Worth an Upgrade??

ninjapilot

ninjapilot

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Hi Lads, i built this rig about a year ago for my brother in law he has £150, to spend on upgrades any suggestions? Quad?? maybe? :D:D:cool:

Spec:

Corsair 620W HX Modular PSU - ATX12V v2.2 APFC

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 (2.4ghz) Socket 775 FSB1066 4MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor ((Running @ Stock speed))

Samsung SH-W183 18x18 DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black)

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC)

Samsung SM-226BW 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Glossy Black

Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard _ F10 Bios

Samsung SpinPoint T 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD321KJ)

Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case

BFG GeForce 8800 GTX OC 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail

X-Fi Platinum sound card + Front Module

Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition SP3 - OEM (N09-02215)


Cheers lads

Ninja
 
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If you upgrade to quad on P965 will be limit your performence. I got Abit AB9 QuadGT before with a Q9450, not very good special when you o.c, the MOSFET got very very hot made all the volltage drop. Stretch a bit more for a new board and cpu. Or find some second hand stuff.
 
thanks for the input / suggestions,
yes its a poor show not to clock the E6600 :eek:,
its used for games (( Flight Sim X & Cod4 etc)) and downloading at the same time, some of the time. quad might be useful eh? also if got the quad would probably clock that up but not loads, can Xp use 4 gig then? i know Vista can?

Thanks

Ninja
 
A new cpu would just be a waste & performance boost will be tiny.
Same with a 4850 to similar performance wise to the 8800gtx.

As said new another 2g of ram (1.3g on xp still worth it)
And a new Cpu cooler maybe a tuniq tower or similiar & OC it.

All saved moneyies can be set to me :D
 
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