wanting a new rig not sure what to get

coolpunkskater · 20 Sep 2007 at 20:14

Hi all ok ive got a few £'s to spend (about £200-300) on upgrading my p4 2.4

i have no ideas what to get so after some help Eg model's prices and pos links to it

am after motherboard ddr2 ram (min 1gig) 512mb gfx (min) O and cpu

my psu is 550watt amd/p4 has no pci-eX bit thou

any ideas ??

cheers all for help

DavidB · 20 Sep 2007 at 21:00

Intel Core 2 Duo E2140 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.60GHz (800FSB) - Retail £37.99
(£44.64) £37.99
(£44.64)

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £39.99
(£46.99) £39.99
(£46.99)

OcUK ATI Radeon X1950 Pro 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £71.99
(£84.59) £71.99
(£84.59)

Corsair VX 450W ATX PSU (CMPSU-450VXUK) £39.99
(£46.99) £39.99
(£46.99)

Gigabyte GA_P35C_DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard £69.99
(£82.24) £69.99

£315.96 total with p&p +VAT

Alittle over budget but thats because it includes a PSU to replace your old one (don't be put off by the low wattage its more capable than a lot of higher rated PSU's).
If your willing, you could overclock that processor to 3ghz+ easily and recieve a nice performance boost too.

coolpunkskater · 20 Sep 2007 at 21:03

so in total £256.11 Plus P&P wow thats not bad cheers m8

coolpunkskater · 20 Sep 2007 at 22:02

o u edited it lol

would i need a new psu then?

Immortal · 21 Sep 2007 at 01:09

I wouldnt trust that PSU of yours mate if youre getting some decentish kit!!!

Speak soon bud

coolpunkskater · 21 Sep 2007 at 09:56

this was a decentish kit about 4 years ago lol

DavidB · 21 Sep 2007 at 10:26

4 years is a long long time in computing terms lol ! But yeh, a new PSU is a must.

coolpunkskater · 21 Sep 2007 at 10:37

DavidB said:
4 years is a long long time in computing terms lol ! But yeh, a new PSU is a must.

O cpu not that old its about 2 years its a Qtech 550watt (In gold)

beaNN · 21 Sep 2007 at 11:07

Argh Qtech PSU, get the Corsair!

coolpunkskater · 21 Sep 2007 at 11:40

£376.56 inc vat and p&p might still go for it as i hope to get a few quid for my p4

coolpunkskater · 23 Sep 2007 at 22:28

Bit cheeper then above :-)

Minstadave · 23 Sep 2007 at 22:30

coolpunkskater said:
O cpu not that old its about 2 years its a Qtech 550watt (In gold)

As said, thats a god awful PSU, if you're going to upgrade spend the money on the new PSU, the Qtech's don't stand upto anything near their 550W name, they're 350W max in reality.