Should I upgrade...

[Hyper]

Hey All,

The big question, should I upgrade...

I currently have a Opteron 146 CABYE 0540 FPAW running at 2.8ghz for over a year on stock volts, also a DFI SLI-DR motherboard and Corsair Value Select 2 x 1GB PC3200 running at 254mhz for also around a year.

Now everything has been running rock solid for months and I am quite happy with the performance of my system but I realise the value of all my components are dropping as I type this. I will be wanting to play all the latest games next year (will be upgrading my 7800gtx no matter what) so want a system that will do me for another year just like my current one has.

What prices should I expect for my cpu, motherboard and ram and what C2D spec would you recommend (havent a clue on C2D to be honest).

Thanks alot, Sam

 

[FarFarAway]

Tis a toughie. Upgrade now and get a few bob or later and lose loads on the current part but more is out.

I'd say now is a good time to sell with C2D's dropping in price soon and the 8800 series pricing down a bit.

Prices - very tough to call but:

CPU: £60ish

DFI: £40-50

7800: £100-120

RAM: £150 (DDR is expensive now)

As for C2D well...again hard to call

An E6300 (and clock it high) with nice (read expensive DDR1000+) RAM

Or an E6600/6700 with half-decent 6400 RAM

A 680i based board

8800GTS

Of course this is IMO

 

[Hyper]

Cheers for that Kemp,

I have just quickly worked it out and its going to cost me around £250 to totally upgrade.

Not bad considering that would be a new cpu, motherboard, ram and gfx :yumyum:

I will see how much cash I get for xmas and work out what I am going to do from there

 

[FarFarAway]

No probs...and aye that's not bad for an (almost) total system overhaul

 

[PV5150]

I can't comment on the UK prices, but Kemp will be pretty close to the ball park.

I also agree with Kemp's list of goodies, but the new DFI LANParty UT ICFX3200-T2R RD600 may also an alternative when released.

 

[FarFarAway]

the new DFI LANParty UT ICFX3200-T2R RD600 may also an alternative when released.

Aye I was thinking of just how much it would cost..being a DFI. Mefinks above £160

 

[Rastalovich]

Remarkable.. looking at the system in terms of u`r profile, it`s quite a mean beast, with sub 30 PI score, it`d be better than alot of people (outside of this forum) have at home.

.. and to be fair, it`ll play games very nicely for those not being `in the know` about recent releases tech-wize.

Bearing all that in mind, what could he get as a price for the complete unit (prehaps if he re-housed it in a case, if he likes his case) ?

What I mean by example, is the likes of u`r PCWorlds, sell a hell of alot worse units for £750+, I`m sure, and no where near the quality of components.

 

[FarFarAway]

Yep but I'd shame myself if I even counted anything PC World "sell" (meaning rip-off) into any advice I gave

 

[Rastalovich]

Yep but I'd shame myself if I even counted anything PC World "sell" (meaning rip-off) into any advice I gave

lmao, ya ya ok, but what sorta price would a system that could perform like this go "in a shop that sells pcs ready made" (but most likely lesser quality items) ?

Better ?

 

[Hyper]

Do you lot think if I just upgraded my cpu to a dual core opteron and got a 8800gts I will see a good difference ???

 

[FarFarAway]

The 8800GTS will show a lot of difference, but dunno so much about the DC...although some games are optimised for it

Then again in the future more games will be so...

 

[mrapoc]

I'd consider importing stuff from the US, im prolly gonne

It will work out like £100 cheaper in some cases which really annoys me :damn:

 

[Rastalovich]

I spose Hyper, u gotta bear this in mind also. Q. Do I pump monies into the system I`ve got, DC opty and 8800 being mentioned.. with these monies, would I be better considering leaning toward an Intel mobo (sorry for swearing) plus the max cpu I can get with the same budget. --- keeping my present gfx, drives, etc - then ask myself about a gfxcard l8r on ?

Having said that, if and when u may chose to jump to Intel, u`r 8800 will gladly go with u. It`d just be the outlay for the cpu that could be considered ""wasted"".

What are these amd dc 5x00+ processors like ?

Tricky tricky.