Striker extreme component upgrade.

[Richeh88]

Hi

Over the past few weeks I've been looking to upgrade my system without changing the motherboard. My setup atm is:

Striker extreme mobo
Q6600 quad core
4GB ddr2 OCZ ram
8800gtx gfx card
750w psu

Bought this custom made pc in 2007 for about £1500 and it's done me well just wondering if an upgrade is worth it?

The CPU is socket 775 so where does that leave me?

So anyone got any worthwhile upgrade ideas?

Cheers

Rich

[Aaron_8015]

Hi and welcome.

Is the Q6600 overclocked at all?

Only real upgrade would be the Q9550, though the 775 socket is pretty outdated it will be more beneficial for you to get a new CPU, mobo and RAM.

Maybe in the future a new GPU....

(Lot of people posting from the UK recently... )

[stroyal]

It is pretty much the same price to upgrade that CPU to the fastest available, as it is to get a faster MB, CPU, and RAM.
The new board will also take much faster CPUs.

For the price of this @ $300
Newegg.com - Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 Yorkfield 2.83GHz 12MB L2 Cache LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80569Q9550

or this @ $340
Newegg.com - Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 Yorkfield 3.0GHz 12MB L2 Cache LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80569Q9650

You can get these for $292
Newegg.com - Intel Core i5-2300 Sandy Bridge 2.8GHz (3.1GHz Turbo Boost) 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I52300

Newegg.com - ASRock H61M-VS LGA 1155 Intel H61 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard

Newegg.com - G.SKILL NS 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-4GBNS

I know theses are US prices, but they should be relative.

This is just an example, as I'm sure Aaron can dial this in, closer to what you want, and have available

What brand power supply, and 12v amps.

[Richeh88]

thanks for the replys, what do u lot think to this?

"Radon Torosaur Z68" Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30GHz @ 4.40GHz Overclocked Bundle - Gigabyte []

or

"Radon Allosaur" Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30GHz @ 4.40GHz Overclocked Bundle - Asus []

[Aaron_8015]

Nice little bundle...

2500K is a great chip.

That aftermarket cooling will help in overclocking...

[Richeh88]

Nice little bundle...

2500K is a great chip.

oops ment this

"Radon Allosaur" Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30GHz @ 4.40GHz Overclocked Bundle - Asus []

[Aaron_8015]

Pretty much the same.. Just different motherboard.

[Richeh88]

Hi and welcome.
Is the Q6600 overclocked at all?

hi btw I have had it overclocked before to around 3.2 but tbh it doesnt give that much of a performance increase.