Advise me please

[Noble-Kebab]

should i buy the 1800xt ? as its only 280 inc Vat ?

id also get a 3800 x2 and mabye some mem already have a gig

please help

 

[lemonkettaz]

judging from your spec in your sig..

you will need a new motherboard as that is a socket A motherboard.

you will need a motherboard that supports socket 939 (for that 3800 dual core) and also you will need it to support PCI Express for the x1800xt...

you may need a new psu too....

not unless that isnt your computer in that spec

 

[Noble-Kebab]

yea i no just looking to see how much it will all cost me

 

[semi-pro waster]

What specification is your Ram? If it isn't PC3200 or better then you may also need new Ram along with everything else. If you post a rough budget then maybe someone can help further.

 

[Noble-Kebab]

700 will do ?

 

[semi-pro waster]

You could go for something like this, assuming that your Ram is PC3200 or better. If not you can get 1gb with the remaining £50.

CP-134-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3800BVBOX) (CP-134-AM)
£184.95 £184.95
GX-048-PC PowerColor ATI Radeon X1800 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-048-PC)
£239.95 £239.95
MB-088-AS Asus A8N-E nForce4 Ultra (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-088-AS)
£61.95 £61.95
CA-045-AN Antec NeoHE 500W Modular ATX2.0 PSU (CA-045-AN)
£62.50 £62.50
Subtotal £549.35
VAT £96.14
Total £645.49

 

[Noble-Kebab]

thx think ill go for that will i need fans and stuff ?

 

[semi-pro waster]

thx think ill go for that will i need fans and stuff ?

The CPU is retail so no need for a heatsink and fan for it, all IDE/SATA cables should come with the motherboard which only means that you need fans if you want them for your existing case