• Looking at upgrading this christmas, need help choosing parts.
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[highlight]1.) Budget: £200 ( nothing more! ) 2.) I will only buy from UK stores (I prefer overclockers, or UCSUK (the store is across the road from me). The case is a Micro-ATX. Hence, only small cards will fit, it's ok if they take up 2 slots areas.[/highlight] [b]System Specs:[/b] [b]Advent PTG9003 OEM[/b] [b]Motherboard[/b]:[url]http://www.foxconnchannel.com/product/Motherboards/detail_spec.aspx?ID=en-us0000373[/url] [b]OS[/b]:Windows 7 Home Premium (build 7600) (32-bit) [b]Processor[/b]: 2.30 gigahertz AMD Phenom 8600 Triple-Core ( 64-bit ready ) [b]HDD[/b]: 320GB Western Digital Sata, 130GB free [b]Memory[/b]: 2GB Generic DDR2 Ram (Single Module) [b]Video Card[/b]: ATI Radeon HD 4350 512MB (Hyper memory) ( PCI-E 2.0 16x ) [b]Power Supply[/b]: unknown 350W [b]Monitor[/b]: 20" LG Flatron W2043S ( 1600x900 ) Things I'm considering for the upgrade: Memory: [url]http://www.ucsuk.com/product/Kingston-HyperX-4GB-2x2GB-DDR2-800-PC2-6400-CL4-Dual-Channel-Kit_22224.html[/url] ( I can remove the existing generic ram, and use the dual channel ram instead.) Video-Card: [url]http://www.ucsuk.com/product/Asus-ATI-Radeon-HD5750-1GB-GDDR5-Dual-DVI-HDMI-DisplayPort,-PCI-E-Retail_22276.html[/url] ( Low-power consumption, and seems to fit the size of my pc perfectly. ) [b]I WILL BE UPGRADING MY OS TO 64-BIT JUST AFTER CHRISTMAS![/b] Things I use the rig for: Gaming (Source games are a main, but I always enjoy playing new games!) Small video editting (Nothing that my pc can't already handle) Web-browsing (Easily handled)
Eh... Your budget is terrible for upgrading. From the looks of it, you'll need a new GPU and PSU.
get a 4670 and the rest is fine
[QUOTE=Klammyxxl;18499758]Eh... Your budget is terrible for upgrading. From the looks of it, you'll need a new GPU and PSU.[/QUOTE] Care to suggest any? is the GPU I chose good enough?
[url]http://overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-037-OC&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1098[/url]
What case do you have?
[QUOTE=TY2D2;18500889]What case do you have?[/QUOTE] OEM micro-atx
I'm actually curious I checked on the PSU calculator, and it says that my pc ( with a 5870 ) would use 283W of power. Since my PSU is 350W, and the card I am going to get, is likely lower in power usage ( 5750. Think it would run decently for at least 2 months, till I can obtain the new PSU? ( I'll check ( and post ) how many amps I've got on the 12V rail tommorow. Anyone care to say what the required 12v Rail amps is for the 5750? )
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