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Malt_Vinegar

Malt_Vinegar

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My current machine specs are:
XP2500+
Asus A7N8X-VM
726mb ram
Samsung spin 120gb (IDE)
Barricuda V 80gig (IDE)
Coolermaster CM210 Azure
Ultra 500W PSU
Onboard GFX (Radeon 9800 blew the other day)
XP pro

I want to know what a sensible upgrade path might be for me, my only real critera is that I dont want to spend much more than 200 quid, and really want to be able to run dual monitors again!

I am not much of a gamer anymore, i might play a bit of CS, perhaps some classic Homeworld type stuff and i did buy COD4 a while ago, and that seemed ok. So, i suspect that perhaps dumping my IDE stuff, going Sata and finding a decent mobo with cool on-board GFX, or a cheaper board, and a cheap GFX card?

I just want a speedier experience, not really keen on running Vista, as i dont think it will like my older games that I often dig out randomly!

So, OcUK, what can you spec for an out of touch old bean like me :D
 
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That would be a decent setup but there's a possibility that your PSU may not be up for it. I'd recommend that you go second hand there are some cracking deals on MM. Although if gaming really isn't a priority then you may just go with integrated graphics. Also note that the mobo I picked has an IDE channel so you'll still be able to run your HDs in there.
 
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That would be a decent setup but there's a possibility that your PSU may not be up for it. I'd recommend that you go second hand there are some cracking deals on MM. Although if gaming really isn't a priority then you may just go with integrated graphics. Also note that the mobo I picked has an IDE channel so you'll still be able to run your HDs in there.
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What do you mean his PSU wont be up for it ?
500w and the system you gave him will run on chinese 230w for 3 quid.


Anyways I would go with:

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H AMD 780G Micro-ATX (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H AMD 780G Micro-ATX (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £49.99
(£58.74) £49.99
(£58.74)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+ 2.80GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+ 2.80GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail £56.99
(£66.96) £56.99
(£66.96)
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Black Dragon DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GB22GB6400C4DC) GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Black Dragon DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GB22GB6400C4DC) £25.99
(£30.54) £25.99
(£30.54)
Sub Total : £132.97
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £8.25
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £24.71
Total : £165.93


And if you want to spare some extra and get more performance, slap in new SATA HDD ;-).

You could also consider getting Phenom Quad but they're terribly overpriced here so you will have to pick one elsewhere.
 
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...l Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2 (OCZ2G8004GK)

4gb ram £58

^this is really worth it, in xp and vista (multi tasking) -better off using a 64bit os for it though

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...P31 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

motherboard £47


http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...180 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.00GHz (800FSB) - Retail

cpu £45

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...ue 640GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD6400AAKS)

640gb hd £52


http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...MB GDDR3 HDTV/DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail

gfx £52


-you may want to get an after market gfx card cooler (fanless)


the intel fans are pretty quiet tbh, not SILENT, but they're not annoying
 
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Ended up going with this, after reading this thread, and having some dicussions with Bledd for far longer than i should have been bothering him for :p

Cheers chaps!
 
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