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Hi i'm looking for a bit of advice at the moment i'm considering upgrading my pc and wanted peoples opinions on what I plan.

This is my old spec :-

MB - Asus P4P800-E Deluxe
Processor - P4 2.4
Memory - 2x Geil® 512MB DDR PC3200
Graphics Card - XFX Geforce 6800 GT 256MB

This is what I have in mind :-

MB - DFI Lanparty UT NF3 Ultra-D, Skt939 2000FSB SATA RAID Gigabit LAN Firewire 6ch.audio ATX
Processor - AMD Athlon 64 x2 Dual Core 3800 512k Cache per core (2.0GHz) Skt 939 Retail inc.fan (3 yr.warr.)
Memory - Corsair 2GB DDR XMS3500LL TwinX (2x1GB) CAS2 (MY-107-CS)

(I dont want to change my graphics card at the moment)

Ok before I go and order anything i'd like some advice and a few questions answered.

1. Does this look a good upgrade (will I see a big performance increase I mainly use the pc for gaming)

2. Could I have done anything different to gain a better upgrade for the same budget (£400-450)

Any advice will be much appreciated thanks :)
 
CP-151-AM AMD Opteron UP 165 Dual Core San Diego 1.8GHz 2MB Cache (Socket 939) - Retail (CP-151-AM)
£204.95 £204.95
MB-014-DF DFI LanParty UT NF4 Ultra-D (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-014-DF)
£79.95 £79.95
MY-046-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3 (GE2GB3200BDC) (MY-046-GL)
£101.95 £101.95
Subtotal £386.85
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £8.25
VAT £69.15
Total £464.25


Overclock the Opteron, and it will be better than the X2 with 512 cache.
 
Ok that little lot comes to £500, that's a lot for an upgrade which includes an outdates graphics interface.

CP-134-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3800BVBOX) (CP-134-AM)
£169.95 £169.95
MY-046-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3 (GE2GB3200BDC) (MY-046-GL)
£101.95 £101.95
GX-121-SP Sapphire ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-121-SP)
£149.95 £149.95
MB-129-AS Asus A8R-MVP Crossfire (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-129-AS)
£59.95 £59.95
Subtotal £481.80
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £8.25
VAT £85.76
Total £575.81

Gives a MUCH better upgrade and I'm sure you'll get much of the £75 difference from selling your graphics.

Grimey your solution won't work - it's PCI-E and pretty sure ( based on his mobo choice ) his 6800 GT is AGP.
 
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Oh and another choice is to use an Asrock mobo which is PCI-E and AGP.

Asrock 939Dual-SATA2 (Socket 939 & Upgradable to AM2) AGP & PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-002-AK)

nice one seeing those in stock :)
 
Yes thats right my 6800 is AGP and that seems to be my main problem but for my budget (£450ish) I really cannot see a way I can change it
 
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