Upgrading My Computer

[Jack!]

Hey,

Im looking to upgrade my PC New grapics card, HHD and possibly the mother board. Mabey get a wireless card to.

Ive got about £120 - £150. i know, not alot

Currently i have

HHD : 80GB, Might ad the new one as a slave.

Motherboard: MSI MS-7095

Urmmm Built In graphics card

And i woundlt mind a new case LEDS, Nice Fans the lot, ive got a new powersupply still in its box i havnt built a PC for a while so i fancy having another dabble

If you can find a case, add about £50 to £70 quid onto the budget

Ebuyer :) :)

just looking for reccomandations on parts and Stuff

[The Professor]

Is the budget for each item or for a HHD, mobo and graphics card together? If its all of them you probably won't be looking at anything groundbreaking, try looking for some older stuff. If your HHD is IDE then you might struggle to get a lot of capacity but if its SATA you can get a 500GB for about £40-£50

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/124228 - 500GB HDD for a shade under £40
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/199913 - Nvidia 9800 graphics card will give you some pretty nice performance for £70, you could go for a cheaper one if you're not going to be doing much gaming.

[AgnesIO]

WHy do people expect to get so much for so little?

I mean for £120 I would look for one of he three maybe tw - as hdd is cheap. But seriously? :P

[Jack!]

yeah its IDE, but thats why i wanted a new Mobo. And i thought it would be enough, looking at prices on there, i dont have to have the graphics card, i could always stick with the onboard graphics if there is one.

[The Professor]

What do you want to use your computer for? The graphics card I posted would be overkill if all you're doing was watching youtube videos.

[Jack!]

urrm yeah thats about it. i sometimes might play the odd game but they aint high graphic ones

[The Professor]

Oh right on board graphics will probably be fine then you won't get much advantage from using a separate one. What processor do you have?

[Jack!]

on the mobo. a VIA one i believe.

[Markeh]

on the mobo. a VIA one i believe.

As far as I'm aware, from your other thread, your processor is a Socket 478 currently, which can take Northwood/Prescott processors.

[Jack!]

theres a VIA sticker on it, so i just asummed it was that. This is why i want a new Mobo. i dont know this mobo at all.

[Markeh]

VIA is the chipset on the board.

[Jack!]

oooh. okay

[Markeh]

Your best attempt may be finding slightly old parts that you like (2 years old, tops), then browsing eBay for them off of people that have started to upgrade. As long as you use Paypal, if the bits don't work, you can get your money back. It'd be the best plan for your CPU and Mobo, as these are often sold together.