£500 to spend on an upgrade

McLaren · 11 Mar 2006 at 22:03

Hi all i have £500 to spend on an upgrade so what i want to get with the £500 is a motherboard, cpu, mem. Graphics Card.
It will be for games and going on the net with.

McLaren · 12 Mar 2006 at 00:53

I need help dont no what to get my old ring that is broke now was a 2800xp, 786mb, 9700pro.

McLaren · 12 Mar 2006 at 01:13

Explicit said:
AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3700BNBOX) (CP-121-AM)
£147.99
Asus A8N-E nForce4 Ultra (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-088-AS)
£72.79
GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS2.5 (GE1GB3200BHDC) (MY-005-GL)
£64.57
Sapphire ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-121-SP) **this week only**
£217.32

Total inc VAT: £502.67

OR

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ (Socket 939) - OEM (CP-152-AM)
£193.82
Asus A8N-E nForce4 Ultra (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-088-AS)
£72.79
GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS2.5 (GE1GB3200BHDC) (MY-005-GL)
£64.57
PowerColor ATI Radeon X850 XT 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-037-PC)
£152.69
Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940) (FG-000-AR)
£15.22

Total inc VAT: £499.09

I presume you have a decent power supply?

Hi thanks for that they both look very good.
The ati x1800 XT Is it a better card then the x850 then?

McLaren · 12 Mar 2006 at 01:37

I all so have a 300w PSU I think i will i have to get a bigger one?

McLaren · 12 Mar 2006 at 13:49

ACESHIGH said:
I would advise to go for the dual core X2 3800+, better long term pc.

So the dual is a lot better then just a athon 64 then?
What are the new nvida cards like?

McLaren · 13 Mar 2006 at 03:41

Can the X1800XT do Shader Model 3?

McLaren · 13 Mar 2006 at 16:09

ACESHIGH said:
YES, they can.

All X1300, X1600, X1800 & X1900 cards can do SM3.

Thanks for that i will go for the x1800xt now then.