£200 will it get me much?

Darey · 29 Aug 2011 at 19:36

hi my current system below is getting on and struggles with a lot of new games.

AMD Opteron @ 3Ghz
2gb ddr ram
Nvidia 8800gts
Seasonic 600w psu
CM scout case

I'm looking for Motherboard, CPU and ram, i'll keep the gfx card for now and i've got a few hardrives so there ok.

Whats me options?

jak731 · 29 Aug 2011 at 19:40

You should easily be able to get a phenom II x4 and a high end motherboard from the members market along with 8gb of ram from where ever with that budget. (8gb of kingston hyperX was on sale for £40 over the weekend, it's £60 now but i'm sure it will be on offer again)

Jony27 · 29 Aug 2011 at 19:48

go second hand or

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2400 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £137.99
1 x MSI H61M-E33 Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard **B3 REVISION** £46.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT25664BA1339) £23.99
Total : £220.37 (includes shipping : £9.50).

OR

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £99.98
1 x MSI H67MA-E35 Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro-ATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) **B3 REVISION** £64.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT25664BA1339) £23.99
Total : £200.36 (includes shipping : £9.50).

Darey · 29 Aug 2011 at 20:00

Thanks for that looks good for the money

tbh i'd rather have new i've been burnt buying second hand and would rather have a warrenty.

Darey · 30 Aug 2011 at 09:50

One extra question, some boards have 24 pin + an extra 8 pin for the psu, but im almost sure mine has the 24 + 4 pin, will this be a problem or is it just for the i7 chips?