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?
[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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