Gerry-at-trick needs help

coilpack

coilpack

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Hi There - :)

Just joined the forum and looking for some help in upgrading my PC.

Unfortunately this silver top is a bit behind in all the latest boards that are going now, and reading one or two of the stickys, am even more confused.

So here's the deal - I have a very old mb ( Chipps mlr810 ) which came out with the steam age, so need to upgrade. The chip that is on the board at the moment is is a Barton 2500.

I have a case, cdrom writer,mouse,keyboard etc so was hoping someone could steer me in the right direction for a new board/cpu/memory combination.

The hardware needs to be reasonably quick ( quicker than the Barton 2500) for general use. Nothing to elaborate as I have to watch the budget. I don't know a lot about this duel core stuff, used to using AMD which has always worked ok for me.

Thanks for looking here, do hope someone can help. ;)

Many thanks
 
Welcome.

I can't advise much on the Core 2 Duo's but this will be what people will recommend. Just sit tight and friendly advice will ensue.
 
Welcome to the forum.

You could do worse than look at the Intel core 2 duo line up. Right now a lot of people are getting these. A e6300 + a gigabyte ds3 + 1-2 gig of ram should do the trick whilst keeping the budget under control.

The things you would have to look out for is an up to date PSU. What is yours right now?

Also, if you haven't upgraded before you should consider the software implications of it. You most probably will have to do a re-install. Its not difficult but it depends on your level of confidence with this kind of thing.

Hmm, sounding a bit patronising there - no offence meant.
 
Thanks for the quick reply Alex - will try and read up on spec you quoted.

I think the PSU must be less than 400w, so guess that will have to change as well.

But good to hear there is someone out there listening to my whoes. Hi.

CUL ;)
 
I've just upgraded from an AMD opteron and the worst part was the software side of it. Because the motherboard drivers are completely different I was advised to format and do a clean install. But I was loathe to do this, re-installing all those programmes I had loaded over the last year. Trying to find all the activation codes etc... Not to mention that I had just finished cataloging 2000+ in Adobe Album. I got around it by deleting the mobo drivers, but I don't think many people here would recommend it.

There can be quite a few more factors to an upgrade than just bunging in a few new bits and pressing the on button. do you have a full retail copy of Windows? Or is it an OEM copy? You're not supposed to be able to upgrade the mobo on an oem copy (though it seems to just take a call to Microsoft).

Anyway, don't listen to the voice of doom here, just think about all these things as well when you do it.
 
Alex R is right, you will have to do huge boring frustrating job by reinstalling all the programs and backing up all your files. but then again if you need a new system you need a new system ;) .

What is you budget? I recently upgraded one of my mates system for about 350 quid and it runs fast, mind you i didn't upgrade all of the bits just CPU MOBO PSU RAM GFX and HDD.
 
Thanks for the info again Alex - did not think abou the software side of things. Don't think it would be much of a problem for me as I can just copy everything onto a CD. All the other stuff will just have to be re-installed.

The budget should be around that £350 mark, but might push it if needs must.

A friend of mine has just bought a Gladiator Praetorian CS6300 made by Centurion, he paid £599 for it. But for my needs think it would be a bit expensive.

Anyway will keep doing the research, so thanks again for you input.

CUL ;)
 
Nice one Mikka84 ;) looks just the thing I was looking for. It should give me a starting point for reading up on each item. So thanks for that.
CUL
:)
 
sure mate, np, always glad to help with what i can. if you got more questions don't hesitate to ask, theres a lot of helpful people on this forum...
 
Coilpack, are you really sure that you want to get into rebuilding your system? You could buy a ready made system within your budget of £350-00. If you don't want to play over demanding games or to spend your night time hours tinkering with your machine I'd suggest you go for a ready built system. take a look here
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=43&catid=781.

The move from AMD to Intel in the market has lead to a lot of cheap deals on systems based less fashionable hardware.

Why not try typing "cheap computer UK" into google. I think you may be surprised by what you find.
 
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