£500

Shamrock · 11 Aug 2006 at 09:54

I should be going to uni later this year and have about 500 quid to play with, but I'm not sure what to do.

Should I buy a cheap laptop with the money or upgrade my outdated rig?

I will be taking my pc to uni hopefully, so what benefits would a laptop have over it apart from portability?

Shamrock · 11 Aug 2006 at 10:15

Well, since I wouldn't actually be buying anything till september at the earliest the prices might have changed by then.

But, for the record:

P4 2.4m0 @ 3.2
Abit IC7-G
1gb pc3200 ram (512 geil ultra-x + 512 kingston hyperx)
Zalman AlCu7700 cooler
9800Pro @ XT
Audigy 2
Zalman 400w psu
WD80gb + IBM deathstar 60gb HDDs
Chieftec Dragon case (this ok for the new stuff?)

Don't need monitor, speakers, keyboard, mouse or hopefully case.

Shamrock · 11 Aug 2006 at 10:41

Sounds good.

Most laptops for 500 seem to be worse than my current spec.

I would want to salvage as much as possible from this rig though. Is the case still good for the new mobos?

Shamrock · 11 Aug 2006 at 10:45

I'd probably give it to my dad.

Larnica: Thats the sort of thing I was on about. Do people use laptops outside of their room enough to make it worthwhile?

Shamrock · 11 Aug 2006 at 19:26

Upgrade it is then.

I know I won't be upgrading for a bit, but could someone spec me something for £500 with whats available at the moment? Pretty please.

Shamrock · 11 Aug 2006 at 21:48

Zalman ZM400A-APF

Also says, 'ATX version 2.03' on the side.

Shamrock · 11 Aug 2006 at 22:06

So 400w will be enough then?

Budgets are meant to be broken so I will probably end up buying the better mobo.