£150 Upgrade, Please help

Skeeter

Skeeter

Skeeter

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Hi

A mate has asked me for some advice on upgrading his system. He has a tight budget of £150 including postage. His current spec is:

Mobo: Gigabyte Ga-K8N51GMF-9
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3500+ (939)
RAM: 1gb (2x512mb DDR400)
GFX: Geforce 7900GT PCI-Express
PSU: Q-TEG PSU 450WP
HDD: 80gb PATA & 320gb SATA
2 x 17" flatscreen TFT

My best suggestion to him was to upgrade the mobo, RAM and CPU to a C2D, DDR2 and a mobo. Any suggestions on what these 3 should be? Or if he should go for a different upgrade? He is an OCer so the E21x0 CPUs could be a good call, with whatever is the cheapest 2GB 800Mhz DDR2 at the time, but I'm stumped on Mobos as I haven't looked at them in over a year. A graphics upgrade is not an option at the moment.

Suggestions and advice very appreciated.

Cheers
 
P35-DS3L vs. P£5-DS3R? apart from cost? Does the R have twin PCIe?

Edit: just noticed the DS3L is out of stock? If this was bought with the CPU and RAM, and the CPU and RAM are on this week only, does thw whole order get delayed and the price hiked up, or does it get delayed with the honoured TWO price, or will the ship the RAM and CPU and wait for the mobo?
 
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Ok, looks like its 2GB DDR2 800Mhz RAM at maximum £30, then an E2180, and which ever P35 Mobo he decides he can afford. Cheers
 
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