Cheapest Way To Upgrade

Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
C

ClaytonGriffith

Honorable
Jun 14, 2012
19
0
10,510
CPU
Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 @ 2.13GHz 39 °C
Conroe 65nm Technology

RAM
4.00GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 399MHz (4-4-4-12)

Motherboard
ASUSTeK Computer INC. P5N-E SLI (Socket 775) 40 °C

Graphics
DELL 1905FP (1280x1024@60Hz)
512MB GeForce 8800 GT (XFX Pine Group) 82 °C

Hard Drives
373GB Seagate ST340062 0AS SCSI Disk Device (SATA) 29 °C
112GB hp ssd v 300a SCSI Disk Device (SSD)

anetec 550 Psu

Strickly Gaming.

I already have a Graphics card MSI R7850 Twin Frozr 2GD5/OC Radeon HD 7850 2GB but i know my cpu is ancient. was just wondering if my cheapest bet would be to get a new mobo and cpu. or any other options. the mobo in the case is 16x9.
 
Solution
A
Q 6600 /Q9300 are good but really hard to find good working mobo. I did upgrade q9300 for 960-> 3930k

And AMD can be cheap (4-6core cpu) But then mobo is issue.
LGA 1150 mobos are cheap? Ant they have USB-3 PCI-e 3.0 and lots of fast sata ports. Old lga 775 do not support big HDD's? Bigger than 1TB? If I remember right.

New mother boards do have muchbetter lan controllers and better sound cards integrated onboard.

And lots of other good built in control systems too.
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4489#ov
Sort by date Sort by votes
A

AxlFone

Dignified
May 21, 2013
2,665
0
13,960
Here.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($239.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($114.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $392.97
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-16 06:01 EST-0500)

If you have more money take better mobo. Gigabyte X-D3H UD3H are awesome mobos for OC and gaming build.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
C

ClaytonGriffith

Honorable
Jun 14, 2012
19
0
10,510
So their is no sense in investing in another power supply case and such as long as it all fits. Thanks for the suggestion. I was kinda maybe leaning towards amd because of price. Either way All i really need to do is get a mobo/cpu/and some new ram and I got it a lot cheaper then a new build
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
A

AxlFone

Dignified
May 21, 2013
2,665
0
13,960


Sure best is buy new PSU and better case if you want to invest on them. But if parts fin in case and PSU works fine.. What point is there buy new if you do not need them? :)

Here is good PSU.
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/rosewill-power-supply-capstone550

Or bigger.

And case.
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/bitfenix-case-bfcgho300kkn1rp

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/fractal-design-case-fdcacore3000usb3bl

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/fractal-design-case-fdcadefr4bl

 
Upvote 0 Downvote
C

ClaytonGriffith

Honorable
Jun 14, 2012
19
0
10,510
What would you Think if i just upgraded to cpu. I think i can get it for a decent price. And the preformance on the Benchmarks wasn't too terrible if i get a used or referbished for the right price. i am just trying to way some options. Thanks for you help

Core 2 Quad Q6700
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
A

AxlFone

Dignified
May 21, 2013
2,665
0
13,960
Q 6600 /Q9300 are good but really hard to find good working mobo. I did upgrade q9300 for 960-> 3930k

And AMD can be cheap (4-6core cpu) But then mobo is issue.
LGA 1150 mobos are cheap? Ant they have USB-3 PCI-e 3.0 and lots of fast sata ports. Old lga 775 do not support big HDD's? Bigger than 1TB? If I remember right.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
A

AxlFone

Dignified
May 21, 2013
2,665
0
13,960
Q 6600 /Q9300 are good but really hard to find good working mobo. I did upgrade q9300 for 960-> 3930k

And AMD can be cheap (4-6core cpu) But then mobo is issue.
LGA 1150 mobos are cheap? Ant they have USB-3 PCI-e 3.0 and lots of fast sata ports. Old lga 775 do not support big HDD's? Bigger than 1TB? If I remember right.

New mother boards do have muchbetter lan controllers and better sound cards integrated onboard.

And lots of other good built in control systems too.
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4489#ov
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Solution
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Latest posts

Moderators online

Share this page

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom