What have i done, ah well upgrade on a budget time.

roughlad

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Well me being me decided to take the comp apart and de fluff it only tofind it didnt work when i put it back together. Now seems like the chips gone boom and i cant get a replacment. So my fellow ocuk'ers i need a mobo chip gcard and psu all for about £250 please help me. :rolleyes:
 
B-042-GI Gigabyte K8N51GMF-9 nForce 6100 Micro ATX (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-042-GI)
£44.95 £44.95
CP-117-AM AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3000BPBOX) (CP-117-AM)
£83.95 £83.95
GX-053-PC PowerColor ATI Radeon X800 GTO 128MB DDR TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-053-PC)
£69.95 £69.95
Subtotal £198.85
VAT £34.80
Total £233.65


With a 380W Tagan PSU (out of stock at the moment) it totals about £275. £25 over budget but I couldn't drop anything and still keep it a 939/PCi-E system. If you aren't going to be playing games then you could drop the X800 and go for more basic graphics card.
 
I think this is about the minimum you can spend to get a decent(ish) improvement over your existing system.

CP-117-AM AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3000BPBOX) (CP-117-AM)
£83.95 £83.95
CA-004-SK FSP Sparkle FSP400-60 Blue Storm 400W ATX2.0 PSU (CA-004-SK)
£39.95 £39.95
GX-045-LT Leadtek WinFast PCX6600GT-TDH GeForce PCX6600 GT 128MB DDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-045-LT)
£69.95 £69.95
MB-041-GI Gigabyte K8NMF-9 nForce4 Micro ATX (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-041-GI)
£41.95 £41.95
Subtotal £235.80
VAT £41.27
Total £277.07
 
Antec TruePower 2.0 380W PSU (CA-029-AN) £46.94
Gigabyte K8NMF-9 nForce4 Micro ATX (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-041-GI) £49.29
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3200BPBOX) (CP-118-AM) £112.74
Sapphire ATI Radeon X550 128MB DDR TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-098-SP)
£41.07


£250.04 including VAT
 
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For a full ATX motherboard add on at least £10 or so and I'd suggest an Nforce4 based chipset as they are solid, stable and well proven. I don't think that you lose anything by going mATX beyond a couple of PCI slots though.
 
Gigabyte K8NF-9 nForce4 (Socket 939) PCI Express Motherboard (MB-032-GI)
£68.09 Including VAT

or

DFI LanParty UT NF4 Ultra-D (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-014-DF)
£93.94 Including VAT
 
How about the asrock dual sata around £50 and it's got a PCI-e slot and an AGP slot so you can stick with your current GFX card, and spend your budget on the following

CA-004-SK FSP Sparkle FSP400-60 Blue Storm 400W ATX2.0 PSU (CA-004-SK)
£39.95 £39.95
Asrock Dual Sata - £52 inc
AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3700BNBOX) (CP-121-AM) £152.69 Including VAT

Don't know if PSU price includes VAT as that was a copy and paste :p
But that brings you in or around £250 with a very good system, then you can upgrade the GFX at a later date.
 
Soul Rider said:
How about the asrock dual sata around £50 and it's got a PCI-e slot and an AGP slot so you can stick with your current GFX card, and spend your budget on the following

CA-004-SK FSP Sparkle FSP400-60 Blue Storm 400W ATX2.0 PSU (CA-004-SK)
£39.95 £39.95
Asrock Dual Sata - £52 inc
AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3700BNBOX) (CP-121-AM) £152.69 Including VAT

Don't know if PSU price includes VAT as that was a copy and paste :p
But that brings you in or around £250 with a very good system, then you can upgrade the GFX at a later date.
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Yep that is a good idea if his AGP graphics card is working.
PSU is £46.94 inc VAT.

But total is still arround £250 for a very good rig, when he gets some cash together for a PCIE graphics card.
 
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