Upgrade

[gandolf8]

What to upgrade .Was think about Intel i3 core. Need a little help all i need is processor, motherboard and memory only have $400 dollars. any ideas thx.

 

[mortonww]

What are you using this computer for? When do you need to purchase the parts? Is waiting for Black Friday your plan? Or can you wait even until January?

 

[guanyu210379]

And what is your current rig?

 

[gandolf8]

this is what i have now.
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz 6MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor BX80570E8400

Asus ASUS P5Q SE PLUS LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard

CORSAIR XMS2 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)

Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X4096-6400C5

Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache
S
ATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
ATI 5850 video card

The montherboard when last night I have nothing no beep monitor just flash Change monitor , took out mem put back in same with video card sill nothing. Need to this ASAP

 

[mortonww]

How do you feel about this motherboard/CPU combo:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.524425

Looks like an awesome board, you'll get a quad core instead of a hyperthreading dual, you have crossfire support and USB 3 and SATA 6.

And then, for memory (did your old ones go with the board?)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231319

That's $90 and $320, so it's like $410.

 

[gandolf8]

Would really like Intel

 

[mortonww]

If you keep the $90 RAM, and use this combo for CPU + MOBO, it puts your total at $430.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.511609

Which is $30 over, but it nets you a quad core and a board with SLI/Crossfire.

 

[simple_inhibition]

heres an intel combo for ya. and its cheaper to boot!
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.520544

 

[mortonww]

That motherboard won't give him the option to add a second graphics card in the future, though. The board in my combo can support two x8 PCIe 2.0 lanes.