Thinking of upgradeing..

[swanseajack]

I've got a budget of £200.

I really want to go Quad core, at the moment I'm running whats in my sig.

As it's skt 939 what would be the best way to go about it, I don't need a PSU, HDD, DVD or GFX card just a mobo, cpu and ram.

I was thinking of going AM2 and buy a cheap x2 cpu until I save enough for a Phenom.

What do you people think?

SJ.

 

[swanseajack]

IIRC your mobo is upgradable to AM2 via the AM2 upgrade daughter board that goes into the socket above the PCI-E slot (?)

But tbh a better option would be to save up for a Q6600 because the X2 on AM2 is exactly the same as the X2 on skt939 just with DDR2 support. Otherwise if the daughter board support Phenom (theoritically should) then it might be worth getting that combo but then I'd imaging a new Q6600+mobo+DDR2 can be had for just a little extra.

Is your 1950pro PCI-E version?

Yes it is, Phenom wont be supported in the daughter board as there ain't been a bios upgrade in over a year.

I can get a cheap X2 for now on AM2 and the Phenoms seem to be cheaper then the Intel versions, I'm just trying to save money.

 

[swanseajack]

Cheers but I'm not really looking to upgrade my GFX card as I hardly play any games.

I can get a 2.5ghz x2 for £50 here.

I really want to go Quad, but am willing to go Dual until I can afford a Quad cpu, I don't want to go backwards then what I got now.