Hey there,
Ive decided to upgrade my old and outdated machine, as its on its last legs and i feel the need, the need for speed.
Ive been out of the scene for some time now and really dont know whats what.
Im looking to get a new CPU, Mobo and RAM as i already have a X1950pro AGP card which id like to keep.
Now the annoying part. Im on such a tight budget its unbleiveable, all three need to come up to no more than £150, a joke i know but really cannot afford any more.
Ive been scanning around on a competitors site, as OcUK doesn't really have what i need, i think, and have come up with the following:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+ (2.1GHz) Socket AM2 Energy Efficient L2 1MB (2x512KB) Cache Retail Boxed Processor
ASRock AM2NF3-VSTA nForce3 250 Skt AM2 SATA 8 channel audio ATX
Crucial 2GB kit (1GBx2) DDR2 PC2-4200 CL=4 UNBUFFERED NON-ECC DDR2-533 1.8V
All totting up to a measly £157.14.
Now, i need this for a do it all machine really, i do play a lot of games but im not going to spend loads to get an extra 2 FPS out of a game, and im not looking for EVERYTHING on high, i just want it to look nice, medium/high settings.
I mainly play BF2, CoH and have just purchased STALKER, but cannot be bothered to play it with everything on low
So, slate my options if you choose, but im just wondering if this would be a "good" set-up for me.
Cheers for the help,
Dan
Ive decided to upgrade my old and outdated machine, as its on its last legs and i feel the need, the need for speed.
Ive been out of the scene for some time now and really dont know whats what.
Im looking to get a new CPU, Mobo and RAM as i already have a X1950pro AGP card which id like to keep.
Now the annoying part. Im on such a tight budget its unbleiveable, all three need to come up to no more than £150, a joke i know but really cannot afford any more.
Ive been scanning around on a competitors site, as OcUK doesn't really have what i need, i think, and have come up with the following:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+ (2.1GHz) Socket AM2 Energy Efficient L2 1MB (2x512KB) Cache Retail Boxed Processor
ASRock AM2NF3-VSTA nForce3 250 Skt AM2 SATA 8 channel audio ATX
Crucial 2GB kit (1GBx2) DDR2 PC2-4200 CL=4 UNBUFFERED NON-ECC DDR2-533 1.8V
All totting up to a measly £157.14.
Now, i need this for a do it all machine really, i do play a lot of games but im not going to spend loads to get an extra 2 FPS out of a game, and im not looking for EVERYTHING on high, i just want it to look nice, medium/high settings.
I mainly play BF2, CoH and have just purchased STALKER, but cannot be bothered to play it with everything on low
So, slate my options if you choose, but im just wondering if this would be a "good" set-up for me.
Cheers for the help,
Dan
