upgrade ( 430 pounds max)

marcus_667 · 10 Mar 2006 at 14:12

hello im new to this forum but ive used ocuk for a while now and i am currently looking on what to do on upgrading my system i currently have ,

sempron 2600+ @ 2.5 ghz
1 gig generic ram
abit kv8 pro
hiper 480 watt psu
lian li pc 7 plus
radeon 9800 xt
an 80 gig and a 40 gig ( ide hard drive )
lite on dvd rw

and im wondering what to do i would like a pci e mobo and card but i also want a dual core but im stumped on what to do but anything on pci e should beat my 9800 xt at the moment , and do ati vcards work on n force 4 motherboards (sorry for the daft question), im just wondering what the hell to get or what to do if you can help me out id would be very much appreciated

MeatLoaf · 10 Mar 2006 at 14:36

If you replace just the mobo, cpu and gfx the you could get this

MB-101-AS Asus A8N-SLi SE nForce4 SLi (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-101-AS)
£69.95 £69.95
CP-134-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3800BVBOX) (CP-134-AM)
£182.95 £182.95
GX-034-OK OcUK GeForce 6800 GS 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-034-OK)
£109.95 £109.95
Subtotal £362.85
VAT £63.50
Total £426.35

That gives you dual core and a fairly decent gfx card. If you went single core then youd get this, this would be my choice, gives very good performance, i know as this is the exact setup i have.

MB-101-AS Asus A8N-SLi SE nForce4 SLi (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-101-AS)
£69.95 £69.95
GX-069-LT Leadtek GeForce 7800GT 256MB GDDR3 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-069-LT)
£164.95 £164.95
CP-121-AM AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3700BNBOX) (CP-121-AM)
£125.95 £125.95
Subtotal £360.85
VAT £63.15
Total £424.00

ACESHIGH · 10 Mar 2006 at 14:55

Yep update mobo, cpu and gfx, for a far quicker rig...

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ (Socket 939) - OEM (CP-152-AM)
£193.82

Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940) (FG-000-AR)
£15.22

Gigabyte K8NMF-9 nForce4 Micro ATX (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-041-GI)
£49.29

PowerColor ATI Radeon X850 XT 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-037-PC)
£152.69

Total = £411.02

You get a good dual core CPU, with a great cooler, that will allow for some nice overclocking!
Good, stable mobo.
Quicker graphics than the 6800GS, & not much slower than the 7800GT.

ACESHIGH · 10 Mar 2006 at 14:56

marcus_667 said:
and do ati vcards work on n force 4 motherboards

Yes, there is no problems with running ATI graphics & Nforce mobo.

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marcus_667 · 10 Mar 2006 at 15:08

MeatLoaf said:
If you replace just the mobo, cpu and gfx the you could get this

MB-101-AS Asus A8N-SLi SE nForce4 SLi (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-101-AS)
£69.95 £69.95
CP-134-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3800BVBOX) (CP-134-AM)
£182.95 £182.95
GX-034-OK OcUK GeForce 6800 GS 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-034-OK)
£109.95 £109.95
Subtotal £362.85
VAT £63.50
Total £426.35

That gives you dual core and a fairly decent gfx card. If you went single core then youd get this, this would be my choice, gives very good performance, i know as this is the exact setup i have.

thats what im looking for im just looking into a few things and im going to order in a few days someones offered me 180 pounds for my old cpu mobo and gfx so im going to take that and maybe get a better gpu im not sure i would prefer ati cards as i've had n vidia and the drivers seemed to be a pain in the backside ill see how it fans out in a week or so tops and let you guys know , thanks a lot