tans
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« on: Monday, November 9, 2009, 10:37:56 » |
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To upgrade my desktop pc.
Its a Pentium 4 2.0ghz i think. Ideally want to upgrade to a Dual core etc.
Graphics card is ATI radeon X550
It has 2 gb of ram, but want to upgrade to 4gb.
Would this be easy, and how much would it likely to set me back?
Much love
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« Reply #1 on: Monday, November 9, 2009, 11:01:12 » |
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If you're changing up from a P4->Dual Core, you're looking at new CPU, motherboard and memory at least. Which leaves you with graphics card, case, hard drive and DVD drive (ie not a lot). You'd probably be better off (in terms of aggro and not a lot worse off financially) just replacing it. Not worth the hassle doing an upgrade when there's that much needs replacing and not a lot you'd want to keep hold of.
I'll defer to Si Pie and jj on this though if they think I'm talking shit.
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magicroundabout
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« Reply #2 on: Monday, November 9, 2009, 11:06:08 » |
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you could upgrade your current system pretty cheply.
Check out Novatch as they do bundles on CPU/Mobo/Ram which is alkl you need replacing really.
i take it, it's just for internet and processing etc?
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« Reply #3 on: Monday, November 9, 2009, 11:06:39 » |
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get a new pc mate
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« Reply #4 on: Monday, November 9, 2009, 11:12:23 » |
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but he may only need to buy £100 worth of parts and save the rest.
depends what you do on it Tans. if it's just for internet a motherboard bundle upgrade would be ideal.
do you have a budget
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tans
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« Reply #5 on: Monday, November 9, 2009, 11:14:06 » |
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couple of hundred quid.
just want to make it faster really
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« Reply #6 on: Monday, November 9, 2009, 11:15:44 » |
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for a couple of hundred you could upgrade the internals (mobo/ram/cpu) and it would make a massive difference.
but you'd have to build it yourself or if i'm down in chippy soon i'd help ya out
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« Reply #7 on: Monday, November 9, 2009, 11:16:44 » |
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would i need to get a new case and all that shite?
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« Reply #8 on: Monday, November 9, 2009, 11:20:31 » |
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nope.
unless you wanted a whole new pc. but your case, dvd drive etc are all fine to keep.
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« Reply #9 on: Monday, November 9, 2009, 11:23:22 » |
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Intel Core 2 Duo E7500 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 2.93GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £91.99
Foxconn ELA Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £72.99
Kingston HyperX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 6400C4 800MHz Dual Channel (KHX6400D2LLK2/4G) £49.99
you could get a much cheaper cpu if you wanted but this is spending your £200 notes
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« Reply #10 on: Monday, November 9, 2009, 11:38:22 » |
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If you change the mobo, you may need to format your HDD and re-install Windows. Can be a bit funny sometimes if it recognises that the HDD is plugged into a different mobo and may not boot.
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« Reply #11 on: Monday, November 9, 2009, 11:45:07 » |
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yeah you'd lose all that porn tans so back it up before upgrading  |
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« Reply #12 on: Monday, November 9, 2009, 11:48:38 » |
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Pretty much exactly whats been said, you can probably (possibly) just upgrade the chip keeping the mobo, it may need a flash to accept a dual core 2 duo like the E7400 (£85) upgrade the memory (£20) and get a better graphics card (ATI 4850 @ £75) or (ATI 4870 @ £108) assuming that your motherboard is PCI-E if its an AGP then get a brand new mobo mate.
What is the exact model mobo that you have Tans?
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« Reply #13 on: Monday, November 9, 2009, 11:57:23 » |
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« Reply #14 on: Monday, November 9, 2009, 12:02:38 » |
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doesn't look to accept a C2D and can't see a bios which allows this anywhere.
looks like a new mobo too
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