£100

carlosvr6 · 9 Mar 2007 at 15:22

Got given a dead Athlon 2000XP cpu and mobo and need to find an upgrade on a budget, for the mother-in-law.

What would be the best motherboard and cpu combo to buy for around £100 new.

Can source the ram as i have some spare.

Does not have to be from Overclockers and pref Intel.

Thanks

masslac · 9 Mar 2007 at 15:35

Your best bet would be to look on an auction site and get a 2x3800+ and something along the lines of an Asus A8N.

mishima · 9 Mar 2007 at 15:36

CPU: Intel Pentium 4 820 Dual Core "LGA775 Smithfield" 2.8GHz (800FSB) - Retail £60

Motherboard: Asrock Conroe945G-DVI (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard - £49

Slightly over budget but you get a dual core processor there, prices are from OcUK.

carlosvr6 · 9 Mar 2007 at 20:10

mishima said:
Motherboard: Asrock Conroe945G-DVI (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard - £49

This board much different?

-Asrock 4CoreDual-VSTA LGA775