Upgrade

JonD · 4 Oct 2010 at 23:11

My graphics card blew the other day so I was looking for a new one, then realised my PC is pretty out of a date and my mate is selling a GTX 260 for £50. So I thought I'd just go for an upgrade. (Im not really into overclocking)

Here is my old spec:

Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3
E6600 @ 2.4
6Gb Corsair CM2 6400
8800GTS 640MB (This doesnt work any more)
80GB Intel SSD
2 x 500 GB Seagate HHD's.
Corsair 520w Modular PSU.
Newish PCI-E Audigy Sound Card

I was thinking to upgrade the main components (CPU/Memory/Mobo/GC) to this:

Intel Core i5 650, Dual Core Clarkdale - 3.2GHz, 4MB Cache
Gigabyte GA-P55-US3L. Intel H55 Express, PCI-E 2.0, DDR3 2000, SATA 3Gb/s, RAID, ATX
4GB (2x2GB) Corsair XMS3 Classic - DDR3 PC3-10666 (1333)
GTX 260

These 4 comes to a total of around £330 which I think is pretty good.

Im running the graphics card in my old rig now and I don't seem to have a a problem with the power so I don't think I need to upgrade this.

Is there any changes you would recommend?

Would everything work ok together?

Cheers.

stulid · 4 Oct 2010 at 23:17

Intel Core i5 650, Dual Core Clarkdale - 3.2GHz, 4MB Cache, No, get a 750 or 760, they are true quad cores.

how much is the GTX260 going to cost? anything over £80 isnt worth it, is it a 216sp version?

Mayfair · 4 Oct 2010 at 23:41

Agreed with that stulid has said, go for the Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) for an extra £12 for true quad core it's worth it imo.

£50 for the GTX260 aint a bad deal

JonD · 4 Oct 2010 at 23:49

Your probably right wit the processor. Im trying to not spend too much but £12 extra is awesome. Will there be much performance difference?

Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) looks spot on.

Will this be fine with the memory/mobo ive selected?

Ive no idea if the card is 216sp.

stulid · 4 Oct 2010 at 23:53

JonD said:
Your probably right wit the processor. Im trying to not spend too much but £12 extra is awesome. Will there be much performance difference?

Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) looks spot on.

Will this be fine with the memory/mobo ive selected?

Ive no idea if the card is 216sp.

everything is fine.

the difference between the two cpus - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/144?vs=191 some of those graphs are "lower is better"

and for £50(missed the price in your opening line) you cant go wrong.