Time to upgrade :)

Mike UK

Mike UK

Mike UK

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Hiya all got some free cash to upgrade about £400 (ish)
the down side is i havent upgraded in a while and theres a lot of different options sockets/etc my current system is a Athlon XP2500 running at 2.3Ghz a Radeon 9800Pro and 2x512mb Geil Dimms DDR I was wondering if any of you could shead some light on what my best options to upgrade.

my current systems doing fine really apart from the motherboards an Epox 8RDA and the capacitors are leaking :( ah well good excuse for an upgrade :D

Thanks

Mike
 
MB-071-MS MSI K9N Neo-F nForce 550 (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-071-MS)
£49.95 £49.95

MY-066-CS Corsair 1GB DDR2 Value Select PC4200 Dual Channel Kit (2x512MB) (VS1GBKIT533D2) (MY-066-CS)
£54.95 £54.95

CA-030-AN Antec TruePower 2.0 430W PSU (CA-030-AN)
£39.95 £39.95

GX-044-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-044-CO)
£144.95 £144.95

CP-164-AM AMD Athlon 64 3500+ 2.2GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail (CP-164-AM)
£69.95 £69.95

Subtotal £359.75
VAT £62.96
Total £422.71
 
Ah dawm so I cant use my current memory :( should have stated already got a good psu and really want to stay clear of MSI stuff :)

just noticed looks like IDE has just about vanished is there any boards I can atleast connect my 2 new 160gb IDE hard drives too ..and possibly cd rom lol?
 
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Mike UK said:
Ah dawm so I cant use my current memory :( should have stated already got a good psu and really want to stay clear of MSI stuff :)

just noticed looks like IDE has just about vanished is there any boards I can atleast connect my 2 new 160gb IDE hard drives too ..and possibly cd rom lol?
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As far as I know you will need a new PSU for PCI-E motherboards unless yours supports that. With AMD AM2 socket you will need DDR2 unfortunately but if you want to keep you existing RAM then you can go for socket 939. The prices are roughly the same with socket 939 being slightly more expensive. I'm sure all motherboards still have IDE connections.
 
The power supplys a Tagan 480w unit (forgot the model) looking around looks like socket 939 could vanish long before AM2 does would it still be a good choice to go the 939 route?
 
Mike UK said:
The power supplys a Tagan 480w unit (forgot the model) looking around looks like socket 939 could vanish long before AM2 does would it still be a good choice to go the 939 route?
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It would be cheaper for you to go the 939 route because you could use your existing RAM. I wouldn't worry about 939 vanishing any time soon. If your PSU supports ATX 2.0 then it will work with PCI-E.


EDIT: You can buy ATX 24pin to 20pin converters so that normal PSU's will work with PCI-E.
 
CP-150-AM AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 90nm (Socket 939) - OEM (CP-150-AM)
£104.95 £104.95

MB-014-DF DFI LanParty UT NF4 Ultra-D (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-014-DF)
£74.95 £74.95

GX-044-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-044-CO)
£144.95 £144.95

CA-026-EN Enermax Liberty 400W ELT400AWT ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CA-026-EN)
£40.95 £40.95

Subtotal £365.80
VAT £64.02
Total £429.82

This is what i would go for if i was upgrading.
 
If you don't need a PSU then that means more money towards the goods. I managed to get a dual core in!

CP-152-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ (Socket 939) - OEM (CP-152-AM) 1
£154.95 £154.95
FG-000-AR Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940) (FG-000-AR) 1
£14.95 £14.95
MB-087-AB Abit KN8 Ultra nForce4 Ultra (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-087-AB) 1
£51.95 £51.95
GX-061-PC PowerColor ATI Radeon X1800 GTO 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-061-PC) 1
£119.95 £119.95
Subtotal £341.80
VAT £59.82
Total £401.62
 
Hmm i like the dual core idea also like the look of the mainboard too just been reading up reviews and also looks like its possible for me to run my existing ram too :) any idea if i would get much of an overclock on a spec like that?

Mike :)
 
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