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Title: ideas please.....
Post by: killcrazy on December 24, 2005, 11:16:08 PM
hey guys

i need some advice, thanks to a nice christmas bonus from work  :woot:  i shall be upgrading my pc....  the thing that is holding my rig back is my intel socket 478 celron D CPU but im not sure wheather to update it to a P4 HT s478 or to change the moby and get something else.
my graphics card is a nvidia 6600GT AGP, i have crosair pc3200 memory and one SATA and one ATA drive. i dont really want to spend over £200 but any ideas from you guys would be nice



and by the way.....

[SIZE=14]MERRY CHRISTMAS
 :cheers:
Title: ideas please.....
Post by: Norm on December 25, 2005, 12:05:09 AM
Just change the celeron kill,3 or 3.2 gig P4 and some more memory and you will be amazed at the improvement.Celerons are only for old ladies. ;) You could go 64 amd,but first option is less painless. :)
Title: ideas please.....
Post by: TeaLeaf on December 25, 2005, 12:13:23 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by Norm@Dec 25 2005, 01:05 AM
You could go 64 amd,but first option is less painless. :)
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Yeah, but the second option is worth it ;p

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Title: ideas please.....
Post by: killcrazy on December 25, 2005, 01:00:24 PM
do you know of anywhere i can get just a CPU and motherboard bundle, because all of the ones ive seen have memory as well. theres a few on ebay like this (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/3000-AMD-64-CPU-NFORCE-MOTHERBOARD-BUNDLE-USB-PCI-EX_W0QQitemZ6831928002QQcategoryZ96867QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)