Upgrade with Intel bundle

sombaht

Hi,
Thinking of upgrading my current PC as I’ve seen some decent bundles on offer on Komplett. My current setup is an old Socket 754 based one . . .

AMD Athlon 64 3000+ (Newcastle)
Asus K8NE Deluxe mobo
1gb RAM (Geil Value PC3200)
Radeon X800 (AGP)

I have seen the following bundle and was wondering if it represents a good deal and would my PC be somewhat future proofed for say another 2 years at least . . .

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=338523

Along with the above bundle could you recommend a GFX card?

Finally I figure I will need to upgrade the PSU, would the following be a good buy or not?

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=336401


PC will be used for gaming (80%) with some Photoshopping and DVD ripping making up the rest.

Thanks for any advice/comments,
sombaht

ricka05

First thing-whats your budget?
If you have 280e -go for 8800 gt( if you find any in sock), forget 8800 gts -not worth extra euros....., if you wanna spend under 200- Radeon HD3850 512MB or 3870.....it all depends on your budget....

sombaht

Rick,
I would spend €300 max on the gfx card if I thought it would last say 2 years. Would it be worth going with 2 8600GT working in SLI mode? Would it equal an 8800GT?

Cheers,
sombaht

ricka05

no , go for single 8800 gt card ,for 300 e you can buy some nice OC edition or get a cheaper , with stock speed and OC it yourself....
regarding upgrade kit go for http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=338524 for extra 7 euro youll get 4 gb ram ...some might say there is no point to have 4 gb if your running Wind XP , but for this small difference its hard to resist...
Good luck....

sombaht

Thanks for that rick, it seems well worth the extra €7.

Cheers,
sombaht

Sqaull20

I dont think its wise to spend €300 on a video card now that cant play Crysis at full details,Nvidia and Ati's new range will be in full swing in march/april and theres not much games that are going to be more demanding than Crysis out in that time frame....In April you will be able to get a card twice as fast as 8800gt for €300

I would say a cheap in between card like a hd3850 would be your best choice,as you cant future proof your video card at the moment and the HD3850 is a great performer,it can play every game bar crysis at full settings....


http://www1.hardwareversand.de/6VOTvfIuZL_4q1/1/articledetail.jsp?aid=8790&agid=398Quad 2.40ghz €218

http://www1.hardwareversand.de/6VOTvfIuZL_4q1/1/articledetail.jsp?aid=18289&agid=659 €89

http://www1.hardwareversand.de/6VOTvfIuZL_4q1/1/articledetail.jsp?aid=7247&agid=599 €41 2gb Corsair

http://www1.hardwareversand.de/6VOTvfIuZL_4q1/1/articledetail.jsp?aid=19139&agid=716 €136 Ati HD3850

€516 delivered

Fnz

ricka05 wrote: »

If you have 280e -go for 8800 gt( if you find any in sock), forget 8800 gts -not worth extra euros.

Some charismatic Adonis posted recently that the Dabs Value GeForce 8800GTS 512MB can be purchased for €261.89 (+ delivery).

.... from Dabs!

Seems too good to pass up really... if you're willing to wait for them to come back in stock.

TerrorFirmer

Yeah I spotted that, almost seems too good to be true, excellent value. Dabs also have an 8800GTX for 390...

sombaht

Hmm,
Well given that there are new cards coming in a few months it might be worth while hanging on and see whats on offer. Thanks for all the advice, much appreciated.

Cheers,
sombaht