Re: What to do for upgrade?
What do you use your PC for?
Before buying a new mobo maybe investigate why it failed, a new PSU needed maybe?
If you got the cash to splash then a C2D setup would be a nice upgrade for you :) I'm not sure how far £150 would stretch on C2D really.
Re: What to do for upgrade?
Hexus have just reviewed sub £50 processors with a view to clocking them to 3Ghz using the stock cooler. 2Gb DDR2 PC6400 is around £40 now which would leave you about £60 for a motherboard. Your only issue then would be a PCI-e graphics card if you are gaming.
Edit: There may well be some mobo/ram/cpu bundles that are available cheap too at this time of year.
Re: What to do for upgrade?
ah yes,
internet, a few minor spreadsheets, watching films, a bit of encoding and rendering - not much mind - which is why c2d.
-i was thinking e2160 - overclock it a little
-g33 based motherboard so i can get a graphics card later if i need - i dont play very often. i have no idea if amd do integrated graphics for socket 775 or nvidia.
-2 gig ram as it's really cheap!
theres my £150!
Re: What to do for upgrade?
Indeed it is :)
Think personally I would sell the old gear, some chump will have in on eBay and purchase your setup or something similar :D
Re: What to do for upgrade?
yup twas a possibility, ebay!
the bundle could be good, but should i wait till 45nm penryn comes out? i mean for the masses....I might be tempted to get a better system then.
also psu is alright, power comes through, but there is a burn mark on the motherboard.
do oem motherboards use the same mounting holes as of-the-shelf motherboards?
but really when i think that even a basic graphics card sucks energy, there is practically no point in being carefull with the chipset and cpu being efficient when you put in a graphics card! thats why i was looking at the integrated side.
any advise would be appreciated in that area!