Suggestions for pc upgrade

[nigelhooper]

I'm looking to upgrade my pc reasonably cheaply (£100 - £150 ish) and am after some suggestions. My current spec is as follows:

C2D E6300 1.86GHz
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 rev 2.0
4x1 GB PC2-6400
GeForce 7600 GT
450 watt PSU
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro

I'm looking to replace the motherboard any way as the sound has stopped working after a thunderstorm / power cut (I have tried a different set of speakers and reinstalled drivers etc).

I'm not a gamer and am just looking for something that is noticeably quicker than the current setup and has some headroom so that I can drop a new CPU in after a year or two once they get a bit cheaper. With that in mind I'm looking at an AMD solution with integrated graphics eg:

Gigabyte GA-MA785GM-US2H £70

Athlon II X2 Dual Core 245 2.9GHz £51

The GA-MA785GM-US2H has an integrated Radeon HD 4200 how does that compare to my GeForce 7600 GT?

Will this work with my existing bits?

Is there anything you would change?

 

[mtb_kng]

If you want a cheap upgrade, (I don't know how good an e6300 is) I got everthing in my sig for £190, also theres no need to get the 245, just get the 240. You can just oc a little. Otherwise, just get the best graphics card you can.

 

[Kennysevenfold]

This. the board you said wouldnt work with your ddr2 ram mate.

Product Name Qty Price Line Total

AMD Phenom II X3 Tri Core 720 Black Edition 2.8GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £90.99
(£79.12) £90.99
(£79.12)

Gigabyte GA-M720-US3 (Socket AM3/AM2+) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £57.49
(£49.99) £57.49
(£49.99) Sub Total : £129.11 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : free VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £20.79 Total : £149.40