Upgrading My PC

Liam_

Liam_

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hey, I am looking to upgrade my computer for Christmas I have a budget of £100 - £120

here are my current specs:

CPU: Intel Pentium 4 3.40GHz (slot 748)

Mobo: ASrock P4i65GV (more info here: http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=P4i65GV)

RAM: 1GB

PSU: 360W

Graphics Card: Nvidia 6200GE

if anything else is needed just leave a comment saying what, I will probably able to find it out.

Thanks
x
 
Upgrade all imo...

And your not going to be able to do that with your budget =/, but if you really want to do something, upgrade the RAM and try and find yourself a cheap Dual Core somewhere....
 
agreed on replace all
it will be cheaper and easier then finding parts to upgrade your current system which is extremely outdated.
 
well, I was thinking of upgrading the Mobo so i can get a better graphics card in there,

I don't need an amazing computer just good enough to run counter strike source and such games like that.

will this PSU be enough ??

x
 
Very limiting psu - modern graphics cards wont work well with that. I upgraded to 650W from 500W!
Take stock a little - read around the forums to see what sort of hardware you going to need.
 
Yes that PSu will be fine, tilly ou come to upgrade later and wish you'd bought a better one to begin with.
 
mobo upgrade will very likely mean CPU adn RAM upgrade, unless you can source another skt748 MB with at least pci-e 1 support
 
msi-s478-intel-945gc-ddr2-matx-audio-lan-intel-gma950
google it and you will see it.

i was thinking of purchasing that....

with a new 2GB ram

x
 
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No offence, but a pointless upgrade. Would be better to get some more money and do a worthwhile upgrade...
 
while the MB will allow you to use better GPUs, your CPU will cause a major bottleneck thus restricting the majority of the GPUs potential power.
 
Replacing everything would be the ideal scenario. But on that budget, getting some new Ram and maybe a graphics card is the best you could do.
 
Yup really that whole system needs to be stripped and replaced, but if you really cant go to the £400-600 that would probably cost then extra ram and a newer GPU should give a boost something along the lines of

VTX ATI Radeon HD 4770 512MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail []

£71.99

OcUK Value 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 184pin DDR Memory Dual Channel Kit []

£32.19

Thats assuming a 360W PSU will power a 4770, that the motherboard has PCI-e and that the ram is DDR1.

Really you ought to save up a bit and try and up that budget abit more for another £200 you could probably replace the worst of it.
 
jak731 said:
the OPs current MB does not have PCiE
Click to expand...

Ah well the only AGP that OCUK have in stock is this:


Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 3650 512MB DDR2 Dual TV-Out/Dual DVI (AGP) - Retail [11129-02-20R]

£64.39 inc VAT

It probably is better than your 6200GE though but check the benchmarks on toms hardware or somewhere and it will definitely run CS:S
 
Its really not worth your while upgrading that, youd be investing money into ancient tech. Save up then sell up and get a new computer :)
 
if you are desprete to upgrade (at least £50 over budget)

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
VTX ATI Radeon HD 4670 1024MB DDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £49.45
(£43.00) £49.45
(£43.00)
Asus M4A78L-M LE AMD 760G (Socket AM3/AM2+) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £45.99
(£39.99) £45.99
(£39.99)
AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 240 2.80GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £45.99
(£39.99) £45.99
(£39.99)
Kingston HyperX 2GB (1x2GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C5 800MHz Memory Module (KHX6400D2/2G) £18.39
(£15.99) £18.39
(£15.99)
Sub Total : £138.97
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.00
VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £22.20
Total : £170.17

not sure if your PSU is up to the job though
 
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