PC Upgrade

[DeathWish]

Upgrading my PC, I have about £550-£600ish and I need to upgrade my

Processor
Motherboard
Graphics Card
Case
Power Supply
CPU Fan


So what do you recommend?

Thanks.

 

[Zidio]

whats your curent specs would help alot lol

 

[DeathWish]

lol I told you what needed upgrading but oh well :P.

AMD Athlon 2100+ XP
Geforce 6600 AGP
512Mb DDR RAM x2

I want a pretty decent graphics card and processor.

 

[Bacardi]

well an amd socket 939 pci-e sli motherboard would be a good starting point. can pick one up for around £70+ now. Id go for either a high end Athlon 64 single core processor or a mid range X2 like the 3800+.. as for gfx, 7800gtx will be dropping in price as the 7900gtx is out now, but thats still over £200 for the gfx. maybe a 6800XT would be more suited as you could always get a second for sli config at a later date. any old case would do aslong as you like the look of it... and retail cpu's come with heatsink and fan, but if you want better cooling im sure someone (urban) will be along in no time with a product list from komplett.

 

[DeathWish]

well an amd socket 939 pci-e sli motherboard would be a good starting point. can pick one up for around £70+ now. Id go for either a high end Athlon 64 single core processor or a mid range X2 like the 3800+.. as for gfx, 7800gtx will be dropping in price as the 7900gtx is out now, but thats still over £200 for the gfx. maybe a 6800XT would be more suited as you could always get a second for sli config at a later date. any old case would do aslong as you like the look of it... and retail cpu's come with heatsink and fan, but if you want better cooling im sure someone (urban) will be along in no time with a product list from komplett.

kk thanks for the info m8 ill just wait to see if Urban replies with some list :P.

 

[Ragnar]

If you want new cooling, i'd suggest Artic Cooling Freezer 64. Imo thats the best price/quality relationship.

 

[urbanfox]

Upgrading my PC, I have about £550-£600ish and I need to upgrade my

Processor
Motherboard
Graphics Card
Case
Power Supply
CPU Fan


So what do you recommend?

Thanks.

What about system memory?

 

[DeathWish]

Ive already got some of

Kingston ValueRAM 512Mb DDR400 PC3200 DDR 184Pin Memory
and also a
Kingston ValueRAM 512Mb DDR266 PC2100 DDR

I was thinking just use the DDR400 PC3200 for about until I can afford to upgrade that too.

 

[Blaminator]

Stick with the PC3200 i say

 

[Bacardi]

yup, but valueRAM isnt great if you're planning on any overclocking on your system.

 

[urbanfox]

Ive already got some of

Kingston ValueRAM 512Mb DDR400 PC3200 DDR 184Pin Memory
and also a
Kingston ValueRAM 512Mb DDR266 PC2100 DDR

I was thinking just use the DDR400 PC3200 for about until I can afford to upgrade that too.

It would be fruitless to use a nice system with 512 of ram unless you plan on buying ram in the next couple weeks. 512 would greatly limit the system.

 

[DeathWish]

Ye i'll be upgrading it within a week or two after buying this lot

 

[urbanfox]

How much do you want to spend on ram.

You need to change your sig, it's too big.

 

[DeathWish]

done and erm well i was guna get another 512mb one exact same as the kingston 3200 1 i got already, there only about 30 quid or something.

 

[[Shadow]]

GeForce FX 6600 Pro are good for there price.

 

[urbanfox]

There is no pro model.

 

[DeathWish]

I just wondered but Urban are ya guna make me a list ? :P Please

 

[Bacardi]

probably means the 6600GT.. ive got one n it runs most things quite nicely.

 

[urbanfox]

Alright, one last question. Is this going to be a heavy gaming machine or do you want to sacrifice some GFX power for an all around powerful PC.

 

[DeathWish]

hmmm well I use it for everything so I think an all around powerful PC :P.