£150 to spend on mobo, cpu & memory (well maybe a bit more!)

Greebo · 14 Apr 2008 at 22:52

Okay, selling my 939 mobo, cpu and memory and looking at going Intel.

Got about £150 from sale to spend but may put more to it if the gains are justified.

So for £150 what will run faster than my current spec?

Rest of system as per sig.

Will also consider 2nd hand so please include those choices if total arounf £150.

And if you spec a system please try and rate how much quicker it would be please.

cheers

steve258 · 14 Apr 2008 at 23:05

For £150 the only option is to go E2160+P35/P31+2Gb/4Gb PC6400 and overclock it, but since you have a very nice overclock on the X2 I don't think it's quite worth the jump unless it's a E8000 or you are getting a quad in the near future.

Granted E2180 at 3Ghz and very possibly higher will get you a few extra fps in games but I don't see why a X2 at 3.06Ghz won't be able to keep up with a 8800GTS. In normal windows you won't notice a lot of difference without running benchmarks.

Depends what you do with your pc really.

jbloggs · 14 Apr 2008 at 23:07

Gigabyte GA P35 DS3 (£60-65), Crucial Ballistix 2GB PC2-5300C3 , & Intel Core 2 Duo E2160

mp260767 · 15 Apr 2008 at 11:47

Gigabyte GA-P31-DS3L Intel P31 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £39.99 (£46.99)

Intel Core 2 Duo E2180 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.00GHz (800FSB) - Retail £43.99(£51.69)

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Black Dragon DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GB22GB6400C4DC) £25.99 (£30.54)

Sub Total : £109.97
Shipping : £8.25
VAT : £20.69
Total : £138.91

Greebo · 15 Apr 2008 at 12:32

mp260767 said:
Gigabyte GA-P31-DS3L Intel P31 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £39.99 (£46.99)

Intel Core 2 Duo E2180 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.00GHz (800FSB) - Retail £43.99(£51.69)

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Black Dragon DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GB22GB6400C4DC) £25.99 (£30.54)

Sub Total : £109.97
Shipping : £8.25
VAT : £20.69
Total : £138.91

And assuming the Intel cpu overclocks, how will this system compare to my current one?

Is is worth putting the extra money to it to buy a 8000 processor?

Greebo · 15 Apr 2008 at 12:33

steve258 said:
Depends what you do with your pc really.

Upgrade on the cheap while my stuff is still worth money.

Would then have option to later upgrade to quad etc without spending a lot of money.

randal · 15 Apr 2008 at 12:35

I'd be surprised if you didn't see 3ghz from mp260767's spec, might be worth stumping up a little more for an E2200 or trying to get a 2nd hand E6600. The latter is good for 3.4-3.6 on a good chip.

O/T - but is that Greebo as in the band from Bristol Greebo??

mp260767 · 15 Apr 2008 at 13:30

Greebo said:
Is is worth putting the extra money to it to buy a 8000 processor?

the 8200 will cost you about £60/70 more, depends how tight you're budget is, the 2180/2200 will more than do for a while if its tight.

wouldnt go for a 2nd hand E6600, maybe a q6600 for the right price.

randal · 15 Apr 2008 at 13:31

mp260767 said:
wouldnt go for a 2nd hand E6600, maybe a q6600 for the right price.

That's what I was thinking, keeping the cost down. Even 2nd hand quads still go for £100+, the E6600 can be had for £50 and clocks well.

PhoenixUK · 15 Apr 2008 at 13:41

Not worth the little upgrade imho, you will get almost nothing and pretty much waste your money.
If you plan to upgrade to quad or something more in lets say 2+Months, then why just not wait this 2months with almost same spec and then buy it tons cheaper or something better will come out by that time ?