Really Really cheap upgrade, advice needed

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hi guys, I have just found out that a titan vannessa is unlikely to fit my now very long in the tooth socket a 3000+. So I have been thinking about doing a cheap upgrade to skt 939.

I am ideally looking for a mobo that has both agp and pci-e, I found an asrock one in the ocuk clearence section but they seem to be out of stock (and as its the clearence section they are unlikely to return).

I was thinking of maybe getting a athlon 64 3000 and doing some major overclocking. Hopefully this would be upgraded later to an x2.

I also need to know if you need a 24 pin connector for 939 boards, and if so can i get a transformer so I do not need to buy a new psu?

My budget is as low as you can get it, but maximum around £70 to £80.

Is this a good upgrade path? will I see a big performance boost?

thanks for any advice.
 
The ASRock is the only decent AGP and PCI-E board around, and the cheapest too if you can find somewhere with stock.

You'll be fine using a 20pin PSU as long as its not a generic one.

Combine an ASRock with a half decent overclock on a 3000+ Venice core and you'll be well away.
 
I have found a 4 pin connector on it, however, I am unsure as to whether it is for a gfx card or an extension to the power.
 
Jonny L said:
I have found a 4 pin connector on it, however, I am unsure as to whether it is for a gfx card or an extension to the power.

The 4 pin connector is probably the 12V P4 connector which all recent motherboards need, and is seperate from the 4pin add on to the 20pin ATX connector that newer PSUs have.
 
Oh ok thanks, well not even froogle will turn up any good links to the board I am looking for, can you suggest any others? Is this a viable upgrade path?
 
Jonny L said:
I have found a 4 pin connector on it, however, I am unsure as to whether it is for a gfx card or an extension to the power.
All ATX 1.3 PSU support the 4-pin. What PSU do you have (I'm 100% sure it will be fine)?
 
Its a HEC 385W jobby, it says it is intel ver1.3 ready, im assuming that means its good to go.

Can anyone suggest a good mobo for around 40 quid that supports both pci-e and agp?

Thanks for all this help guys
 
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