Serpico

Get a decent dual core processor and a top of the range graphics card. My AMD dual core processor running at 2.5GHz with an 8800GTX OC annihilates Bioshock at 1920x1200 max settings and plays Crysis well too.

artest

What's your budget ?

I'm about to spend about £500 on an upgrade next week.

C2D E6550
OCZ 2GB DDRII RAM
8800GT 512MB
GA m/b
OCZ 600W PSU

Getting all of them from ebuyer, looked around and it's the cheapest to get from them. Free delivery too.

-rudi-

Where you getting that 8800GT from Artest? I've not seen them in any of the online retailers, not even for pre-order.

Kiniki

£500 max...

My problem is I don't know enough about my PC to know what components are compatible

artest

None of the online retailers are doing pre-orders but I read on some forums (ebuyer.com and overclockers.co.uk) that they'll be selling them online around noon tomorrow at most places.

Kiniki

Just spotted this from pcspecialist...

Under £500..

any good?

Processor (CPU)
AMD ATHLON™ 64 X2 6000+ (3.0GHz) 2 x 1MB L2 Cache (Socket AM2)

Memory (RAM)
2048 MB CORSAIR DDR2 667MHz - LIFETIME WARRANTY! (2x1GB)

Motherboard
ASUS® M2N-E SLI: DUAL DDR2, S-ATA II, 2 x PCI-Ex, 2 x PCI

Operating System
WINDOWS® VISTA Home Premium (inc Genuine CD & License) (£59)

USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS (4 REAR + 2 FRONT) AS STANDARD

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
320GB SERIAL ATA II HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7200rpm)


1st CD/DVD Drive
20x Dual Layer LightScribe DVD Writer ±R/±RW/RAM


Graphics Card
512MB GEFORCE 8600GT PCI Express + DVI + TV-OUT

Sound Card
8 Channel C-Media Superior Quality Audio 7.1 (M2N-E SLI)

Network Facilities
2 x 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORTS (1 PORT ON M2N-E SLI)

Case
Stylish Silver/Black Trident case + 2 front USB

Power Supply & Case Cooling
STANDARD 350W PSU with CASE FAN

Processor Cooling
STANDARD CPU COOLER

Firewire & Video Editing
2 x ONBOARD 1394 FIREWIRE PORTS (1 PORT ON M2N- E SLI)

Oz

couldn't you just buy an xbox 360 for £200?

Serpico

Don't buy any Geforce card except the 8800 range, it's false economy.

Serpico

Processor (CPU)


Intel® Core™2 Duo E4500 (2 X 2.20GHz) 800MHz FSB/2MB L2 Cache

Memory (RAM)


2048 MB CORSAIR DDR2 667MHz - LIFETIME WARRANTY! (2x1GB)

Motherboard


ASUS® P5VD2-VM SE: DDR2, S-ATA II, 1 x PCI-E x16, 2 PCI, etc

Operating System


WINDOWS® VISTA Home Premium (inc Genuine CD & License) (£59)

USB Options


6 x USB 2.0 PORTS (4 REAR + 2 FRONT) AS STANDARD

Memory - 1st Hard Disk


500GB SERIAL ATA II HARD DRIVE WITH 16MB CACHE (7200rpm)

2nd Hard Disk


NONE

RAID (HDD 1 & 2)


NONE

1st CD/DVD Drive


20x Dual Layer LightScribe DVD Writer ±R/±RW/RAM

2nd CD/DVD Drive


NONE

Graphics Card


NONE, I ALREADY HAVE A GRAPHICS CARD

2nd Graphics Card


NONE

Sound Card


6 Channel SoundMAX High Definition Audio (Standard on P5VD2-VM)

Modem


NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND

Network Facilities


ONBOARD 10/100 LAN PORT (ETHERNET) AS STANDARD

Floppy Disk Drive


NONE

Memory Card Reader


INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (READS XD, MS, CF, SD, etc)

Case


Stylish Black/Silver Trident case + 2 front USB

Power Supply & Case Cooling


500W (Peak) Quiet Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£25)

Processor Cooling


STANDARD CPU COOLER


TOTAL £427


and then buy your own graphics card from wherevers cheapest. An 8800GTS 320 can be yours for a little over £150, meaning your pc total price would be a little under £600.

RedmanJB

Get an 8800gt. Less then half a GTX and 90% as good.