Need some advice on an upgrade

Gilbert Coquard · 12 May 2009 at 23:16

At the moment this is what i'm having to put up with.
5 year old HP tower.
Windows XP 64 bit edition
AMD Athlon64 3000+
1GB DDR 3200 Super Talent (which is running at the speed of PC2100 cause the ram was causing bsod's)
160GB Samsung HD
ATI Radeon X800 Gto2 le
Akasa Pax Power 400watt

Firstly i have ordered the "Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - Black (No PSU)"
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-160-CM
I know its cheap, but its bound to be better than the tiny case i'm currently using.

Now i'm stuck on which Mobo would fit inside this case. It says ATX and Micro ATX.. but then which CPU and Ram would go onto the Mobo? I've built a few PC's in the past, but at the moment i'm not familiar with current technology.

Basically i'm going to use my current HD, DVD Burner, Graphics card and PSU until i can afford better ones.

My budget would be something like £150/170 for the Mobo, CPU, Ram.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

siumatfung · 13 May 2009 at 05:11

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5200 "LGA775 Core 2" 2.50GHz (800FSB) - Retail Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5200 "LGA775 Core 2" 2.50GHz (800FSB) - Retail £62.09
(£53.99) £62.09
(£53.99)
Gigabyte GA-73PVM-S2 NVIDIA GeForce 7100 / nForce 630i Chipset (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard Gigabyte GA-73PVM-S2 NVIDIA GeForce 7100 / nForce 630i Chipset (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £50.59
(£43.99) £50.59
(£43.99)
OCZ Gold Edition 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 Dual Channel (OCZ2G10664GK) OCZ Gold Edition 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 Dual Channel (OCZ2G10664GK) £34.99
(£30.43) £34.99
(£30.43)
Sub Total : £128.41
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £20.69
Total : £158.60

Gilbert Coquard · 13 May 2009 at 20:09

Thanks for the advice mate.

To be honest, i would prefer to go with AMD like.

also would an ati graphics card work on a Gigabyte board, with a Nvidia chip set?

cmndr_andi · 13 May 2009 at 20:11

ATI graphics works fine on that board, but no crossfire.

RJC · 13 May 2009 at 20:20

Any use:

Gigabyte GA-MA780G-UD3H AMD 780G (Socket AM2+/AM3) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £79.99
(£69.56) £79.99
(£69.56)

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 7750+ Black Edition 2.70GHz (Socket AM2+) - Retail £49.99
(£43.47) £49.99
(£43.47)

OcUK 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 800MHz DDR2 Dual Channel £28.74
(£24.99) £28.74
(£24.99) Sub Total : £138.02 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50 VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £22.13 Total : £169.65
GPU'S can work on any motherboard with pretty much any chipset.

Gilbert Coquard · 14 May 2009 at 00:16

Cheers RJC them look perfect for me mate.

Although i may just push for the 7850+ lol