Which upgrade path?

metamorphpwner · 24 Oct 2009 at 19:39

Currently i have:

Corsair TX650w
Asus P5Q-Pro
2x2gb OZC Gold Edition 8500+
Intel E5300
EVGA 9800GTX+ 512mb SCC
Corsair H50 CPU Cooler
Antec 300

Would it be worth sticking with the core2, or would it be better selling this system and building a newer I5/I7 system? Will have around £1700 to spend.

BigRazer93 · 24 Oct 2009 at 19:43

Hmmm depends really. 775 is a dead socket now and if you have 1.7k to spend, time for i7 then matey.

metamorphpwner · 24 Oct 2009 at 19:45

Ben-Irvine93 said:
Hmmm depends really. 775 is a dead socket now and if you have 1.7k to spend, time for i7 then matey.

yeah, this is what i was thinking. Keep a bit closer with the latest tech instead of upgraded past products.

PermaBanned · 24 Oct 2009 at 19:50

Meh, that's a great board, you could get a used Q6600 (i think there's one in the MM at the minute) to pull you through until there's a worthwhile upgrade from that.

RJC · 24 Oct 2009 at 19:56

Done the spec below, assuming you will be keeping the case, PSU and drives.

Asus ATI Radeon HD 5870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £309.99
(£269.56) £619.98
(£539.12)

Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail £207.99
(£180.86) £207.99
(£180.86)

Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £199.99
(£173.90) £199.99
(£173.90)

Intel X25-M Mainstream 80GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (SSDSA2MH080G2C1) £194.99
(£169.56) £194.99
(£169.56)

Kingston HyperX 6GB (3x2GB) Intel XMP DDR3 12800C9 1600MHz Tri-Channel Kit (KHX12800D3K3/6GX) £89.99
(£78.25) £89.99
(£78.25) Sub Total : £1,141.69 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00 VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £172.75 Total : £1,324.44

UltimateBadger · 24 Oct 2009 at 19:56

I would just buy a better dual or C2Q and a better graphics card and stick with what you have - assuming you are a gamer. You could get a used Q9550/Q9650 and a new 5850 and have an excellent rig. It's really not worth spending £1700. Use it for something more important.

Didaco · 24 Oct 2009 at 19:59

RJC forgot a fan as the stock cooler on the i7 is nothing short of pathetic
thwe noctua NH U12P is not pretty but very effective for cooling

RJC · 24 Oct 2009 at 20:05

Didaco said:
RJC forgot a fan as the stock cooler on the i7 is nothing short of pathetic
thwe noctua NH U12P is not pretty but very effective for cooling

The op has the Corsair H50 which I assume has the I7 brackets.

Forgot to put that in my post.

Didaco · 24 Oct 2009 at 20:06

oops sorry
stupid didaco

Poontun · 24 Oct 2009 at 20:08

He already has a H50.

RJC · 24 Oct 2009 at 20:09

Didaco said:
oops sorry
stupid didaco

Now go and sit in the corner with the naughty hat on :eek:

Didaco · 24 Oct 2009 at 20:12

currently crawled up in corner mentally distraught

metamorphpwner · 24 Oct 2009 at 20:23

RJC, that looks like a good spec, altough i think i'd change to the XFX graphics card and not really sure i'd need a solid state tbh. I don't really see a huge benefit to ssd's