time for upgrades.........its been a while.

[Fluffy Bunny]

Hi there ,
Its been years since I upgraded my pc and now I think the time is right.

I am a bit out of touch so was hoping you guys can help.

Here is my current setup


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Computer Type ACPI x86-based PC
Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate
OS Service Pack Service Pack 1
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DirectX DirectX 10.0
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User Name
Logon Domain
Date / Time 2009-10-12 / 08:21

Motherboard:
CPU Type DualCore AMD Athlon 64 X2, 2400 MHz (12 x 200) 4600+
Motherboard Name MSI K9N SLI (MS-7250 v2) (3 PCI, 2 PCI-E x1, 2 PCI-E x16, 4 DDR2 DIMM, Audio, Dual Gigabit LAN)
Motherboard Chipset nVIDIA nForce 570 SLI, AMD Hammer
System Memory 3072 MB (DDR2 SDRAM)
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Video Adapter Radeon X1950 Pro (512 MB)
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IDE Controller NVIDIA nForce Serial ATA Controller
IDE Controller NVIDIA nForce Serial ATA Controller
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Storage Controller Microsoft iSCSI Initiator
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Disk Drive Generic USB MS Reader USB Device
Disk Drive Generic USB SD Reader USB Device
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Disk Drive WDC WD50 00AAKS-00YGA SCSI Disk Device (465 GB)
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Mouse HID-compliant mouse
Mouse Microsoft PS/2 Mouse

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Printer Fax
Printer Microsoft XPS Document Writer
Printer Send To OneNote 2007
Printer WebEx Document Loader
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Infrared Controller IrDA Protocol
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so what do you think?

What needs upgrading?


Many thanks

 

[Efour]

Start from scratch tbh there is no upgrade paths from that.

First step is Intel or AMD - after that its pretty much a straight line these days.

The DX11 generation cards are coming out / out now so expect prices on dx10 to drop off soon.

 

[Zenduri]

also.... budget?

 

[Fluffy Bunny]

all doom and gloom lol

Could some one speck me up a system.........

Dont worry about the budget (being sensible of course lol)

I am thinking Board, Chip which (not bothered as have both intel laptop and amd pc), and GPU. Ram if the board doesnt take ddr2. Got the moniter and hdd. Could be tempted with new sata burner and dvd though.

many thanks

 

[Zenduri]

well sensible to 1 person is £600 sensible to another is £2000!...... need some kind of idea of budget

 

[Phage]

Budget and major usage. i.e. Gaming or not ?

 

[marley82]

 

[Neil McCauley]

Thought I'd throw in an AMD alternative. Plenty of room to go for two cards again in the Corsair case.

Corsair Obsidian 800D Full Tower Case - Black (No PSU) £209.99

Asus ATI Radeon HD 5850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £204.99

AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £149.98

Asus M4A79T Deluxe AMD 790FX (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £127.98

Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 10666C9 1333MHz TwinX Dual Channel (TW3X4G1333C9) £74.99

Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD1001FALS) £68.99

Corsair H50 High-Performance CPU Watercooler (Socket LGA775/1366) £57.99

Sony Optiarc AD-5240S 24x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99

Total : £928.87

Neil

 

[Fluffy Bunny]

I like the idea of the amd...........is that quicker better than th intel?

If I had to make cuts to the spec (for budget rasons.) where would you make em?




Many thanks

 

[Zenduri]

This is why we need a budget to spec something im afraid

 

[Neil McCauley]

I like the idea of the amd...........is that quicker better than the intel?

If I had to make cuts to the spec (for budget reasons.) where would you make em?

Many thanks

Hi Fluffy,

Didn't realise I'd omitted a PSU in the original spec.

The Corsair 650 is well received. (£72.99)

The 920 is the quicker chip of the two. It's also the more expensive. Better? Too subjective to answer.

You could reduce the case cost with something like the Coolermaster HAF 922. (£94.99)

An alternative mobo from Asus would be the M4A78T-E. (£98.99)

Stepping down on the GPU could include something along the lines of the XFX Zalman cooled 4890. (£147.98)

You could still go for a 1TB drive that's a tenner or so less.

Go with stock cooling for now and recycle your optical drive for a further reduction.

That's a new total of (approx) £716 - slighly less in fact since you'd get free postage.

If you were to sell off some of your current rig in the MM, you'd reduce your net outlay further still.

Neil.