Upgrade

[Pepz]

Hi, was wondering if someone could give me some advice, basically thinking its about time to upgrade,

Current setup:

P4 2.6c @ 3.1
ASUS P4C800 Deluxe
1Gb HyperX PC3200
Sapphire 9800 PRO
Antec Trueblue

Want to spend as little as possible, but no point upgrading unless there is a noticable increase in performance, what is the cheapest and best way to upgrade, under £200.

Cheers

Mike

 

[BillytheImpaler]

Since that's an AGP graphics card it kinda limits your possibilities on such a budget. The best suggestion I can make is a faster CPU. See if you can get a used AMD socket 939 setup for cheap. It'd have to have an AGP slot and would definitely take DDR1 memory.

 

[BillytheImpaler]

For just a bit more you could get this:

It'd be a MASSIVE improvement.

 

[semi-pro waster]

If you can go over the budget then Billy has given you a good specification there with upgrade potential, if the budget is really important then this might do but you'll have to accept the motherboard will limit your overclocks at the moment.

OcUK 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C5 800MHz DDR2 Dual Channel Kit £29.99
(£35.24) £29.99
(£35.24)
Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2 (Socket 775) PCI-Express/AGP DDR2 Motherboard £36.99
(£43.46) £36.99
(£43.46)
Intel Core 2 Duo E2140 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.60GHz (800FSB) - Retail £36.99
(£43.46) £36.99
(£43.46)
OcUK ATI Radeon X1950 Pro 256MB GDDR3 HDTV/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
Sub Total : £163.96
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £8.25
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £30.14
Total : £202.35

 

[Pepz]

Thanks for the help guys, think I am going to splash out a bit more and get the setup bill suggested then, will report back if I have any problems!

Mike