Worthy Upgrade?

djcj · 21 Dec 2006 at 17:27

My system spec is in sig.

I am thinking of buying:

Gigabyte GA_965P_S3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £74.99
(£88.11) £74.99
Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C5 TwinX (2x1GB) £154.99
(£182.11) £154.99
Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £182.99
(£215.01) £182.99
Sapphire ATI Radeon X1950 XT 256MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £149.99
(£176.24) £149.99

Total £671.99 inc VAT + Delivery

I'm thinking if i sell my x1800xt, amd 4000+, Asus a8n-se sli, 2gb ocz platinum and arctic freezer pro i may get about £200. So effectively it would cost £470 to upgrade.

First question is, would my 450W psu that came supplied with my sonata II case be sufficient. I might try overclocking the cpu to 2.8ghz-3ghz if that makes any difference.

Second question, will i see 1) a big increase in overall speed and performance in windows? & 2) a big increase in games? I mostly play CSS & BF2.

Basically i'm itching to upgrade, but i need to justify the outlay of the money

GazD · 21 Dec 2006 at 17:35

If your wanting to get bang for buck then I would swap the E6600 and get a E6300 and match it with a Gigabyte DS3. With the money you would save then buy a better power supply. This would give you a better stable base to overclock on.

djcj · 21 Dec 2006 at 22:06

Would the psu definately need upgrading?

Supercow · 21 Dec 2006 at 22:12

I would upgrade that PSU for sure

djcj · 22 Dec 2006 at 14:25

Just been doing some checking up and found this pre-built system. It is an almost identical spec to the one i am thinking of upgrading to, and is being run by an antec 430W psu. Are you sure my 450W antec psu is not going to be enough??

I'm confused :confused:

Trusty · 22 Dec 2006 at 16:33

450w will be fine mate! dont worry

I dont think you would outlay that much money with that upgrade. Looking on ebay you can get 120 for the ram, 5 for the cooler, 50 for the cpu, 40 for the mobo and 100 for the graphics card.

I would go for the S3 (no difference to the ds3), 6300 and some 6400 ram!

Will be a very good upgrade! a lot quicker than the other system, especially if the 6300 is overclocked! good luck!