System upgrade for £300???

tommy_h

tommy_h

tommy_h

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Hi,

Having sold parts of my old desktop to buy a laptop for uni, im getting serious withdraw for counter strike source and gaming generally lol.

From my old system i ahve the following components remaining;

AMD 3500+ Skt 939 Venice Core (Including sink and fan)
1GB DDR400 Crucial ram
80gb Samsung IDE drive
17'' flat screen
ATI 9800 pro AGP

I already have keyboard, mouse, speakers and monitor etc.. Just need to rebuild a tower, thinking i probs need to go PCI-e but was hoping i could stick with the CPU for now.

I'd appreciate it if you guys would see how close to £300 pounds u can get when turning my pile of rusting components into a reasonable gaming machine.

Thx!
 
Samsung SH-S182D 18x18 DVD±RW ReWriter (Black) - OEM Samsung SH-S182D 18x18 DVD±RW ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£19.96) £16.99
(£19.96)
DFI LanParty UT RDX200CF-DR Crossfire (Socket 939) Motherboard DFI LanParty UT RDX200CF-DR Crossfire (Socket 939) Motherboard £24.99
(£29.36) £24.99
(£29.36)
Connect3D ATI Radeon X1900 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail Connect3D ATI Radeon X1900 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £144.99
(£170.36) £144.99
(£170.36)
Asus TA-210 Series Midi Tower (Black) - No PSU Asus TA-210 Series Midi Tower (Black) - No PSU £21.99
(£25.84) £21.99
(£25.84)
Akasa Ultra Quiet 400W Paxpower Active PFC ATX2.2 PSU - Black Nickel Akasa Ultra Quiet 400W Paxpower Active PFC ATX2.2 PSU - Black Nickel £36.99
(£43.46) £36.99
(£43.46)
Sub Total : £245.95
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.95
Vat : £44.96
Total : £301.86


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That'd work, its by no means future proof tho. If you want to upgrade in the future you'll have to change your mobo, ram and cpu all at the same time. But it'll be fine for CS:S. You can sell that 9800pro for a pretty decent price still too, perhaps get some cooling kit with the extra money so you can overclock, or just start saving for core2.
 
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