[Tech] PC Upgrade × Something Else

[Angelic]

Ohai, everyone.
It has become a habit of mine to plague this forum with my posts whenever I can't figure some technical stuff out or when I simply want to borrow a deciding hand.

I decided to reward myself for my exams and generally being awesome and until recently, this reward was supposed to be a new CPU (as I currently have an E8800 2.66GHz Core 2 Duo), new motherboard (as I currently have Gigabyte S3G) and along with it new RAM (as I have DDR2 and all the new socket mobos have DDR3).

I was thinking along the lines of:
INTEL Core i7-920 QuadCore, 2.66 GHz
Asus P6T
A-Data 6GB (Kit 3x2GB) Tri-Channel DDR3 1600MHz CL9 (9-9-9-24), OC

This comes down (where I would buy it, that means not the sites I linked - those are just so that you non-Czechs can read them) to some 520quid, which is a lot of money. As for this setup I linked, I am still not convinced I even NEED this much new power - sure, some of my programs are beginning to get choppy (see the older graphics card thread), but it's quite workable...

A friend of mine recently suggested, however, that I could look into the possibility of buying a console instead, thus saving around half the price and expanding into a new niche, as well as this option lasting longer, probably. There are just three problems with that.
a) I don't have a big TV, just my 22inch computer screen
b) I have no console games, whereas I have all the computer ones
c) the computer upgrade would also affect all my other computer activities (browsing, whatever).

So currently I am torn between not getting anything and saving the money, getting the CPU+MB+RAM upgrade and getting a console.

What are your thought on this topic, what would you recommend?

Thanks,
Angel

 

[Traxata]

They're actually quite nice, Though my question to you, mister Ange, what would you be doing with your old parts if/when you upgrade your machine?

For the i7 stuff, I haven't begun looking into what I'd upgrade into yet, so can't overly help you there.

The RAM, I have no idea who said manufacturer is, and as such would be a little cautious with them as a choice for such an integral part of your pc

 

[Angelic]

I would probably just keep them... Or put together with my other spare parts, building a new machine. Or e-waste them or something. Dunno.

I've been using the A-Data RAMs in this current machine and haven't had a problem, so I'd think they are alright.

As for the i7 stuff, if I go for 1366 socket there's just this model if I don't want to go for 450quid CPU alone.

 

[DeZmond]

If it's of any relevance, I was looking at getting a new system the other week (although monies are tight so it'll have to wait for now) and I was looking at the following sort of setup (mostly for some gaming, after effects and premiere cs5 editing/rendering):

-Core i5 750 2.66ghz 8mb l3 cache (LGA1156)
-Asus P7H55-M mobo
-6GB Kingston DDR3 1600mhz (2x 3GB)

When I specced out all the components it was coming to about £500 uk pricing, but I guess it would depend heavily on what pricing you can find tbh.