View Full Version : Up Grade but how?
Hi this is my first post on here. I currently have...
Q6600
4 GB ram which is OCZ 2 x 2GB sticks I think 800 MHz ddr2
A very poor HD 2400 pro graphics card
And as for my mobo well I don’t have a clue......
I would like to spend about £200 in total upgrading my graphics card and mobo.
The ram I installed does not run well with the mobo so the mobo will have to match the ram (yeah wrong way round!)
If anyone has any ideas or suggestions on which type (manufacturer) of mobo and graphics card I should get I would be grateful for the help.
Upgrade the graphics card, yes.. But upgrade the motherboard for £200, no.. To spend money on upgrading to another 775 setup would be money wasted, as everything is going the i5/i7 route which arent compatible. So realistically, you'd need to look at motherboard, CPU and RAM to make the upgrade worthwhile doing.
As far as video cards go, I reckon a lot of people here would recommend the GTX260, GTX275 or the ATi 4890 for less than £200. They range from around £100ish to £180ish depending where you look, so it depends on how much of your budget you'd like to spend/save :)
New ATI graphics cards coming out pretty soon, they will make prices drop so you might want to hold off a month if you can.
Don't listen to that fool, you wanna go with a mean Green graphics card, such as the nVidia 260, 275 or even a 280
And id have to agree with what Aaron said, upgrading to another 775 CPU/MOBO just isn't worth it now, I would either wait a while and upgrade the whole lot to i5/i7 :P
Or i would just keep your shining light of a CPU which is the Q6600 (have one myself and its a beast)
You may need to upgrade your psu too if getting a beefy graphics card. Depends on what you have currently though.
Gigabyte M/B are usually good.
wonderlust
23-09-09, 10:33
Gigabyte M/B are usually good.
except their QC sucks.
My last gigabyte board died due to over heated chipset. Turned out the factory hadnt removed the protector for the thermal past when applying the heatsink of the north bridge.
I will never buy gigabyte again.
Sheesh, never heard of that before. I sure that must of been a one off. They must off replaced it for you though.
wonderlust
23-09-09, 12:20
no it died outside of warranty
no it died outside of warranty
It had a manufacturing fault and was clearly not fit for purpose. Unless this mobo was over 6 years old they should have replaced or refunded it. All in the sale of goods act.
This BBC article (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8253915.stm) clearly says it.
wonderlust
23-09-09, 13:46
yeah but good excuse to scrap socket A and go to amd64 (at the time) :D
Fair enough. Still important to note that just because an item is out of warranty does not mean you can't get it replaced if you can show it has died before you would reasonably expect it to within 6 years.
Thanks ppl I was only gonna upgrade the mobo (about £50) so it would work with my RAM its got the same rating as my mates 2GB we have the same comps on vista 64
New gfx cards for ati released today, they dont affect standing of current cheaper cards atm.
I would just upgrade your PSU to a branded 600watt ish one, and get a Nvidia 260, you cant go wrong really
OCZ 600W ModXStream PRO Modular Power Supply PSU (http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Power+Supplies/500w+%2B/OCZ+600W+ModXStream+PRO+Modular+Power+Supply+PSU+? productId=33612)
BFG GeForce GTX 260 OC Maxcore 896MB PCI-E (http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/PCI-E/nVIDIA+GTX+260%2F280+Series/BFG+GeForce+GTX+260+OC+Maxcore+896MB+PCI-E+?productId=37707)
Those should see you right, and around £200 for a very good gaming rig
Get the Asus 260 £40 cheaper here and in stock ;)
http://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/Other+products/Asus+ENGTX260+GL%2B%2FHTDI%2F896MD3%2C+PCI-E%2C+896MB+DDR3%2C+Glaciator%2B+Edition.+?productI d=37691
If you want a PSU in stock this would do well
http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Power+Supplies/500w+%2B/500W+Silverpower+by+Seasonic+SP-SS500+PSU+?productId=37543
for games your CPU is more than ok! memorys ok too BUT as the components above only total £157.11p you could spend the remaining cash on another 4gb kit of memory to take you to 8gb!
Do you really need 8gb? probably not but it would be rude not too if you have the cash LOL :D
You would have to outdo me Coiler, I just thought I'd suggest some items on aria via links as no-one else had
:getmecoat:
Thanks... But one of the main problems I have is that my RAM don't work too well with my mobo... i never thought to look b4 I got it so my 2x2 GB are runnin the same as 2GB and also my mobo only supports 4GB ram (2x2GB)
That cant be right, surely your mobo can support more than 4GB, most motherboards in the last half a decade can support atleast 4-8GB
Download and install everest so we know what motherboard it is your using, maybe a setup problem, either that or its not clicked in properly
maybe a setup problem, either that or its not clicked in properly
I was wondering both of those, but specifically the bit in bold - its an easy thing to do, and it can even look like its in when its not..
q66 is still a good cpu and the truth is that unless your a benchmark junkie a newwer cpu will go un noticed.
not knowing what your current mobo is makes trying to figure out what the issue your having is hard, as it could be as simple as a bios update. for the gpu, well not to be nasty but it would be harder to find one that wouldnt be an upgreade from the 2400 because its a media card really not a gaming one.
what res do you play at? only you could be spending money on a gpu that you will never see the benefit for having?
imo that gpu and psu coiler picked are good and if you want to throw a mobo into the mix with those than my money would go on this one (http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Motherboards/Socket+775+(Intel)/Gigabyte+GA-EP31-DS3L+iP31+Express+Socket+775+Motherboard+?productI d=33793) and overclock you q66 a bit which most do with ease :D
Hi sorry for the late reply.. My mobo is a Biostar phoenix, I asked the company after I got the RAM and they sent me a list of what types they support, OCZ was not on the list. My computer says I have 4GB BUT I had to mess about with the timings and voltage because I kept getting the BSOD when I first installed it.... http://www.biostar.com.tw/app/en/mb/content.php?S_ID=307 Thst is my mobo.
does anyone actually check the mobo memory support list though?!
99.9% of people just buy memory based on speed and type.
does anyone actually check the mobo memory support list though?!
99.9% of people just buy memory based on speed and type.
+1 :thumbsup:
I checked, didn't see it, bought anyway :p
I checked, didn't see it, bought anyway :p
pmsl i did the same with mine :rofl:
Yeah it worked out fine. This is what RMA is for :p
No one checks, kinda like Gordon Brown when he did the budget :getmecoat:
Powered by vBulletin® Version 4.1.12 Copyright © 2012 vBulletin Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved.