£600-£700 Upgrade.

volt9291 · 3 Feb 2006 at 06:04

Hi all, Im new to the forum and just after a little help.

I have £600-£700 to spend no more, need to upgrade

I need: Motherbord, Cpu, Vid card (Nvidia pci e only), Ram (2gig), Case+Psu

So far was thinking this motherboard and Cpu

DFI LanParty NF4 SLI-DR EXPERT (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-018-DF)

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA4200BVBOX) (CP-126-AM)

^ Thats about £410, only leaves me £290!

Any help well be good thanx.

amx · 3 Feb 2006 at 08:33

If you really want the x2 processor this is what I got:
CA-054-LL Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Black Aluminium Midi-Tower Case (No PSU) (CA-054-LL)
£49.50 £49.50
CA-003-AK Akasa Ultra Quiet 460W Paxpower Active PFC ATX2.0 PSU - Black Nickel (CA-003-AK)
£43.95 £43.95
MB-014-DF DFI LanParty UT NF4 Ultra-D (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-014-DF)
£84.95 £84.95
CP-126-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA4200BVBOX) (CP-126-AM)
£219.95 £219.95
MY-007-GS G.Skill 2GB DDR ZX PC3200 (2x1GB) CAS2 Dual Channel Kit (F1-3200PHU2-2GBZX) (MY-007-GS)
£129.95 £129.95
GX-010-BG BFG GeForce 7800 GT OC 256MB GDDR3 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-010-BG)
£197.95 £197.95
Subtotal £726.25
VAT £127.10
Total £853.35

Otherwise, i'd go with this setup and overclock it a little:

-054-LL Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Black Aluminium Midi-Tower Case (No PSU) (CA-054-LL)
£49.50 £49.50
CA-003-AK Akasa Ultra Quiet 460W Paxpower Active PFC ATX2.0 PSU - Black Nickel (CA-003-AK)
£43.95 £43.95
MY-007-GS G.Skill 2GB DDR ZX PC3200 (2x1GB) CAS2 Dual Channel Kit (F1-3200PHU2-2GBZX) (MY-007-GS)
£129.95 £129.95
CP-121-AM AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3700BNBOX) (CP-121-AM)
£135.95 £135.95
MB-088-AS Asus A8N-E nForce4 Ultra (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-088-AS)
£61.95 £61.95
GX-073-LT Leadtek GeForce 7800GT Extreme Edition 256MB GDDR3 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-073-LT)
£219.95 £219.95
Subtotal £641.25
VAT £112.22
Total £753.47

kbc · 3 Feb 2006 at 08:41

If I were to go with amx's first choice, I'd swap in an Opteron 165 providing you wanted an Expert for a reason none other than to overclock. The extra 1MB of cache would be beneficial too.

The budget of £700 is too tight to want a dual core and a top of the range motherboard in place.

Go with something similar to what amx suggested.

volt9291 · 3 Feb 2006 at 10:45

ok thanx for the help, just got this lot for now:

£129.95 x 1 - DFI LanParty NF4 SLI-DR EXPERT (Socket 939) PCI-Express
Motherboard (MB-018-DF)

£63.00 x 1 - Thermaltake VA3000BWA Tsunami Dream SuperMidi Aluminium Tower -
Black (CA-010-TT)

£45.95 x 1 - Akasa Ultra Quiet 460W Paxpower Active PFC ATX2.0 PSU - Black
Nickel with Blue LED Fan (CA-004-AK)

£129.95 x 1 - G.Skill 2GB DDR ZX PC3200 (2x1GB) CAS2 Dual Channel Kit
(F1-3200PHU2-2GBZX) (MY-007-GS)

£6.95 x 1 - Akasa Dual UV Cold Cathodes 1 Inverter (CA-008-AK)

Will get a vid card and cpu next month and spend a little more!

as im out of the uk atm there is no rush.