Looking to upgrade an old Gaming PC

ruaneg

Hiya,

As stated in the title looking into how much it would cost to upgrade a 4-5 yr old pc which had some big money spent on it at the time. I'm guessing the case, PSU and dvd writer are worth keeping but not really sure; hence why I'm here

1. What is your budget? [€500]

2. What will be the main purpose of the computer? [Gaming/HTPC/Internet]

3. Do you need a copy of Windows? [Yes]

4. Can you use any parts from an old computer? [Hard drive/DVD Drive/Case/PSU/etc.] (If possible state brand and model of the parts to ensure compatibility)
COOLMAST Centurion 5 Blk/Silver
CASES COOLMAST Centurion 5 Blk/Silver
CORSAIR 620WATT HX SERIES PSU
SAMSUNG 20x dvd writer SATA BLACK 1
WD Raptor X 150GB S150 10,000rpm 1
Scythe Mugen CPU Cooler, 120mm Fan, Socket 478/775/754/939/940/AM2
Corsair TWIN2X 6400 DDR2, 2048MB CL5 Kit w/two matched CM2X1024A-6400 Dimm's
Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 3.0GHz 1333Mhz Socket LGA775, 4MB, BOXED w/fan
Asus P5N32-E SLI, nForce-680i SLI, ATX,Socket-775, 2xGbLAN, DDR2, 2xPCI-Ex16
Dodgy GTX8800 card

5. Do you need a monitor? [No]

6. Do you need any of these peripherals? No

7. Are you willing to try overclocking? [Yes]

8. How can you pay? [Bank Transfer/Credit Card]

9. When are you purchasing? [No rush]

10. If you need help building it, where are you based? No need.


Or should I sell it all together and start afresh?

Cheers
gruane

Procrastastudy

Do you have a storage HDD? I only see the 150GB Raptor.

Item|Price
8GB-Kit G.Skill PC3-10667U CL9|€36.44
ASRock Z77 Pro3, Sockel 1155, ATX|€90.77
Intel Core i5-2500K Tray, LGA1155|€182.70
Thermalright HR-02 Macho|€33.89
Club 3D Radeon HD 7850 royalQueen, 1GB GDDR5|€197.26
Shipping|€18.99
Total|€560.05

My suggestion if your okay with just 150GB of storage. What resolution are you gaming at btw - this is grand for 1080p but will suck at anything above that.

Ahh b*gger you need windows back in a tick.

Item|Price
8GB-Kit G.Skill PC3-10667U CL9|€36.44
ASRock Z77 Pro3, Sockel 1155, ATX|€90.77
Club 3D Radeon HD 7850 royalQueen, 1GB GDDR5|€197.26
Intel Core i3-2120 Box, LGA1155|€111.64
Shipping|€18.99
Total|€455.10

Get windows from software4students if you're a student, are a family member of a student, have ever touched or seen a student.
I'd personally hang on and use a Windows 7 trial until Windows 8 lands.

Not as good a CPU but the same mobo so you can always drop in a i5 later. I'd personally up the budget by selling the components you are replacing.Hope ya kept the boxes ...

ruaneg

Cheers for the advice

Not too worried about the storage as I've a few hard drives lying around and might even get a SSD for the OS.

Will be connected to a plasma 1080P. Are the current top of the range video cards overkill?

Reckon I'll guess ill get around 100 euro for this lot?
Scythe Mugen CPU Cooler, 120mm Fan, Socket 478/775/754/939/940/AM2
Corsair TWIN2X 6400 DDR2, 2048MB CL5 Kit w/two matched CM2X1024A-6400 Dimm's
Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 3.0GHz 1333Mhz Socket LGA775, 4MB, BOXED w/fan
Asus P5N32-E SLI, nForce-680i SLI, ATX,Socket-775, 2xGbLAN, DDR2, 2xPCI-Ex16

Skylinehead

Probably no need to get rid of the Mugen, it's a good cooler.

ruaneg

ah so the cooler isn't restricted to the older CPU sockets? Good to know.

cheers for the help lads.

Im not really too pushed with overclocking, would that mean I could get a cheaper motherboard?

Looks like that motherboard doesnt have a toslink output either which I definitely need for my DAC.

Procrastastudy

May need a new mounting bracket though... not sure

http://www2.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?adp=0&aid=59305&agid=1601&apop=3

Complete with TOS

Skylinehead

Actually, scrap the Mugen idea. It's not compatible with 1155, that's the Mugen 3.