I have been putting this upgrade off since summer now, but my ageing pc is starting to feel the strain, and I am having to completely overhaul the innards (cpu, mobo, mem, psu, gfx and hdd).
I have a budget of £460 (very strict, cannot go any higher and must incl shipping) and provisionally got the spec below. Just a bit unsure about the mobo (totally clueless tbh, ok o/cer would be nice but reliability and stability are biggest concerns) RAM choice (not o/cing this ram most likely, but would it??) and gfx (dunno which to choose between ATi x1650/nVidia 7600GS - would it be worth spending less here and more somewhere else??)
Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB 2500KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (£50.51)
Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (£129.24)
Abit IL9 Pro (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (£63.44)
Corsair 1GB DDR2 XMS2-5400C4 TwinX (2x512MB) (£88.11)
Leadtek GeForce 7600 GS SILENT 256MB DDR2 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (£69.31)
FSP Sparkle Blue Storm 2 400W ATX2.0 PSU (£43.46)
Sub Total : £377.94
Shipping : £8.95
Vat : £67.71
Total : £454.60
Any help greatly appreciated
I have a budget of £460 (very strict, cannot go any higher and must incl shipping) and provisionally got the spec below. Just a bit unsure about the mobo (totally clueless tbh, ok o/cer would be nice but reliability and stability are biggest concerns) RAM choice (not o/cing this ram most likely, but would it??) and gfx (dunno which to choose between ATi x1650/nVidia 7600GS - would it be worth spending less here and more somewhere else??)
Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB 2500KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (£50.51)
Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (£129.24)
Abit IL9 Pro (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (£63.44)
Corsair 1GB DDR2 XMS2-5400C4 TwinX (2x512MB) (£88.11)
Leadtek GeForce 7600 GS SILENT 256MB DDR2 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (£69.31)
FSP Sparkle Blue Storm 2 400W ATX2.0 PSU (£43.46)
Sub Total : £377.94
Shipping : £8.95
Vat : £67.71
Total : £454.60
Any help greatly appreciated