What upgrade?

Burly · 17 Apr 2007 at 20:14

Current PC
Athlon 3000+
Rubbish foxconn motherboard
1GB Corsair RAM DDR (need to check)
ATI X700 pro

320GB SATA Hard Drive
Super Lanboy Case
Antec TruPower 430W

What can I do with this, with say a £100 budget?

i.e. probably need new mobo (don't have a clue what AM2/939 mobo to get) + cpu (3800+ dual core hopefully)

Don't mind getting some second hand stuff.

semi-pro waster · 17 Apr 2007 at 20:24

Is the X700pro AGP or PCI-E? As far as I'm aware they came in both varieties which will make a difference to what I'd recommend your next step to be.

lee87 · 17 Apr 2007 at 20:24

What do you use the pc and what graphics slot do you have (pci-e or agp).

If you use it for gaming i'd upgrade the graphics card to a ATI X1950pro if it's pci-e.

Cupra · 17 Apr 2007 at 21:15

Asrock 4CoreDual-VSTA (Socket 775) PCI-Express/AGP DDR2 Motherboard £39.99
(£46.99) £39.99
(£46.99)
Intel Pentium 4 820 Dual Core "LGA775 Smithfield" 2.8GHz (800FSB) - Retail £49.99
(£58.74) £49.99
(£58.74)
Sub Total : £89.98
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 : £17.19
Total : £115.42

will give you a brilliant base for future upgrades... or you could sell your mobo and cpu on ebay and get a c2d instead of the p4... if it was me thats what id do

Intel Core 2 DUO E4400 "LGA775 Allendale" 2.00GHz (800FSB) - Retail £81.99
(£96.34) £81.99
(£96.34)
Asrock 4CoreDual-VSTA (Socket 775) PCI-Express/AGP DDR2 Motherboard £39.99
(£46.99) £39.99
(£46.99)
Sub Total : £121.98
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 : £22.79
Total : £153.02

so all you need to get is £50 for your cpu and mobo

Burly · 17 Apr 2007 at 21:29

semi-pro waster said:
Is the X700pro AGP or PCI-E? As far as I'm aware they came in both varieties which will make a difference to what I'd recommend your next step to be.

Its PCI-E
Thanks for the replies so far, considering them

semi-pro waster · 17 Apr 2007 at 22:25

If you don't mind buying secondhand but don't want the (admittedly fairly minor overall) hassle of changing your motherboard then a socket 939 X2 3800 and something like an X850XT or 7600GT are probably just about within your budget for a good overall boost.

Otherwise paul_64l gives you a couple of decent options if you want to move to socket 775.