late upgrade

sajtion · 13 Mar 2006 at 19:27

i have recently bought powercolor x850 agp video card and i've realised its more powerfull then my current system, so i have decided to get new motherboard, cpu and 2gb of dual memory to go with it

i want to keep my ata 133 hard drive

can someone advise what is best hardware to get

many thanks

muckymick · 13 Mar 2006 at 19:35

What kind of budget ?

Naffa · 13 Mar 2006 at 19:37

ASRock Dual SATA II - not available from OcUK i dont think?

CP-152-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ (Socket 939) - OEM (CP-152-AM)
£164.95 £164.95
MY-046-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3 (GE2GB3200BDC) (MY-046-GL)
£99.95 £99.95
FG-000-AR Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940) (FG-000-AR)
£12.95 £12.95
CA-017-TT Thermaltake VB1000BNS Soprano SuperMidi Tower - Black (CA-017-TT)
£39.95 £39.95
CA-005-HP Hiper HPU-4K580-MK Type R 580W Modular ATX2.2 PSU - Black UV (CA-005-HP)
£52.95 £52.95
Subtotal £370.75
VAT £64.89
Total £435.64 - thats not including the mobo.

sajtion · 13 Mar 2006 at 19:41

damn that system is expensive. i was thinking more around £200 to £300. there must be cheaper alternative

Dark_Angel · 13 Mar 2006 at 19:49

You could drop in a venice 3000 and overclock the heck out of it...

so that would be about

100 for venice,
120 for RAM
70 for motherboard.

You didnt say if you need a PCI-E or an AGP board, so it goes from there.

Venice should clock to about 2.4 MIN.... usually about 2.5 - 2.6. I have mine at almost 2.8 with a stock cooler.

muckymick · 13 Mar 2006 at 19:51

AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3000BPBOX) (CP-117-AM) £105.69
OcUK Value 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 184pin DDR Memory Dual Channel Kit (MY-006-OK) £105.69
Plus the Asrock dual sata mobo for about £40 - £50

sajtion · 13 Mar 2006 at 20:08

thanks for ideas. i thought about this system now. any opinions

Asus K8V-X SE VIA K8T800
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 90nm
OcUK Value 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200
Thermatake Silent 939 K8

Dark_Angel · 13 Mar 2006 at 20:15

Its widely agreed that VIA chipsets arent as good as the Nforce or the Crossfire ones... if possible grab a cheap Nforce4 board instead

sajtion · 13 Mar 2006 at 20:37

thanks but i need agp motherboard. do you recommend any?

Defcon5 · 13 Mar 2006 at 20:50

Do you really need 2gb ram?

muckymick · 13 Mar 2006 at 22:14

If you want an agp only board you could consider the abit av8 3rd eye,but if you want an upgrade path to pci-e then the asrock is the way to go,it has both agp and pci-e.

ACESHIGH · 14 Mar 2006 at 07:15

sajtion said:
thanks for ideas. i thought about this system now. any opinions

Asus K8V-X SE VIA K8T800
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 90nm
OcUK Value 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200
Thermatake Silent 939 K8

That should be fine.
I have owned Via mobo's before & had no problems at all.
Should be a nice upgrade.