upgrade ( 430 pounds max)

[marcus_667]

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

 

[marcus_667]

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