Build Advice CPU / Mobo Upgrade??

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  1. adsuk

    adsuk What's a Dremel?

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    Hello guys,

    I'm Adam and im pretty new to computer upgrading etc so go easy on me :) just looking for a little advice please.

    Right, I have a packard Bell intel core 2 quad Q8300 on a EG43M Motherboard.

    Now I know I am VERY restricted to what I can upgrade on this as its prebuilt (dont shoot me had it about 2 years I know I am silly), However I brought a GTX 560ti from Scan and a 650w PSU a few weeks back.

    I use Microsoft’s flight simulator, and have been told I am bottlenecking quite badly with this as i am still getting poor FPS in flight simulators.

    I've been advised that flight Sims run mostly off CPU not GPU, so how can i go about upgrading this?

    Would I be right in saying I could buy a case and then a CPU & Motherboard and id be able to do this??

    btw, ive looked on Scan and found a prebuilt over clocked bundle,

    Smart - Intel Core i5 2500K - Over clocked to 4.5Ghz - Updated August.

    Does this sound viable or am I way off?? Also wasn’t looking to spend any more than around £350 if that’s possible??

    Thanks a lot, Adam.
     
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    High cpu clock into the 3 ghz and a tri core as most games currently dont support much past two may be three cores. also maybe the hard disk could throttle perfromance think about a fresh new disk with larger cache, rpm.
     
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  3. stefan442

    stefan442 Minimodder

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    for 350 you could buy an antec 300, i5 2500k and an asus p8p67 pro.

    but.... how much Ram do you have? and what is it?
     
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    I wouldn't buy the OC'ed bundle, you don't need that much performance and it will probably have very high voltages running through it which will reduce the lifespan of your CPU/mobo.

    MSI p67-gd53 and i5-2500k is a fairly standard combo which works well. Probably worth getting new RAM, the stuff that came with the prebuilt could be a bit rubbish. 2x4gb of 1600mhz should do you fine :)
     
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    Get yourself an amd cheap cheerfull
     
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    adsuk What's a Dremel?

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    Hi guys,

    thanks for the replys,

    It actually works out cheaper for me to get the overclocked bundle to be honest, this is the system if i went for it ;


    Case:Coolermaster 690 II Advanced
    PSU: 650W Hale Modular
    GPU: GeForce GTX 560Ti, 1gb.
    CPU:Intel Core i5 2500k 3.3ghz overclocked to 4.5ghz ,
    Cooler: Corsair H60
    Mobo: MSI P67A-G45 Intel P67 Chipset
    RAM: 4gb DDR3 1600Mhz. Corsair.


    How does it look??
     
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