Hiya, I've decided to give my current PC a cheap upgrade until I can buy a complete system after the summer. I'm trying to keep it all under £170. What I've got ATM is MS-6741 motherboard, AMD64 2.4GHz processor, NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT and 2 gig of ram.
From looking in the store I've found what I think should be a decent upgrade and keep me going until I get a more expensive computer.
What I've currently found is:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 7850+ Black Edition 2.80GHz (Socket AM2+) - Retail
XFX ATI Radeon HD 4650 512MB TV-Out/HDTV/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail
Foxconn M61PMV nForce 430 (Socket AM2/AM2+) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Kingston HyperX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 6400C4 800MHz Dual Channel (KHX6400D2LLK2/4G)
1) What I'm worried about is that will all of this be compatible with each other?
2) I've only got a 300 watt power supply, will this be enough for these?
3) I'm pretty sure the new mobo should fit in my current case but I'm not sure, the current dimensions of the mobo are 9.45 x 9.45 and the board I'm buying is 9.6 x 8 (inches). Sadly I don't know what the model name of my case is =\.
4) Should the stock cooler that comes with the CPU be good enough for normal use, I don't plan on overclocking or anything so I pressume its built for it.
Thanks for taking the time to read! =D
Edit:sorry about misspelling title, turns out you can't edit it... >.>
From looking in the store I've found what I think should be a decent upgrade and keep me going until I get a more expensive computer.
What I've currently found is:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 7850+ Black Edition 2.80GHz (Socket AM2+) - Retail
XFX ATI Radeon HD 4650 512MB TV-Out/HDTV/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail
Foxconn M61PMV nForce 430 (Socket AM2/AM2+) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Kingston HyperX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 6400C4 800MHz Dual Channel (KHX6400D2LLK2/4G)
1) What I'm worried about is that will all of this be compatible with each other?
2) I've only got a 300 watt power supply, will this be enough for these?
3) I'm pretty sure the new mobo should fit in my current case but I'm not sure, the current dimensions of the mobo are 9.45 x 9.45 and the board I'm buying is 9.6 x 8 (inches). Sadly I don't know what the model name of my case is =\.
4) Should the stock cooler that comes with the CPU be good enough for normal use, I don't plan on overclocking or anything so I pressume its built for it.
Thanks for taking the time to read! =D
Edit:sorry about misspelling title, turns out you can't edit it... >.>
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