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Advice for a cheap Mobo & chip

  • 19-09-2006 10:25am
    #1
    beer enigma
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,212 ✭✭✭


    Hi,

    I'm looking for a cheap & cheerful Motherboard/Chip combination & recommendation on where to buy.

    The system will only be used for net surfing, some MS office, but nothing heavy at all. Anyone recommend anything ??


    I already have a case, monitor hard drive etc.

    thanks

    Andi


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  • #2
    8T8
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,757 ✭✭✭8T8


    A Sempron CPU should handle Office and net surfing without any trouble
    AMD Sempron 3000+ €49.95
    Motherboard* €65
    DDR2-533 256MB €25.49 (get two for 512MB)

    *Motherboard comes with integrated sound, graphics with DVI, ethernet, USB, SATA/IDE etc.

    Total €165 which is not bad plus you get some room to upgrade the CPU or graphics down the road if you want to.


  • #3
    beer enigma
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,212 ✭✭✭beer enigma


    Thanks for that - looks perfect for the job.

    Does the fact that I connect wirelessly (via a USB2.0 device) to the router for internet put any more pressure on the system ?? - would I benefit from sticking a gig of ram on board ??


  • #4
    SeanW
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,160 ✭✭✭SeanW


    you might want to put one gig stick in there if you plan to ever migrate to Windows Vista.


  • #5
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    Maplins had some sort of uber cheap deal recently with mobo and Celeron processor for about 100 euro.

    Celeron would be a bit slower then the Sempron but for the tasks you described the difference would be negligible...


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