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Upgrading - Help

  • 01-01-2005 2:30pm
    #1
    chrismon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,115 ✭✭✭


    Im thinkin of upgrading my pc.
    its a
    AMD athlon XP2000+ 1.7
    256mg ram(pc2100)
    g-force 4 mx440
    250gb harddrive(7200)

    computer is mostly used for game'n
    i have a 9600xt 128mb in the mail
    was thinking of gettin a mobo+cpu and ram
    can you reccomend anything?
    im on a budget btw
    not sure how much yet,wana see what overall prices are like first
    cheers
    chris

    oh btw whats all this stuff about different sockets?


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  • #2
    Azza
    Moderators Posts: 5,580 ✭✭✭Azza


    Well my personal recommendation would be an AMD 64 system.

    A socket 939 AMD 64 3000 1.8GHz Whinchester should do the job nicely. Its just over €130 for a retail version last I looked. Great overclocker You probably pick a decent 939 motherboard for around €100 euro as well. Asus, Abit, MSI have some good boards out. Just make sure they support the winchester chip before buying them. Some motherboards need a bios update to support them.

    Since the platform only spports up to pc 3200 no point going any higher. You be able to pick up a gig of ram for around €180. Kingmax usually have cheap ram. Geil has some good value ram pc 3200 last I looked. Remember tighter timings the better for amd 64. Look for timings as close to 2-2-2-5 as possible. 3-2-3-5 would not too bad i guess.

    www.komplett.ie
    www.overclock.co.uk
    www.jes.de

    good places to browse and have a look around.


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