Cheap Board

MarkW7 · 23 Jan 2009 at 17:07

Hello,

I am looking for a new board that will hold DDR2 Ram [2gb is enough] i currently have an Intel 1.80ghz CPU but is AMD a better route to go down?

Will be going into this;

Thats all i need nothing fancy just something ok and cheap!

MarkW7 · 24 Jan 2009 at 16:01

Cob · 24 Jan 2009 at 18:05

Which 1.8ghz Intel CPU?

reflux · 24 Jan 2009 at 18:11

If it's the spec in your sig, I don't think anyone ever made a socket 478 board with DDR2 sockets. You'll need a new motherboard, processor and RAM; possibly PSU as well.

MarkW7 · 24 Jan 2009 at 19:13

Not sure which 1.8 it is got it off a friend in a dell dimension 4400 board.

Yep i will need new all ?

reflux · 24 Jan 2009 at 19:18

MarkW7 said:
Not sure which 1.8 it is got it off a friend in a dell dimension 4400 board.

Yep i will need new all ?

Yeah, if it's a 1.8ghz P4 then it's a socket 478 Willamette core. Why do you want to upgrade to DDR2? 2GB of DDR1 can be had for ~£40.

MarkW7 · 24 Jan 2009 at 19:27

My current board can only hold 1gb also is AMD better than intel.

reflux · 24 Jan 2009 at 20:22

MarkW7 said:
My current board can only hold 1gb also is AMD better than intel.

At the moment, Intel are better than AMD. Check this spec out, what do you think?

MarkW7 · 27 Jan 2009 at 16:15

£65.00 cheapest board?

Andrew G · 27 Jan 2009 at 17:22

cheapest mobo would be the ASRock but you do pay a price for it being that cheap.

Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2 Rev2 (Socket 775) PCI-Express/AGP DDR2 Motherboard £55.19 inc VAT

For the extra £20 (Inc vat price) unless money is really tight I would go for the Asus since it will alllow you to overclock the CPU to get more bang for your buck.

Reflux what Graphics card would you pair with that if the PC is for general office, DLing and web surfing?