I'm looking to upgrade my PC, and was wondering what you guys reckoned. I'd say £600 is probably the absolute maximum I'm prepared to spend right now, but I don't mind doing one part and hanging on a while to do others.
My system currently looks like this:
Antec P180
Hiper Type-R Modular (580w)
Gigabyte P35-DQ6
No processor
8800GTS (320mb)
OCZ Reaper 8500 (2x1gb)
X-Fi Music
Ultra-120 Extreme
Vista x64
Plus 6 120mm fans (one for the Ultra-120) and a Spinpoint F1 1tb
I've currently got no processor because my e6750 died, so that's first on my list (I've got my eye on a Yorkfield), probably 4gb RAM and maybe a new graphics card, as I'm hoping to move to 1900x1200 soon and I play quite a few games on this machine. Also I'm not really sure that the Hiper will cut it (my first Type-R blew, so this is a refurb replacement), so is it worth getting a different PSU?
I'm can't say I fancy overclocking it - I've never had the greatest experience with it, but if you reckon it's worthwhile then maybe. (And before you ask, my e6750 died at stock settings)
What do you reckon is the best thing to do with it at the moment, bearing in mind even if I don't hurl £600 at it I need to get it back on its feet?


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. Otherwise just get an E5200 and carry on as you are. If your doing the upgrade I would wait a couple of days as intel have just cut the prices of their quads, so its worth waiting for that to filter over to us, get a Q9550, an extra 2Gb of the same RAM you have now, Corsair 650W PSU, and a 4870 and I would say that sorts you out nicely, i just specced that up on ebuyer and its comes to £520.