Hello OCs, need some advice upgrading my PC.
It is used mainly for working from home, and playing games like Football Manager once in a while.
The current specs are as follows:
Now from what I gather, there is no chance these boards taking a decend CPU like the i3 or the AMD Phenom, therefore I'll have to buy a new motherboard, add to that some RAM and a decent PSU.
I'm assuming the microtower case will be okay to host the new MB?
What I'm after is a decent CPU + Motherboard + RAM + PSU (and a case if mine is not good enough). Don't need any Hard drives, DVD roms, OS etc.
Would I be able to upgrade this thing on a tight budget of about £200-£250, or am I just better off saving for a new PC?
Thanks
EDIT: I have a new ATI Radeon™ HD 5670 card that I would install in the new upgrade.
It is used mainly for working from home, and playing games like Football Manager once in a while.
The current specs are as follows:
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Computer
Model : HP HP Compaq dx2250 Microtower
Processor
Model : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5000+
Speed : 2.6GHz
Cores per Processor : 2 Unit(s)
Threads per Core : 1 Unit(s)
Type : Dual-Core
Integrated Data Cache : 2x 64kB, Synchronous, Write-Back, 2-way, Exclusive, 64 byte line size
L2 On-board Cache : 2x 512kB, ECC, Synchronous, Write-Back, 16-way, Exclusive, 64 byte line size
Computer
Platform Compliance : AMD LIVE!
Mainboard : MSI 0A7C
BIOS : Phoenix Technologies, LTD MS7297 1.08 08/22/2007
Bus(es) : X-Bus PCI PCIe IMB USB i2c/SMBus
Multi-Processor (MP) Support : No
Multi-Processor Advanced PIC (APIC) : Yes
Total Memory : 1.88GB DIMM DDR2
Chipset
Model : MSI RS480 Host Bridge
Front Side Bus Speed : 1x 199MHz (199MHz)
Channels : 1
Memory Bus Speed : 2x 100MHz (200MHz)
Chipset
Model : AMD Athlon 64 / Opteron HT Hub
Front Side Bus Speed : 2x 796MHz (1.6GHz)
Total Memory : 2GB DIMM DDR2
Channels : 2
Memory Bus Speed : 2x 324MHz (648MHz)
Memory Module(s)
Memory Module : Ramaxel RML1320EG38D7W-667 1GB DIMM DDR2 PC2-5300U DDR2-666 (5-5-5-15 3-20-5-3)
Memory Module : Ramaxel RML1320EG38D7W-667 1GB DIMM DDR2 PC2-5300U DDR2-666 (5-5-5-15 3-20-5-3)
Video System
Video Adapter : ATI Radeon Xpress 1150 (PS2.0, VS2.0, 128MB, PCI)
Graphics ProcessorNow from what I gather, there is no chance these boards taking a decend CPU like the i3 or the AMD Phenom, therefore I'll have to buy a new motherboard, add to that some RAM and a decent PSU.
I'm assuming the microtower case will be okay to host the new MB?
What I'm after is a decent CPU + Motherboard + RAM + PSU (and a case if mine is not good enough). Don't need any Hard drives, DVD roms, OS etc.
Would I be able to upgrade this thing on a tight budget of about £200-£250, or am I just better off saving for a new PC?
Thanks
EDIT: I have a new ATI Radeon™ HD 5670 card that I would install in the new upgrade.
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