Thinking of Upgrading to PCI-E!!

paul1980

paul1980

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Hi all,

I am seriously thinking of upgrading to a PCI-E setup. I currently have the following set-up:

Leadtek FX5950 AGP graphics card
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ (Newcastle) S939
Abit AV8 Third Eye
2x512Mb PC3200 DDR RAM
AKASA 400W Paxpower PSU

My question is on a budget of around £300 quid what is the best thing I can do for my money???

Would my current CPU, PSU & Ram suffice, therefore just concentrating on a Mobo & Graphics card??
 
This is what I would buy:

MB-046-MS MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum nForce4 Ultra (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-046-MS)
£64.95 £64.95
GX-048-PC PowerColor ATI Radeon X1800 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-048-PC)
£219.95 £219.95
Subtotal £284.90
VAT £49.86
Total £334.76

I think the rest of your equipment should be okay but I would suggest the next upgrade should be to 2gb ram (dual channel) when possible.

Don't forget you could probably raise around £150 by selling your current Mobo, gfx card & ram.
 
See sig for graphics and mobo, you could save money on the motherboard by downgrading to say as Asus A8N or Crossfire, but if you want to Overclock then i would suggest DFI. The G card is great value for money and def worth it.
Your psu should be ok, but i would suggest upgrading to possibly a Hyper type R, Then all you have to worry about is RAM, but you can leave that a while, only a few memory hungry games will run best with 2GB of ram.

Asus A8R-MVP Crossfire (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-129-AS)
£82 inc Vat.

Asus A8N-E nForce4 Ultra (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-088-AS)
£72 inc Vat

Connect3D ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-044-CO)
£229 inc Vat

DFI LanParty UT NF4 Ultra-D (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-014-DF)
£93 inc Vat.
 
As said, rest of listed gear should be fine, just get any decent PCIE mobo & this graphics card ... bang per buck goodness... PowerColor ATI Radeon X1800 XT 512MB (if that is out of your budget get the 256MB X1800XT instead - both are quicker than the 7800GTX).
 
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