Upgrading

Conman · #1 01-05-09, 08:41 PM

Hi,

Sorry for not having been on in such a long time. The reason is because I have been in France for the last 8 months living with a French family and going to a French school.

Anyway moving on to why I'm here, I'm looking into upgrading my processor and my motherboard. Currently I've got a 1.8GHz Intel® Core™2 Duo E6320 and my motherboard is just some standard Intel one.

Would there be a noticeable difference if I were to upgrade with a budget of around £400?

P.S. Would getting a better motherboard and using that to overclock the processor I have be any good?

Thanks for any help and/or advice.

tinytomlogan · #2 01-05-09, 08:57 PM

£400 is a fair budget dude, let us know exactly what you have matey and we can work out what needs replacing the most with the £400

Conman · #3 01-05-09, 09:10 PM

3GB of Kingston RAM

Windows XP Pro (Will be getting Windows 7 when it comes out)

1.8GHz Intel® Core™2 Duo E6320

All I know about about my motherboard is that it's an Intel and that it is useless at overclocking (I reckon it's the weakest link in the system)

9600GT PNY.

Anything else you would like to know?

tinytomlogan · #4 01-05-09, 09:20 PM

power supply really and do you game much?

Conman · #5 01-05-09, 09:33 PM

I game a bit about 5-8 hours a week it varies depending on schoolwork and other things.

My PSW is 450W by Antec

tinytomlogan · #6 01-05-09, 09:52 PM

for £400-

520w corsair psu - £80

E8400 cpu - £104

Ati 4770 - £80

Asus P5Q ip45 - £100

Corsair DDR3 1333mhz - £35

PeterStoba · #7 01-05-09, 09:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by name='tinytomlogan'

for £400-

520w corsair psu - £80

E8400 cpu - £104

Ati 4770 - £80

Asus P5Q ip45 - £100

Corsair DDR3 1333mhz - £35

P5Q is DDR2, but you can still get 4GB of decent DDR2 for £40ish

E8400 is £140 now too

Conman · #8 01-05-09, 10:07 PM

Just a couple of questions:

Is a PSW upgrade important?

How Many sticks of Ram?

Where did you find an E8400 for £104

Is it possible to run a Nvidia graphics card with an Ati? (I'm guessing no)

Thanks again

Freak · #9 02-05-09, 09:00 AM

I think that it is possible as there have been people talking about ati and physx/

lasher · #10 02-05-09, 09:06 AM

regarding the PSU check the connections and amps.

If your upgrading to newer GPU's etc the existing PSU may not have all the required connections.

Also think about future proofing.

Voltage wise google search PSU calculator.. this will give you an idea of the loads your system will draw.

E8400 is a cracking CPU, i have one too. Price does seem to fluctuate though, usually after good reviews from the likes of CPC etc.

Overclocks like crazy and steady as a rock if paired with decent RAM/PSU and MOBO.