Which upgrade path shall I take?

ByMRK1 · 24 Sep 2011 at 11:39

New motherboard, CPU, RAM, Cooler?
Graphics card?

Im 14 (15 In november) So large sums of money don't really come that often, But I would be willing to save up. Anyways, you can see my current spec's in my bio? And I would like to know which part/s you guys think I should upgrade. I mostly play Call of duty 4 and World of Warcraft and will be getting BF3 and MW3 on my PS3. I do some video editing on my youtube channel with Call of duty clips (Sony vegas, After effects) and some graphics editing.

ByMRK1 · 24 Sep 2011 at 11:41

Btw, I've added my specs to the Biography bit on my profile. How comes it wont show up?

Surveyor · 24 Sep 2011 at 11:42

ByMRK1 said:
Btw, I've added my specs to the Biography bit on my profile. How comes it wont show up?

You need to put the specs. in your signature and then set your profile to show your signature.

gwobbles · 24 Sep 2011 at 11:42

whats your budget? and if you edit your signature with you specs, it will show up on your posts

ByMRK1 · 24 Sep 2011 at 11:44

Budget £320? But then i'd get a bit more at christmas, Btw where is the signature section??

gwobbles · 24 Sep 2011 at 11:45

signature section is at the top, User CP > Edit Signature (left hand side)

ByMRK1 · 24 Sep 2011 at 11:52

Done!

ByMRK1 · 24 Sep 2011 at 12:09

Any suggestions?

Reaper 392 · 24 Sep 2011 at 12:35

whatever you go for, i'd suggest a new PSU to go with it. i found this thread when searching for details on it.
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=14302810
14A on the 12V line is apocalypticly bad for a 450W PSU

i'd get (in order of preference) a new PSU, graphics card and cooler (if your using the stock one).

*edit*
if you give a budget i'll recommend something specific for you

ByMRK1 · 24 Sep 2011 at 13:08

Ok!

My budget is £350 on November the 18th and around £600 at Christmas

Reaper 392 · 24 Sep 2011 at 13:28

if your buying in november time all the prices will have changed a huge amount, and some new stuff will be on the market (AMD bulldozer CPU's and possibly next gen graphics cards) so its almost impossible to recommend you anything right now.

however, even at todays prices you'll get a really nice GPU upgrade for november and CPU upgrade for christmas:

november upgrade
1 x Gainward GeForce GTX 570 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with FREE Batman: Arkham City PC game** £233.99
1 x OCZ Z-Series 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £94.99
Total : £328.98 (includes shipping: FREE).

christmas upgrade
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £167.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £99.98
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
Total : £293.96 (includes shipping: FREE).

dont forget that when you get to 250 posts and 90 days membership you get free shipping, as well

ByMRK1 · 24 Sep 2011 at 13:30

Ohhh those are relly nice specs, do you think I will need new RAM? And do you have any help for me to get to 250 posts?

ByMRK1 · 24 Sep 2011 at 13:32

Hmm.. I dont like the look of that motherboard, the colour scheme looks bleugh!