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I recently got given a PC by a colleague. Problem is it has a P4 3ghz in it and.... well.... its a bit depressing.
The only things i know the board needs to have are PCI-E and 4 RAM slots.
I have very little cash to spend on this so the cheaper the better.
Thanks in advance.
Oops, wrong forum, can someone please move this to hardware.
Budget?
How much of a budget?
Less than £80 for both.
You could probably get a second hand board and AMD X2 CPU for that kind of money.
or
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You didn't specify if it is DDR1 or DDR2 memory you will be using in the system, if DDR1 you'll have to hit eBay to find something. If DDR2, there's a £30 Abit MATX AM2 motherboard that'll fit the bill, and another £40 for an AM2 CPU.
Sorry, the memory is DDR2. If i can stretch to ~£100 budget would this improve the equipment available significantly?
Naw, £70 will get you what you need, no problem. About £85ish if you want a full length ATX board.
If the current board takes DDR2 RAM, are you sure it cannot accept Core2Duo?
What chipset does it use?
have you tried reinstalling the OS ?
a clean install with just the programs you need can make a PC seem a lot faster at no extra cost