What do I do with 400 pounds

[Grimreaper123]

OK, come to a stage where I have quite a bit of money, but whenever I look to spend it seems as if I don’t quite have enough. At the moment my specs are:

E8500

P5Q-5

4 gigs normal corsair 800mhz ram

palit HD 4850 sonic

400gig WD HDD

850w silverstone strider PSU

NO CASE, I’m literally running my pc out of a box.

and no water cooling.

So basically, what do people reckon I should do with the money. I know if I sold my current kit I would have enough but i7, which is desirable, but on the other hand I would either have no case or a really cheap one.

On the other hand If I purchased water cooling and a case I would be left with outdated hardware. What do I do?

Computer will be used for gaming (Not all the time on ultra high settings kind of thing, just normal gaming) Overclocking, folding, and showing off + tinkering with for the fun of it.

 

[Ham]

I'd like to point out your hardware is far from out of date. I7 is not a massive leap from what you have by any means.

Get youself a dam nice case, some decent cooling gear and then when the manufs pull their fingers out and start introducing proper hardware upgrades then you'll have the basis to build on from there .

 

[Mul.]

I agree with Ham.

A nicely built case, quiet fans, aftermarket CPU cooler and a hefty overclock is where I'd start off.

 

[Luigi]

maybe go crossfire with the 4850?

House it in a good £100ish pound case, and you're away..

Save the rest for a worthwhile upgrade.

 

[PeterStoba]

Grab a £86 4850 - http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?XFX-4850

Get a case, PA 120.3, Heatkiller 3.0 LT, DDC 10w, XSPC Bay Res and some tubing and keep the £30 left

 

[lasher]

Grab a £86 4850 - http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?XFX-4850

Get a case, PA 120.3, Heatkiller 3.0 LT, DDC 10w, XSPC Bay Res and some tubing and keep the £30 left

might struggle with the 120.3 .. will be like gold dust till Thermo and WCUK/XSPC get the factory turned round

 

[Ham]

might struggle with the 120.3 .. will be like gold dust till Thermo and WCUK/XSPC get the factory turned round

WCUK have them instock new at a reasonable proce...

 

[PCTwin]

I agree with Ham. A decent cpu cooler, a matching graphics card for crossfire, some faster ram and a decent case. Add some overclocking and your up there with the i7.

 

[lasher]

WCUK have them instock new at a reasonable proce...

I stand corrected

( special shoes )

 

[ToeJam]

u could do all of these things ooorrr just orrr you could givei it me mwahh

 

[Marcus]

I stand corrected

( special shoes )

...said the man in the orthapedic shoes!

Gotta love Alan Partridge!

 

[Rastalovich]

Guyz, if u got £400 burning a hole in ur pocket, I think one of ur last options is to buy another 4850.

 

[monkey7]

Then what do you propose? It's a pretty easy way of upgrading his graphics.

 

[Rastalovich]

Well there's a little clue in the thread involving his wish to fold also.

Any dual card setup, amd/nvidia, when u have £400 to spend and let's face it, not a bad foundation to plug it into, adding a cheaper alternative which isn't that effective outside of benching, it's a question of how much do u want to dedicate to the sinlge card.

.. sell the 4850 (or keep it as a spare would be my suggestion being as his other clue was "tinkering" [we all know what happens when u tinker]).

I'm not entirely sure if he's going to want to dedicate a large wedge of the £400 to w/c, he want's a case.

His cpu is good, ram good, mobo good - set aside £100 or so to get the best case for looks and messing around in (I'm not the best person to ask for that as I use trays & it's a personal choice).

I dunno, get a LL, spend £250 or so on the best folding aware and gaming gpu single card (275 for ~£210 or 285 for ~£270 @ Scan atm), and be sure u got one of the best cpu tower coolers for let's say under £50.

Awesome setup with a great case for messing inside.

 

[denis6902]

i wouldnt mind a, donation?