comp died, possible upgrade?

NiCkNaMe

NiCkNaMe

NiCkNaMe

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Hi all,

Been running a 2200+ XP, 1.5gb geil & a 9600pro for 2 and a half years I think now :s...

Anyway, it's pretty much been on all that time, fan's have gone etc... and the other night I came to it and it was running but no outputs. Mouse & KB were dead. Have tried everything, re-built it outside of the case on cardboard... tried different components and im fairly sure the mobo has died :s

Anyway, I was thinking about an upgrade. I've got an ATX Case & a 400w Antec ATX2.0 PSU, 1.5gig pc3200 geil (presume won't work)... 2 x 120gb ide hdd's, dvd/cd roms, monitor...

Basically guess it's probably best for me to go the C2D route? Can anyone recommend an upgrade that's cheap (think i'l need a graphics card as well, do enjoy games but not overly fussed about top end settings.......)

Cheers guys
 
ooHH that sounds like a plan :)

I presume the Asrock boards are naff when it comes to overclocking? I suspose that'd be a plan though as I could upgrade when I needed to then. Is the Asrock the best option when it comes to AGP/PCI/DDR1/2 ? Any compatibility issues? Do they have IDE?

*goes to google :p
 
Cheers mate, appreciated :)

I think i'm going to hold off until I get back off holiday and upgrade at the end of jan to the last spec you've just posted...

Gonna have to make do with this duron 900mhz effort I was using as a nas until then :o

Just seen your edit as well, cheers.
 
=====mobo====
gig s3 - £84.59
====proc====
£111.61 - e6300
====ram====
£93.99 - corsair 1gb ddr2
====gfx====
£140.99 - x1950

think I may go with that, I take it I do need a ATX2.2 PSU, my existing ATX2.0 won't work? no problems fitting that board in a standard atx case either is there? I proper don't know anything about the latest tech :o
 
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