need spec advice

dogandduck · 2 Jul 2006 at 23:57

I need to upgrade as my pc is getting on abit, normally the stuff I buy looks good but aint.

so for the first time im going to ask the guys in the know.

im looking to buy cpu, mobo, gfx card, mem for £400

to add/upgrade my existing pc, main things is 400psu and normal hdd.

so looking at prices I've came up with,

CP-121-AM AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3700BNBOX) (CP-121-AM)
£89.95 £89.95
MB-101-AS Asus A8N-SLi SE nForce4 SLi (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-101-AS)
£56.95 £56.95
GX-019-BG BFG GeForce 7600 GT OC 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-019-BG)
£119.95 £119.95
MY-030-CS Corsair 1GB DDR XMS3200C2PT TwinX (2x512MB) CAS2 (MY-030-CS)
£64.95 £64.95
Subtotal £331.80
VAT £58.07
Total £389.87

please treat me as a thicko when it comes to hardware, thanks to all help and advice in advance.

semi-pro waster · 3 Jul 2006 at 00:20

Welcome to the forums, I'd probably suggest something more like this, you have double the Ram and the graphics card is as good or better. I'm assuming that you have a decent PSU already, I don't know how well the motherboard will overclock(probably not particularly) but it should certainly be capable of allowing the CPU to compete with the 3700

MB-145-AS Asus M2NPV-VM Micro ATX (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-144-AS)
£54.95 £54.95
MY-012-GS G.Skill 2GB DDR2 LA PC2-5300 (2x1GB) CAS4 Dual Channel Kit (F2-5400PHU2-2GBLA) (MY-012-GS)
£99.95 £99.95
GX-061-PC PowerColor ATI Radeon X1800 GTO 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-061-PC)
£119.95 £119.95
CP-164-AM AMD Athlon 64 3500+ 2.2GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail (CP-164-AM)
£66.95 £66.95
Subtotal £341.80
VAT £59.82
Total £401.62

dogandduck · 3 Jul 2006 at 16:41

I thought it was better to go for the better brand name mem, have you used the g skill stuff ?

Stelly · 3 Jul 2006 at 16:44

dogandduck said:
I thought it was better to go for the better brand name mem, have you used the g skill stuff ?

Gskill is some of the best RAM on the market...

Stelly

dogandduck · 3 Jul 2006 at 18:14

lol as i said im thick when it comes to whats good and whats not :eek:

ACESHIGH · 3 Jul 2006 at 22:33

semi-pro waster said:
Welcome to the forums, I'd probably suggest something more like this, you have double the Ram and the graphics card is as good or better. I'm assuming that you have a decent PSU already, I don't know how well the motherboard will overclock(probably not particularly) but it should certainly be capable of allowing the CPU to compete with the 3700

MB-145-AS Asus M2NPV-VM Micro ATX (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-144-AS)
£54.95 £54.95
MY-012-GS G.Skill 2GB DDR2 LA PC2-5300 (2x1GB) CAS4 Dual Channel Kit (F2-5400PHU2-2GBLA) (MY-012-GS)
£99.95 £99.95
GX-061-PC PowerColor ATI Radeon X1800 GTO 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-061-PC)
£119.95 £119.95
CP-164-AM AMD Athlon 64 3500+ 2.2GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail (CP-164-AM)
£66.95 £66.95
Subtotal £341.80
VAT £59.82
Total £401.62

Yes & the good thing a bout this spec is its the new AM2 socket so upgrading later if you need / want to wont be a hassle.

dogandduck · 4 Jul 2006 at 19:24

thx for the help I ordered your suggestion