PC Hardware upgrade

Lord Pounder · Post by **Lord Pounder** » 2007-04-10 01:18pm

Can i Get some help with a PC upgrade. I currenty run an AMD Athlon XP 3200+ with 1.5 gig of DDR ram.

I'm looking at a new motherboard and processor, but i'm guessing i might need a new GFX card and memory.

I have £450.00 give or take to spend but am restricted to buying from the following places

PC World

Mplex

or Maplin

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2007-04-10 01:29pm

Just strictly out of curiosity, why can't you spend on any other sites?

Lord Pounder · Post by **Lord Pounder** » 2007-04-10 01:34pm

The sites stated have shops in Belfast and my dad refuses to travel beyond Belfast and i'm too impaitient to wait for mail order to arrive.

Starglider · Post by **Starglider** » 2007-04-10 01:55pm

Lord Pounder wrote:The sites stated have shops in Belfast and my dad refuses to travel beyond Belfast and i'm too impaitient to wait for mail order to arrive.

You suck. Seriously, PC World is a total rip-off and Maplin isn't much better these days. I use Dabs.com extensively and even with next-day delivery (which I've always found to be an accurate description), they're considerably cheaper. If you've got a perfectly working PC, not being able to wait a few days for a new one is pretty sad.

Post by **Beowulf** » 2007-04-10 03:21pm

What interface is your GPU and RAM?

Lord Pounder · Post by **Lord Pounder** » 2007-04-11 05:42pm

Bought the bits today. Got a Intel Core Duo E6400, An Asrock Conroe945g 1 gig of DDR2 and a 7600GT Graphics Card. All in all I walked out at much less than the £450 budget I had set myself. Now i just have to put the son of a bitch togeather.

Also the reason why I needed it so quickly is because my current motherboard is dying. I can get 20 minutes of gaming before the shitheap crashes or restarts.

Thanks in perticular to Ace Pace for some good advice on AIM.