upgrade cpu mobo and memory for £350 quid

[Assasin-uk]

running an old intel 3.0 with 4400 ram and AGP..


Looking to change then cpu and mobo and ram, whats best atm for the 350 limit? opteron of some type? of course i will have to change the gfx card and ram i know... pci next step.

Any reccomendations welcomed.... (oh yeah water cooling kit already fitted so i can use that also)

 

[nikebee]

CP-150-AM AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 90nm (Socket 939) - OEM (CP-150-AM)
£104.95 £104.95
MY-007-GS G.Skill 2GB DDR ZX PC3200 (2x1GB) CAS2 Dual Channel Kit (F1-3200PHU2-2GBZX) (MY-007-GS)
£119.95 £119.95
MB-002-AK Asrock 939Dual-SATA2 (Socket 939 & Upgradable to AM2) AGP & PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-002-AK)
£36.95 £36.95
Subtotal £261.85
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £8.00
VAT £47.23
Total £317.08


mobo ready for AGP but can be upgraded to PCIe and is currently Socket 939 but you can get an adapter to let it take AM2 chips (not sure how this works with the memory though)


or


MB-002-AK Asrock 939Dual-SATA2 (Socket 939 & Upgradable to AM2) AGP & PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-002-AK)
£36.95 £36.95
CP-152-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ (Socket 939) - OEM (CP-152-AM)
£154.95 £154.95
MY-046-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3 (GE2GB3200BDC) (MY-046-GL)
£109.95 £109.95
Subtotal £301.85
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £8.00
VAT £54.23
Total £364.08
Total £375.83

but slightly over budget