Help with upgrade - £400

purplemaestro

purplemaestro

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Hi all,

Help! Looking for a small upgrade to my 4 year old system. Don't want to spend any more than £400 - preferrably less.

To keep costs down the following components will be reused from the old system:

1) Antec Solo case
2) 600W Enermax Noisetaker SLi EG701AX
3) Nvidia Geforce 7950 GT (will be replaced later - when I have cash spare - probably for a GTX 460)
4) SB Live 5.1 soundcard

I want to build my system round the following:

1) AMD Phenom II X6 Six Core 1055T 2.80GHz
2) 2 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache
3) Motherboard
4) Memory
5) New fans
6) New DVD-RW

Not sure about memory & motherboard - any suggestions or comments!? What is the best spec that I can get for £400? Oh, and I am expecting this upgrade to last another 4 years.

Thanks!
 
Something like this:

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
AMD Phenom II X6 Six Core 1055T 2.80GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £154.99
(£131.91) £154.99
(£131.91)
Asus M4A87TD/USB3 AMD 870 (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £86.99
(£74.03) £86.99
(£74.03)
OCZ Reaper Low-Latency 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 12800C6 (1600MHz) Dual-Channel (OCZ3RPR1600C6LV4GK) £86.94
(£73.99) £86.94
(£73.99)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £29.99
(£25.52) £59.98
(£51.04)
Sony Optiarc AD-7260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
(£11.91) £13.99
(£11.91)
Sub Total : £342.88
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £61.67
Total : £414.05
 
get a 1tb drive, and what size fans do you need.

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line
Total
AMD Phenom II X6 Six Core 1055T 2.80GHz
(Socket AM3) - Retail £154.99
(£131.91)
£154.99
(£131.91)
Asus M4A87TD/USB3 AMD 870 (Socket AM3)
DDR3 Motherboard £86.99
(£74.03)
£86.99
(£74.03)
OCZ Reaper Low-Latency 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3
12800C6 (1600MHz) Dual-Channel
(OCZ3RPR1600C6LV4GK) £86.94
(£73.99)
£86.94
(£73.99)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB
Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £46.99
(£39.99)
£46.99
(£39.99)
Sony Optiarc AD-7260S 24x DVD±RW SATA
ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
(£11.91)
£13.99
(£11.91)
Sub
Total : £331.83
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland
with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout)
Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £59.73
Total : £401.06
 
"Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB"

Is there any compatibility issue with these drives and the new AMD chipsets or was that a silly rumour?
 
purplemaestro said:
Nvidia Geforce 7950 GT (will be replaced later - when I have cash spare
Click to expand...
purplemaestro,

are you doing any gaming atm using that GPU *or* could you get away with using an IGP? . . . If not gaming there are similar priced boards featuring onboard Radeon IGP's and would allow you to get that card sold off . . . just a thought? :)
 
Big.Wayne said:
"Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB"

Is there any compatibility issue with these drives and the new AMD chipsets or was that a silly rumour?
Click to expand...

There was a problem, however seems to be fixed now with the latest firmware/motherboard BIOSs as I recently built an 800 chipset PC with a Samsung F3 and everything installed fine.
 
Hi Big.Wayne,

Some gaming (football manager, paradox titles, Civ 5) - nothing too taxing though although I wouldn't want an IGP. To be honest the GTX 460 may be overkill but it all depends on the cash later on for that. I have an old X1800XT that I may sell off to raise funds...
 
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