The £7 upgrade!

Spooter · 4 Jul 2009 at 08:58

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.

Kezmo · 4 Jul 2009 at 09:01

Lol good job

icey_haj · 4 Jul 2009 at 09:02

Yeh, nice one mate.

jamesgoss · 4 Jul 2009 at 09:07

mate that's awesome. i'm always tempted to see what I could get for my gear to make an upgrade even cheaper, but I keep my hardware so long I become attached to it!

millsy888 · 4 Jul 2009 at 09:10

Very nice

@ james
I do the same thing, i think i have at least 3 old computers in my parents attic

Spooter · 4 Jul 2009 at 12:05

Cheer all. Was fun to do.

Destination · 4 Jul 2009 at 12:17

Won't ebay nail you for 10% also?
and then paypal nab for for a few % more?

Always a sour taste a month later when that bill pops in, but still it'll likely only be £6 more or so.

Great work overall. You should go into second hand sales, they seem to do v v well.

siumatfung · 4 Jul 2009 at 15:45

u can get 4gb of CORSAIR PC8500

off ocuk

and ur eligible for free deliveryL

woohoomoo · 4 Jul 2009 at 16:37

Nice one bud! Wonder if I would be able to sell my Q6600, 4GB DDR400 and 8800GTS and end up with a Core i7, 6GB DDR3 and a 4890

morkfromork · 4 Jul 2009 at 16:42

Nice deals. £7 upgrade can't see many people beating that.

reflux · 4 Jul 2009 at 16:45

Good work, I like budget upgrades!

timefalls · 4 Jul 2009 at 17:20

impressive! it would have been nice to see some before and after benchies!

JonJ678 · 4 Jul 2009 at 19:57

8800gt 512s going for 25 quid now? I need to get another of these before my one kicks the bucket

Spooter · 5 Jul 2009 at 19:36

Yes shame I dont have any benchmarks.. Next time I will do that.

8800gt 512s going for 25 quid now?

I also paid £25 for a 640Mb 8800 GTS. The 8800 I got didnt come with anything else but had a nice non standard cooler on with blue LEDs. Looks like a Zalman but isnt.