Cheap upgrade needed

James J

James J

James J

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Im looking at gradually upgrading my system a few steps at a time due to limited funds and figured its a decent time to start.

my current system is as follows

AMD 4400 X2 cpu
Asus A8N-SLI mobo
AMD X1900XTX gfx
2gb RAM
Creative X-FI (keeping it)
Antec 420 watt PSU
2x 160gb Maxtor HDDs in Raid 0 - ones abit dodgy to will replace ASAP

Im after going to a decent Core 2 Duo but dont want to spend a daft amount of cash. Im a gamer and like to run things smoothly so its gotta be something decent. Not sure on budget yet but have a go
 
You could keep your old case & possibly the PSU. Are the HD's SATA? What type of RAM do you have? I'm guessing you could keep that as well. So hopefully all you'll need is a new mobo, CPU & possibly gfx card unles you want something with a bit more legs in it.
 
hikaru452 said:
do you currently have an agp or pcie graphics card and it your cpu skt939 or am2?
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A8N-SLi is Socket 939 & PCI-E (SLi *hint*hint*).

OP, considered a new PSU & GFX then overclocking the 4400 (maybe also a decent HSF)?

EDIT: How about...
  • Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 2900 Pro SILENT Heatpipe 512MB GDDR3 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (21119-00-40R) £136.99
  • Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £57.99
  • Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775) £27.99
  • Sub Total : £222.97
  • Shipping : £8.95
  • VAT : £40.59
  • Total : £272.51
 
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Waiting for the 8800 new versions to come out before I go diving into gfx cards again and the ram I have is bog standard 400 fsb stuff, nowt special.
 
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