PC guts upgrade...

JU_88 · 10-12-12, 08:21 AM

Well, kind of spontanious but i was thinking of Upgrading my Mobo CPU and RAM on limited budget of about £300, but its really £200 as I am counting on selling on my old Guts on Ebay for about £100ish

Here is what I have currently

Antec 600w PSU.
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500
4 GB Corsair DDR2 (800) 4 x 1 GB
Asus P5Q PRO (socket 775)
XFX Geforce GTX 275

Drives and case are pretty irrelevent so I wont go there, but I have 4 HDDS, all SATA II.

I been reading and price checking a bit the last few days and I was thinking to aim for a lower end Intel i5 Ivy bridge maybe a 3450S or 3470T or 3330 (all same price but i dont know the difference between them :P)

Mobo, would be at similar price as above CPU, I like Asus alot so would want to go with them. Obviously I need socket 1155 and im thinking to go with the Z77 or Z68 chipset.
In addition I would like DDR3 support, at least 6x Sata II/III ports (MUST have RAID!), 3x USB 2 headers for my case, USB 3 is nice but its not a big deal

For Ram I will get a cheapish branded 16GB 1600mhz kit, (4x 4GB)

I will stick with my old PSU and Gfx card for now, I will upgrade graphics at a later date. Gaming isnt by biggest priority at the moment, but 3d Modling applications is, here - The GPU only really helps out with viewport performance, something that my 4 year old GTX 257 can handle just fine, but my CPU and RAM is letting me down - especially when it comes to Rendering and multi tasking apps.

Any suggestions/ advice?
Just please dont tell me to get an i7 chip, I know they are great but I cannot afford one right now, end of story.
Ive looked at AMDs range, but I cant see anything that matched the i5s price/performance ratio.

Ta.

10-12-12, 08:21 AM	#1
JU_88 Silent Hunter Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: UK Posts: 3,803 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	PC guts upgrade... Well, kind of spontanious but i was thinking of Upgrading my Mobo CPU and RAM on limited budget of about £300, but its really £200 as I am counting on selling on my old Guts on Ebay for about £100ish Here is what I have currently Antec 600w PSU. Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 4 GB Corsair DDR2 (800) 4 x 1 GB Asus P5Q PRO (socket 775) XFX Geforce GTX 275 Drives and case are pretty irrelevent so I wont go there, but I have 4 HDDS, all SATA II. I been reading and price checking a bit the last few days and I was thinking to aim for a lower end Intel i5 Ivy bridge maybe a 3450S or 3470T or 3330 (all same price but i dont know the difference between them :P) Mobo, would be at similar price as above CPU, I like Asus alot so would want to go with them. Obviously I need socket 1155 and im thinking to go with the Z77 or Z68 chipset. In addition I would like DDR3 support, at least 6x Sata II/III ports (MUST have RAID!), 3x USB 2 headers for my case, USB 3 is nice but its not a big deal For Ram I will get a cheapish branded 16GB 1600mhz kit, (4x 4GB) I will stick with my old PSU and Gfx card for now, I will upgrade graphics at a later date. Gaming isnt by biggest priority at the moment, but 3d Modling applications is, here - The GPU only really helps out with viewport performance, something that my 4 year old GTX 257 can handle just fine, but my CPU and RAM is letting me down - especially when it comes to Rendering and multi tasking apps. Any suggestions/ advice? Just please dont tell me to get an i7 chip, I know they are great but I cannot afford one right now, end of story. Ive looked at AMDs range, but I cant see anything that matched the i5s price/performance ratio. Ta. Last edited by JU_88; 10-12-12 at 08:37 AM.