Selecting New Components

Hello Everyone ,

my computer is in much need of a few new components,


i have an EVGA 680i Sli motherboard
Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.13Ghz
2x OCZ 1gb sticks of ram
an old graphics card, think its a 9400gt nvidia
And a thermaltake toughpower 750W PSU

was thinking about getting a quad core processor and 4-8gig of ram

and defiantly a new graphics card was thinking about 2x Nvidia gtx 260 in Sli don't know if two would be too much,

i have about 600-700 GBP to spend

just wanting to know any recommendations for new components as im abit of a noob

Thanks
Colin

Can you explain what you want to do on the machine and if any gaming what sort of games you play and what the max resolution of you monitor is?

For the RAM what OS do you run as that has limits on max RAM supported.

I think you have a good budget there and depending on the above someone like Stang and the others will give you advise on the graphics card.

Thanks for the reply, it would be used for gaming, i play Cod4 mostly
i have far cry 2, fear 2 & crysis but they aren't installed on my machine, dont think it would be worthwhile installing them untill i upgrade.


my max screen resolution is= 1360x768 it is on a 37" LCD tv also

i will be purchasing a 64 Bit version of windows vista ultimate in the next week or so, im using a 32 Bit Version of windows xp pro at present .

Thanks Colin

I would say that going to 4GB is going to give you plenty of RAM and with a 64 bit OS you will get all 4GB (as opposed to only being able to use 3GB with a 32 bit OS).

As for the other bits and pieces you will need to wait for someone like Stang or one of the others that know the games to tell you what hardware is suitable.

thanks for the advice mate,
dont know what is enough or too much in todays market as it is all abit of a blurr to me really,

ill wait to hear from stang or another member about suitable hardware,

Thanks
Colin