Where to go from here?

task · 28 Oct 2011 at 14:55

It's been a while since I dabbled in hardware and figure it's time for an upgrade.

These are the current specs of my desktop;

AMD Phenom II x3 710
3gb DDR2
Gigabyte board (I forget the actual board but one PCI-e and 2 ram slots)
Nvidia 9800 GT
600W PSU

I play WoW, use it to work from home and occasionally play other games.

It's driving two monitors, both at full HD.

I find it a little slow gaming and also laggy in general use.

I should also add I don't want to spend an fortune but am welcome to suggestions that offer good value for money, I do spend a lot of time on this machine.

Cheers

numatic.nathan · 28 Oct 2011 at 14:56

Any idea how much you'd want to spend?

Oh and have you tried unlocking your CPU?

King Damager · 28 Oct 2011 at 15:01

So long as your PSU is a solid brand, upgrade for that would really be looking at:

i5
Low end Z68 Mobo
4/8GB of RAM
560 GPU.

I guess depending on your mobo you could see if you could get a better AMD chip and put a better GPU in, would work out cheaper, but not sure if it would really be worth it...

kd

task · 28 Oct 2011 at 15:07

The board is not amazing, it's an interim board. I assume that the CPU is not great then?

The PSU is coolermaster silent-pro modular.

As to how much, that's a fair question but I honestly don't know. Less than £500 but more than £200.

numatic.nathan · 28 Oct 2011 at 15:12

Sounds like you can afford a 2500k, 6950, 8GB RAM and a Z68 board.

mp260767 · 28 Oct 2011 at 15:29

would want the psu you have to be at least 500w.

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £167.99 (£139.99)

OcUK GeForce GTX 560Ti 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with FREE Batman: Arkham City PC game** £159.98 (£133.32)

Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £109.99
(£91.66)

Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT51264BA160A) £37.99 (£31.66)

Sub Total : £396.63
Shipping : £9.50
VAT : £81.23
Total : £487.36

mp260767 · 28 Oct 2011 at 15:31

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King Damager · 28 Oct 2011 at 15:31

Fitting in a 6950 is a bit of a squeeze, 560 is more easily done..

EDIT: See above.

kd

task · 1 Nov 2011 at 11:01

Thanks guys,

further question.

would these parts;

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18336267

tide me over for a year or two?

It would seem I can add a further 8gb of ram, quicker CPU and quicker GPU at a later date, allowing me to build a second machine with the old components?

Cheers

mp260767 · 1 Nov 2011 at 11:41

not really worth it from where your at, at the moment imo.

task · 1 Nov 2011 at 11:56

hmm, ok, cheers