budget upgrade

atm · 7 Sep 2006 at 09:23

just recently got my rig back after long messy breakup. Good to see her again she was loved in her day however she is defo missing that edge needed now.

dont have a lot to spend so just want to go for new cpu, mb, and fan that fits in my original case. dont need to o/c or anything fancy like that. I assume that anything is going to be better than i have at the mo. please can anyone help.

burtie · 7 Sep 2006 at 09:58

An idea on how much your willing to spend would help mate,also what would you be using your pc for Games Apps etc.

Munromax · 7 Sep 2006 at 10:07

Conroe is the one if you have the dosh!

atm · 7 Sep 2006 at 10:13

120quid wont get me anything amazing but must be an improvement on what i have. just an improvement to get me by until i stop paying her maintainence and have a better cash flow.

burtie · 7 Sep 2006 at 10:25

CP-117-AM AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3000BPBOX) (CP-117-AM)
£49.99 £49.99
MB-002-AK Asrock 939Dual-SATA2 (Socket 939 & Upgradable to AM2) AGP & PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-002-AK)
£37.99 £37.99
Subtotal £87.98
VAT £15.40
Total £103.38

Your memory should work with the above motherboard also your graphics card will also work.

atm · 7 Sep 2006 at 10:30

thats great thanks m8

one more thing though....... fan?

burtie · 7 Sep 2006 at 10:40

As in a case fan or cpu fan? The cpu comes with a stock cooler and fan.

atm · 7 Sep 2006 at 10:45

cpu fan

ok so cpu comes with it attached does it? or just hanging around in the box for me to clip onto cpu when fitting.

atm · 7 Sep 2006 at 10:48

atm said:
cpu fan

ok so cpu comes with it attached does it? or just hanging around in the box for me to clip onto cpu when fitting.

pls ingnore this last post from me... just being stupid and not looking.

thanks again

burtie · 7 Sep 2006 at 10:50

No problem mate, that motherboard also has a good upgrade path also when you find some extra cash

atm · 8 Sep 2006 at 12:56

just purchasing now.. but hang on.. the 3000+ is the same price as the 3200+....£58.74 Including VAT.. should i go for the 3200+.. is there any real difference in perfomance?

Nami · 8 Sep 2006 at 13:08

Yea def go for the 3200+ for the same price. It'll run at 2.0Ghz instead of 1.8Ghz which is def worth the difference as it's over 10% faster

burtie · 8 Sep 2006 at 14:54

atm said:
just purchasing now.. but hang on.. the 3000+ is the same price as the 3200+....£58.74 Including VAT.. should i go for the 3200+.. is there any real difference in perfomance?

Yes sorry bud i did not see the price of the 3200+.