What would you do???

Cocky-Roach · 17 Apr 2008 at 21:54

Ok thanks to a few on here i purchased and built my pc (first build) and now i want to tinker with it, i have a few hundred..ish quid to spend and was wondering whats best to do, i think the obvious thing is the Graphics card but for the life of me i cant decide what to get? is it worth changing motherboards and getting another Gts amd go Sli??

so i was wondering what would YOU do with this system and some moneys

Thanks
Chris

spec:
Leadtek GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
Antec P182 Super Midi Tower Case - No PSU (Gun Metal Black)
Pioneer DVR-212DBK 18x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM
Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (0A33435)
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK)
Abit IP35-E (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK) X2
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-01939)
Samsung SM-2232BW Pebble 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Glossy Black

Lyle44 · 17 Apr 2008 at 22:04

Depends what you mean by tinker? What do you mainly do with the system? games, encoding etc...?

Have you overclocked your system? As that's where I'd start. Not 100% in the loop with intels but i'm sure that cpu will do 3.0ghz+?
sure others would be able to give a better opinion.

fobose · 17 Apr 2008 at 22:04

Nothing wrong with that system at all. No reason to get a new graphics card yet unless your games are running slow? I would personally upgrade to 4GB of ram especially as your running a 64bit version of vista. I would also get another monitor as I cant live without dual screens but if thats no interest to you I would save your money for a worth while upgrade.

Cocky-Roach · 17 Apr 2008 at 22:07

oh yeah that is 4gb of RAM (should say X2, will edit), i use it for mainly gaming and a bit of video editing/encoding. It is overclocked to 3.2 can get it much higher but its nice and stable as it is

Thanks

jak731 · 17 Apr 2008 at 22:10

add another 2GB of RAM since its so cheap.

a second GTS will be pointless unless you plan to sell the one you have and replace it with a 512Mb one, as your MB cant do sli anyways.

depending on what cooler you have, maybe get a new cpu cooler or maybe even venture into watercooling?

fobose · 17 Apr 2008 at 22:11

You might benefit from a faster hard drive - perhaps a 640GB WD if you search these forums for benchmarks you will see they are rather quick.

If your not bothered about that then...save your money