Hello all,
Quick and easy question, would appreciate input. In a few weeks, I will get my yearly bonus from work. And part of that is possibly going to go on a PC upgrade, about 300 UK pounds for components and about another 200 quid for a monitor.
I would be upgrading from:
Asrock Dual Sata 939 board
939 X2 4200+ @ 2.6Ghz c/w Freezer 64 Pro
2GB DDR400 RAM
Radeon 3870
1 x 320GB IDE drive
2 x optical drives
Thermaltake 560W Purepower PSU (22amp 12v rail)
To:
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L board
Intel E2180 (hoping to get 2.8-3.2Ghz out of this) + aftermarket cooler + AS5
2-4GB DDR2 800 RAM
Radeon 3870
2 x 750GB SATA drives
2 x optical drives
Corsair PSU VX550W PSU (41 amp 12v rail)
I will also be purchasing a 22" LCD at the same time. I do plan to upgrade the video card later in the year, hence me upgrading the PSU now.
The question is, is this upgrade worth it?
Cheers
Manc
Quick and easy question, would appreciate input. In a few weeks, I will get my yearly bonus from work. And part of that is possibly going to go on a PC upgrade, about 300 UK pounds for components and about another 200 quid for a monitor.
I would be upgrading from:
Asrock Dual Sata 939 board
939 X2 4200+ @ 2.6Ghz c/w Freezer 64 Pro
2GB DDR400 RAM
Radeon 3870
1 x 320GB IDE drive
2 x optical drives
Thermaltake 560W Purepower PSU (22amp 12v rail)
To:
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L board
Intel E2180 (hoping to get 2.8-3.2Ghz out of this) + aftermarket cooler + AS5
2-4GB DDR2 800 RAM
Radeon 3870
2 x 750GB SATA drives
2 x optical drives
Corsair PSU VX550W PSU (41 amp 12v rail)
I will also be purchasing a 22" LCD at the same time. I do plan to upgrade the video card later in the year, hence me upgrading the PSU now.
The question is, is this upgrade worth it?
Cheers
Manc