The £7 upgrade!!
Hi all,
Thought I would make a quick post so those who need a upgrade but have little cash spare can see whats possible. This is something I am quite pleased about
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This isnt a major upgrade but has improved my PC speed and game performance a lot.
Starting PC
AMD Athlon 6000+ 3Ghz
OCZ PC6400 2X2Gb
Nvidia 8600GTS 256Mb
Motherboard is a ASUS M3N78 AM2+ which I didnt change.
Money made from old parts
AMD Athlon 6000+ 3Ghz - Auction last week £46.50
OCZ PC6400 2X2Gb - Members Market £30
Nvidia 8600GTS 256Mb - Auction £21.50
Total - £98
I really had little extra cash to spend so I tried to stick close a possible to the £98.
New Buys
AMD X2 7750 - Auction £40inc pp (Now clocked at 3.2Ghz)
Geil PC8500 Black Dragon 2x2GB- OCUK B-Grade £40
Nvidia 8800 GT 512Mb - Members Market £25
Total Cost
£105
So for £7 I managed to upgrade my PC to a much better graphics card,
faster memory and CPU which clocks to 3.2Ghz and has the extra L3 cache.
Hi all,
Thought I would make a quick post so those who need a upgrade but have little cash spare can see whats possible. This is something I am quite pleased about

This isnt a major upgrade but has improved my PC speed and game performance a lot.
Starting PC
AMD Athlon 6000+ 3Ghz
OCZ PC6400 2X2Gb
Nvidia 8600GTS 256Mb
Motherboard is a ASUS M3N78 AM2+ which I didnt change.
Money made from old parts
AMD Athlon 6000+ 3Ghz - Auction last week £46.50
OCZ PC6400 2X2Gb - Members Market £30
Nvidia 8600GTS 256Mb - Auction £21.50
Total - £98
I really had little extra cash to spend so I tried to stick close a possible to the £98.
New Buys
AMD X2 7750 - Auction £40inc pp (Now clocked at 3.2Ghz)
Geil PC8500 Black Dragon 2x2GB- OCUK B-Grade £40
Nvidia 8800 GT 512Mb - Members Market £25
Total Cost
£105
So for £7 I managed to upgrade my PC to a much better graphics card,
faster memory and CPU which clocks to 3.2Ghz and has the extra L3 cache.