Spec me

[Teifiterror]

Looking to upgrade the internals on my pc and after some advice from those more knowledgeable than myself. Not upgraded anything on my pc for a number of years and a bit behind on it all. What I need are the following:

Motherboard
CPU
RAM
HDD
PSU
Optical Drive

Looking for onboard graphics for now as it's mainly for working on and hi def video playing etc. but with option to add a graphics card at a later date if possible.

Hopefully no more than around £250 although I could puch to £300 if its really worth it bearing in mind I am not going to do much high end gaming and autocad is probably most tasking software I have

 

[RJC]

How does this look, £6.10 over, mind you, you get free del:

Patrtiot G Series 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel (PGS34G1333ELK) £79.99
(£68.08) £79.99
(£68.08)

Asus M4A785TD-M Evo AMD 785G (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £69.99
(£59.57) £69.99
(£59.57)

AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 245 2.90GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £47.99
(£40.84) £47.99
(£40.84)

Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) £39.99
(£34.03) £39.99
(£34.03)

Corsair CX 400W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-400CXUK) £37.99
(£32.33) £37.99
(£32.33)

Sony Optiarc AD-7240S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.99
(£16.16) £18.99
(£16.16) Sub Total : £251.01 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 17.50% VAT : £45.59 Total : £306.10

 

[Phatzy]

 

[cmndr_andi]

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+1

Great spec - get this

 

[moleh]

Another vote for RJC

 

[Teifiterror]

Seems rather like the consensus is on that then

Simple question but whats the difference between AM3 and AM2+ ?

 

[RJC]

Seems rather like the consensus is on that then

Simple question but whats the difference between AM3 and AM2+ ?

Mainly pin layout and the ability to use DDR3 memory.

AM3 cpu's can be used in AM2+ setups as the cpu's have dual controller for memory