Upgrade kits

Tech Overhaul

Are the upgrade kits a good starting point for building a new cheap system? The kit I was looking at contains the following for 353 euro (on komplett)

123708 - Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz Boxed PC800 Socket PGA478, 1MB cache, Prescott
123081 - Abit IS7-E2 Mainboard for S478/800mhz I865PE, SATA, ATX, Dual-DDR, LAN
113518 - TwinMOS PC3200 DDR-DIMM 512MB CL2.5 Memory184-P (for DDR-PC400MHz)

It seems cheap enough and a good starting point but are there any better starting/upgrade kits out there?

Zakalwe

Make sure you price all the components seperately and add them up. Sometimes it works out cheaper than the upgrade bundle.

BloodBath

What's your overall budget?


BloodBath

Tech Overhaul

I would like to keep it all under 600. I have hard drive, cd burner and monitor already. So I really only need case, upgrade kit and graphics card.

Redrocket

well what exactly do you have at the moment???
600 could bring you far depending.....
graphics could cost you from 150 for a 9600xt to 400.
ram could cost you from 50 for 256mb ddr400 to 300 for a gig of top notch CL2 ram.
cpu could cost you 80 for an xp2500 or 150 or close to it for a 3200.

you wanna be more specific on your requirements/needs

Zakalwe

€600 should get you the following from Komplett. If you're planning on playing games it will perform better than your P4 2.8 kit above.

Athlon 64 3000+
NForce based motherboard
512MB of RAM
ATI 9800 Pro


edit: I forgot to mention that on a P4 motherboard supporting Dual Channel you should get 2x256MB instead of 1X512MB

Tech Overhaul

My basic requirement is "CHEAP"! That's why I was asking about the kits. Performance is not a major issue.

Tech Overhaul

Thanks Zakalwe

Redrocket

cheap, as everyone knows, xp2500.
http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=120751&cks=PRL
190 euro + 9600XT @ 150 euros and get yourself a case. if you your trying to save on money, whats wrong with your current case?

Tech Overhaul

My old case is far to small....

Redrocket

then another 100 - 150 on a case and psu depending on what you want from a case

Tech Overhaul

Thanks stevenk

Redrocket

ive never ordered a case from jes-computer or komplett so i dont know how much delivery will cost you on it. could be pricey.

try http://www.elara.ie/products/cases.asp?offset=20
thats the cases section, courtesy of col_loki he recomended Sonata/MinTower 380W 4X5.25" 2X3.5" ATX Black on another thread.
irish company, cheaper delivery.
im a cheap ****, ive always bought a crappy cheap case and threw everything in

jozi

Sonata is a nice case, cost me near 150 incl delivery from elara only took a few days to get here to.

Jozi

Zakalwe

If you're going to spend €150 on an Antec case then make it an Antec P160. You'll need to get a PSU seperately though.

It's a beauty with front panel LED temperature monitors for 2 probes, all aluminium construction, 120mm slow fan, and everything designed with minimal noise in mind.