Low end PC budget upgrade request

[Kitejumper]

Hi All,

I am looking to do a sub £100 upgrade to my low spec pc. Its just used for Office, surfing and burning. I just need to speed it up a bit as it can get rather slow when app switching and loading. So just looking for a heads up on my initial choice. Could you please take a look and advise ? Cheers KJ

Motherboard, I currently have the
MSI K9 Neo v3 ATC Socket AM”, 100FSB , NFORCE 560 CHIPSET DDR2 10/100/1000
• Supported RAM Technology DDR2 SDRAM
• RAM Installed ( Max ) 0 MB / 8 GB (max)
• Supported RAM Speed PC2-3200, PC2-4300, PC2-5300, PC2-6400
• RAM features Two DDR channels
Compatible Processors Sempron, Athlon 64, Athlon 64 X2

Memory I currently have

Kingston 667Mhz DDR2 Bon-ECC CL% DIMM 512mb x2

Looking at upgrading to:

OcUK 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 800MHz DDR2 Dual Channel
800MHz RAM Speed, CAS 5-5-5-15 Timings, 1.8-2.1v VDIMM, 1yr Warranty with OcUK.
£29.99 inc VAT

CPU, I currently have a:
AMD Sempron LE1250, SKT AM2, 2.2Ghz, 512KB CACHE, 45

Looking at at a :
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 7850+ Black Edition 2.80GHz (Socket AM2+) - Retail
Dual Core Technology, 2.80GHz clock speed, 2x512KB L2 Cache and 2x1MB L3 Cache, 64-Bit Technology, HyperTransport Technology, 3yr Warranty
£47.99


Cheers
KJ

 

[Kitejumper]

Thx for the head up.
I dont want to change my mother board just boost what i can for an easy fit and cheap outlay.

So the link you gave , list all the cpu that will work on my current motherboard, so the Athlon X2 Windsor ADO4600IAA5CS 4600+ 200 woudld work out of the box, yes?

Only using the normal XP version so 4BG would be a waste of a perhasp up to 512MB, i can live with that . the ram wopuild work then.

Cheers

KJ

 

[Kitejumper]

Thx all so far, looks lik I have the CPU and MEM locked down. The next query would be if i would really need the cooler for general non overclocked use ? the review says its large and I cant say wihtout a check later if it would fit !

The motherboard is almost tempting but then the dark side of o/cing creeps in, a bit more here, a little faster there and before you know it I've created a gaming monster.


cheers
KJ