Upgrading my PC, £450 budget

AddMinus · 16 Dec 2010 at 22:46

Looking to spend approx. £400-450 upgrading my PC, im looking for something fairly high end but I'm only after the processor, motherboard and RAM at this stage, any recommendations would be much appreciated.

Ideally I would like an i7 processor, atleast 6 gigs of ram and a decent motherboard.

The most demanding thing that I do on my PC is probably games, but I'm going to upgrade the Graphics card later.

Thanks and Merry Christmas

stulid · 16 Dec 2010 at 22:47

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail £140.99
(£119.99) £140.99
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MSI P55-GD65 Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard with Free USB 3.0 PCI Controller Card £99.99
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Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £46.99
(£39.99) £46.99
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i5 is better for gaming than a i7

RJC · 16 Dec 2010 at 22:48

If your just gaming have a look at the i5 range or could you hold on to Sandy Bridge which launches next month.

There is very little difference between i5 & i7 in gaming.

AddMinus · 16 Dec 2010 at 23:01

RJC said:
If your just gaming have a look at the i5 range or could you hold on to Sandy Bridge which launches next month.

There is very little difference between i5 & i7 in gaming.

And idea of what the performance/price (mostly price^^) of the Sandy Bridge processers will be?

I was thinking of getting - Intel Core i7 950 3.06GHz (Bloomfield) (Socket LGA1366). Do you think its worth getting over a cheaper i5?

stulid · 16 Dec 2010 at 23:08

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/191?vs=100

95thrifles · 17 Dec 2010 at 09:30

AddMinus said:
And idea of what the performance/price (mostly price^^) of the Sandy Bridge processers will be?

I was thinking of getting - Intel Core i7 950 3.06GHz (Bloomfield) (Socket LGA1366). Do you think its worth getting over a cheaper i5?

First part follow Stulids link, Second part, simple answer, NO

AddMinus · 12 Feb 2011 at 23:01

I decided to wait a bit but Im thinking about updating again.

Is it worth going for a Sandybridge processer? How do they preform in relation to older processers?

RJC · 12 Feb 2011 at 23:03

Slightly better

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/191?vs=288

stulid · 13 Feb 2011 at 00:21

Is it still approximately £450 for the CPU/RAM and motherboard?

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £274.99
(£229.16) £274.99
(£229.16)
Asus P8P67 PRO Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) £144.98
(£120.82) £144.98
(£120.82)
OCZ Special OPS 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3SOE1600LV4GK) £29.99
(£24.99) £29.99
(£24.99)
Sub Total : £374.97
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £76.89
Total : £461.36