[xanthom]

Hi there

My current desktop is sadly coming of age, and I would like to shine it up! I build it back in 2008, with the following specs:

Core 2 Quad Q9450 12 MB (Intel Boxed)
€ 256. Core 2 Quad 2.66 GHz / Socket 775 / 1333 MHz / 12 MB L2 / Intel Boxed

ASUS VW222U (Sort)
€ 226. 22 inches (Speaker(s)) TFT active matrix / 1680 x 1050 / 2 ms / 300 cd/m2 / 0.282 mm dpi / VGA / DVI / LYD

Club 3D HD4850 (512 MB)
€ 147. ATI Radeon HD 4850 / PCI Express 2.0 x16 / 625 MHz / 2560 x 1600 / 512 MB GDDR3 SDRAM (1.986 GHz) / VGA / S-Video / TV/FM / Composite VideoGDDR3 SDRAM

Corsair VX550W
€ 65. 550 Watt PSU / Internal / AC 90-264 V / 47 - 63 Hz / ? x Power (in) / ? x Power (out) / ? db

Antec Performance One P182
€ 112. Cabinet / ATX / 1x3.5" External / 4x5.25" External / 6x3.5" Intern / Metalblack gun / 3 x Fans

ASUS P5Q PRO
€ 110. Socket 775 / Intel P45 Express / 1600 MHz / ATX / 0CPU / LYD / 2xPCI-32 / 3xPCI-E / MotherboardxRDRAM / 2xFW400 / 1 x ATA, 8 x SATA

Kingston HyperX 2 x 2 GB
€ 67. 2 x 2 GB (4 GB) / DUAL RAM / DDR2 SDRAM / PC2-6400 / 800 MHz / ? Bit / ? ns / CL5 / 2 V / DIMM 240-pins / Pc

Samsung SpinPoint F1 HD642JJ 640 GB
€ 63. 640 GB / HDD / 7200 rpm / 16 MB / 300 MBps / 8.9 ms / 3.5" x 1/3H / Internal 3.5

Samsung WriteMaster SH-S223F (Black)
€ 21. DVD±RW (±R DL) / DVD-RAM / 2 MB / 110 ms (CD) / 130 ms (DVD) / 48x (CD) / 16x (DVD) (R) / 48x (CD) / 22x (DVD±R) / 12x (DVD-R DL) / 16x (DVD+R DL) (W) / 32x (CD) / 6x (DVD-RW) / 8x (DVD+RW) / 12x (DVD)

Since then, I changed my HDD for a Samsung MZ-7TD250 with 250 GB;
Specs - Solid State Drives MZ-7TD250 | Samsung Memory & Storage

And added an extra monitor, a DELL E228WFP;
Dell E228WFP Display specs


I guess it's about time to at least change my graphics card, but perhaps also my motherboard and power supply?

Hope you can help!

 

[Corday]

I would wait for something to malfunction before changing. Your setup isn't bad.

 

[JMPC]

Agreed, the only thing I would think about changing would be the video card (if you needed additional performance) which could always be moved to a future build.

 

[bassfisher6522]

If the system is still working with out any flaws....keep it as a back up.

I would build a brand new one....and go with the new Z170 mobo, DDR4 Ram, new intel Skylake CPU, new GTX 970 GPU and then just move the rest of your components over.

 

[xanthom]

Agreed, the only thing I would think about changing would be the video card (if you needed additional performance) which could always be moved to a future build.

Alright, but yeah the video card is underperforming at the moment - aside of that the rest works fine as is. Can you recommend any good ones around or below €200?

If the system is still working with out any flaws....keep it as a back up.

I would build a brand new one....and go with the new Z170 mobo, DDR4 Ram, new intel Skylake CPU, new GTX 970 GPU and then just move the rest of your components over.

The system works alright, except the computer has a hard time playing movies or streams while doing anything else.

I think your suggestions look very nice, albeit a tad expensive. I doubt the hours I'll be using the computer will justify spending that much money