tongue_of_colicab
Veteran
Hi there, im looking into upgrading my pc as today I discoverd it just isnt up to the task anymore. I had a mate of mine rendering a 3d model im working on and his core2 only took 6.5 minutes for the render my pc takes 45minutes. Hell, even at 1600x1200 his pc was still twice as fast as mine on 800x600.
So I want to upgrade. Only problem is that im not only poor, being dutch im also greedy so I want to spend as little money as possible
For the GPU I got a x1600pro Digi donated to me (thanks!). It will be a step down from the only good thing on my current pc, a x800xt-pe wich I happend to get not to long ago but I assume it will still be fast enough. Anyway I havnt been keeping track on hardware at all so I have no idea what I should get.
Im thinking about a core2 e6600 and overclock that to 3Ghz (my friend says that shouldnt be a problem at all), get 2gb corsair 5400 memory (only 70 euro's, never knew memory was that cheap) and get some kind of mobo. Ill just use my old psu, case etc so I dont need those.
The absolute maximum I want to spend is 500 euro's. What would be the best to buy for that kind of money (only need cpu, mobo, ram)?
So I want to upgrade. Only problem is that im not only poor, being dutch im also greedy so I want to spend as little money as possible
For the GPU I got a x1600pro Digi donated to me (thanks!). It will be a step down from the only good thing on my current pc, a x800xt-pe wich I happend to get not to long ago but I assume it will still be fast enough. Anyway I havnt been keeping track on hardware at all so I have no idea what I should get.
Im thinking about a core2 e6600 and overclock that to 3Ghz (my friend says that shouldnt be a problem at all), get 2gb corsair 5400 memory (only 70 euro's, never knew memory was that cheap) and get some kind of mobo. Ill just use my old psu, case etc so I dont need those.
The absolute maximum I want to spend is 500 euro's. What would be the best to buy for that kind of money (only need cpu, mobo, ram)?