, now sitting very nice at 3.6 with the RAM @ 1066Mhz

Couldnt use the tuniq tho as it wouldnt fit, my PSU is in the way