£150 to spend on CPU and Mobo

lazer46 · 6 Jun 2010 at 22:52

I have £150 to spend on a new CPU and motherboard. It must have onboard graphics as i don't have a separate one at the mo. I don't really game anymore. I use the PC for all photo editing / camcorder stuff, internet, word processing etc.

Any ideas what my money would get and which way i should go? Thanks

stulid · 6 Jun 2010 at 22:55

DDR2 or DDR3?

chrisxuk · 6 Jun 2010 at 22:56

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-265-AM
&
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-356-AS&tool=3

£155.98, not including postage..

JCBeastie · 6 Jun 2010 at 23:02

Like stulid was trying to divine, you're gonna need memory with that. So do you have any existing is your £150 budget for CPU, Mobo and Memory?

stulid · 6 Jun 2010 at 23:05

i hope hes got existing memory!! otherwise theres no chance with that budget

JCBeastie · 6 Jun 2010 at 23:22

No chance for anything modern.

EDIT: No chance for anything previous generation with these RAM prices. :S I thought an AM2 build was looking good for a while not much DDR2 selection on OcUK.

Big.Wayne · 6 Jun 2010 at 23:37

lazer46 said:
I have £150 to spend

new CPU and motherboard

must have onboard graphics

I don't really game anymore

all photo editing / camcorder stuff, internet, word processing etc.

lazer46 · 7 Jun 2010 at 01:29

I already have 2gig DDR3 ram. Thanks

lazer46 · 23 Jun 2010 at 19:23

Big.Wayne said:

This still the best bang for buck before i order? I have 2 gig DDR3. Thanks

thingemajib · 23 Jun 2010 at 19:25

the amd athlon 635 quad is actually priced slightly cheaper and is 100mhz faster

Big.Wayne · 23 Jun 2010 at 19:43

Crazy but true!

PermaBanned · 23 Jun 2010 at 19:50

And you can get a Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H for about £5 more, would be a better choice.

mattyfez · 23 Jun 2010 at 21:37

Go second hand, you will get much more for your money.

dss · 23 Jun 2010 at 21:45

Yeh I'm looking for a similar price for my parents' computer - gonna look at a second hand 775/AM2 + DDR2 ram.

d_brennen · 23 Jun 2010 at 21:46

mattyfez said:
Go second hand, you will get much more for your money.

This. CPU second hand at least, I'd not bother with a second hand board though.

Evil^ · 23 Jun 2010 at 21:51

I agree with the second hand option, seen some pretty cheap prices about

lazer46 · 23 Jun 2010 at 21:54

I can't go on MM as not eligable yet

mattyfez · 23 Jun 2010 at 22:13

Yeh I would maybe agree about buying a new mobo, but you can pick up some bargain core 2's - my mate recently got an s775 which we cranked up to 2.9ghz on a stock cooler, with good temps in about half an hour, he paid about 25 squids for it. I forget the exact model, but if I recall its a mid range one released about 2 yrs ago. Bargain.

lazer46 · 23 Jun 2010 at 22:48

Quite fancy the:

AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 635 2.90GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail [ADX635WFGIBOX]

Need a nice motherboard now that will take DDR3, has onboard Graphics and doesn't cost the eart!!

lazer46 · 24 Jun 2010 at 09:42

Gigabyte GA-MA785GMT-UD2H AMD 785G (Socket AM3) DDR3 microATX Motherboard [GA-MA785GMT-UD2H]

This motherboard is ok to buy with the above CPU then guys? Ta