Help needed looking to upgrade my system.

[Trickeh]

Ok it's time i got round to upgrading my system again after three years or more it's getting a little outdated plus the fact i'm starting to use my computer to capture, edit and compress video footage.

Current spec:

2500+ Barton
A7n8x dulexe mobo
256mb Geil ddr 333
60GB Maxtor 5200rpm
Hercules 9800 pro

Sorry if anything looks out of place i haven't been on the overclocking scene in years, i have a budget of around £200 to improve this system as much as possible. Obvious improvements are the RAM and HD but would a faster CPU make my system faster than getting a new Hardrive or RAM, i really don't have a clue and thats why i've made this thread.

Any help appriciated.

 

[semi-pro waster]

This should offer a fair improvent especially if you sell off your existing parts that are being replaced to free up more funds. However you really need to get more money together to enable a really significant boost to overall speed. An alternative to this would be to get 2gb Ram, attempt to overclock your CPU and get a new hard drive.

MY-004-OK OcUK Value 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 184pin DDR Memory Dual Channel Kit (MY-004-OK)
£44.95 £44.95
MB-124-AS Asus K8V-MX VIA K8M800 Micro ATX (Socket 754) Motherboard (MB-124-AS)
£34.95 £34.95
CP-137-AM AMD Sempron 64 3000+ 1.8GHz (Socket 754) CPU - Retail (CP-137-AM)
£48.75 £48.75
HD-047-WD Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 160GB 1600JS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-047-WD)
£46.95 £46.95
Subtotal £175.60
VAT £30.73
Total £206.33

 

[Monstermunch]

I have exactly the same Mobo & Ram as you, my advice would be to get these:

MY-046-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3 (GE2GB3200BDC) (MY-046-GL)
£99.95 £99.95
HD-002-HI Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 NCQ 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0A31636) (HD-002-HI)
£59.95 £59.95
Subtotal £159.90
VAT £27.99
Total £187.89

The std 2500+ runs at 1.8ghz, i've clocked mie to 2ghz & FSB running at 182mhz. If you get this ram chances are that you could clock your CPU to about 2.2ghz.

Other than that, save your money and buy a completely new setup later in the year.

 

[Trickeh]

Thanks guys.

I'll check back later and see if anyone else has any suggestions, then i'll post what i end up buying. I think i might buy a whole new system later in the year when i've put some money to the side for it,always nice to freshen things up.

On another note i wonder how much i could get for my current machine probably not too much i would have thought.

 

[noxidjkram@hotm]

Present system is prolly worth £150.

I'd save your money and build a pot to upgrade later, as a Sempron based system will not be any upgrade when it comes to video editing.

You need to go to minimum A64 - and it depends whether you want to try your hand at overlocking where you should go from there.

You also need to think about our upgrade path - if you go the 754 route its not very good for future upgrade. Socket 939 would be better - perhaps starting with single core. Think also about whether you want to be AGP or PCI-e, it makes more sense now to go the PCI-e route, as GFx solutions have better bang for the buck.

M

 

[quadboi]

Can you not wait till socket m2 is out, prices may drop a little bit