• Upgrade or Update?
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What should I do with my current set-up? I've had it for around 3 years now and I only really play games such as WoW, TF2, CSS, Minecraft pretty casual stuff really but was wondering if I can update anything or if its worth buying whole new set up as it is pretty updated and cant really run anything major anymore but the budget a new pc would be around £400 and I would rather buy the components then a premade as it's hella better value for money. Current Specs - All linked for specifications PSU - [URL="http://www.maplin.co.uk/700w-x-power-atx-sli-psu-97107"]700W X-Power ATX SLI PSU[/URL] Motherboard - [URL="http://uk.asus.com/Motherboards/AMD_AM2Plus/M3N78VM/"]ASUS M3N78-VM[/URL] GPU - [URL="http://www.maplin.co.uk/nvidia-geforce-9400gt-1gb-pci-e-graphics-card-227821"]NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT[/URL] CPU - [URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103773"]AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6000+ 3.00GHz[/URL] RAM - 6GB DDR2 400MHz ([B]old[/B]) So I plan on salvaging the PSU and maybe the CPU but any advice on what I can do is greatly appreciated.
CPU isn't worth re-using, as it will be a massive bottleneck, if you want a cheap upgrade, then you could try getting a 955, if it will be supported by the am2 socket, and a stronger gpu, although you could just as well make a new build, considering that you already have a hopefull strong enough psu, hard drive, case and optical drive.
[QUOTE=naos;32783164]CPU isn't worth re-using, as it will be a massive bottleneck, if you want a cheap upgrade, then you could try getting a 955, if it will be supported by the am2 socket, and a stronger gpu, although you could just as well make a new build, considering that you already have a hopefull strong enough psu, hard drive, case and optical drive.[/QUOTE] Yeah its only a 250gb SATA but its fine for the time being, case etc can be re used.
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