Hardware advice needed re: PC upgrade

Davey_Pitch · 21-08-2007, 12:28

Lynne and I are looking to upgrade our PC in the next week or so, and after a bit of checking I think the following should be pretty nice. Our budget is £700, though the following is slightly over as I forgot we'd need a PSU upgrade as well to cope with the new graphics card. Any comments on the following equipment?

PC Upgrade

Monitor

Asus VW193S 19" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black
£104.99
£123.36 inc VAT
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=MO-005-AS

CPU

Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.66GHz (1333FSB) - Retail
£109.99
£129.24 inc VAT
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...d=6&subcat=793

Cooling

Noctua NH-U12F (Socket LGA775/754/939/940/AM2) Heatsink
£33.99
£39.94 inc VAT
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=HS-002-NC

Motherboard

Gigabyte GA_P35C_DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard
£69.99
£82.24 inc VAT
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...atid=5&subcat=

Memory

Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C4 TwinX (2x1GB)
£66.99
£78.71 inc VAT
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...d=8&subcat=813

Graphics

Leadtek GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
£189.99
£223.24 inc VAT
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...=56&subcat=927

Power

OCZ StealthXStream 600w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply
£49.99
£58.74 inc VAT
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...123&subcat=148

Total Cost

£735.47 inc VAT

We'll be upgrading from a Athlon XP 2800, 1GB Ram, X800XT setup, so it should be a pretty hefty increase in terms of speed. We'll be keeping our HDD (2x60GB SATA drives, as well as a 120GB ATA drive), DVD burner and case as they should be fine for what we need. We'll be keeping it on XP for now as well as I don't see much reason to upgrade it to Vista yet

21-08-2007, 12:28	#1
Davey_Pitch I iz speshul Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Liverpool Posts: 6,296	Hardware advice needed re: PC upgrade Lynne and I are looking to upgrade our PC in the next week or so, and after a bit of checking I think the following should be pretty nice. Our budget is £700, though the following is slightly over as I forgot we'd need a PSU upgrade as well to cope with the new graphics card. Any comments on the following equipment? PC Upgrade Monitor Asus VW193S 19" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £104.99 £123.36 inc VAT http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=MO-005-AS CPU Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.66GHz (1333FSB) - Retail £109.99 £129.24 inc VAT http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...d=6&subcat=793 Cooling Noctua NH-U12F (Socket LGA775/754/939/940/AM2) Heatsink £33.99 £39.94 inc VAT http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=HS-002-NC Motherboard Gigabyte GA_P35C_DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard £69.99 £82.24 inc VAT http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...atid=5&subcat= Memory Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C4 TwinX (2x1GB) £66.99 £78.71 inc VAT http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...d=8&subcat=813 Graphics Leadtek GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £189.99 £223.24 inc VAT http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...=56&subcat=927 Power OCZ StealthXStream 600w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply £49.99 £58.74 inc VAT http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...123&subcat=148 Total Cost £735.47 inc VAT We'll be upgrading from a Athlon XP 2800, 1GB Ram, X800XT setup, so it should be a pretty hefty increase in terms of speed. We'll be keeping our HDD (2x60GB SATA drives, as well as a 120GB ATA drive), DVD burner and case as they should be fine for what we need. We'll be keeping it on XP for now as well as I don't see much reason to upgrade it to Vista yet __________________ Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine as children do. It's not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own lights shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.