Well, i still need to upgrade my rig, this time i have a budget though, £250 (or $443 to all you damn yanks). At the mom ent have (unfolds paper)

AMD Athlon 1.3ghz processor
256mb RAM
Some wierd chaintech motherboard, it says its a socket - A thing and it supports athlon xp
And a geforce2 mx/mx400 (its crap,i know)

any suggestions on what to get?

Next time I post something completely uninformative just to increase my post count, I will risk being banned.

The big "if" is what grade of AthlonXP you MB supports... I'm going to be slightly pessimistic, and presume that it only supports Thorton core-XP (up to 2400+, I believe). However, there is a chance that it has full support for Barton-Core (2500+ and beyond) CPUs...

Anyway, I see £250 should be plenty for a decent upgrade... Please be sure to [url=froogle.google.com]Froogle[/url] any products you're looking for, to make sure you aren't ripped off.

Presuming you have a board that's 133Mhz FSB and support only Thorton (up to 2400+):

• AMD Athlon XP 2400+, £43 ($75US) from [url]www.tigerdirect.com[/url] (they have the Cheapest CPUS, though I'm still not sure if they ship outside of US/Canada)
• Saphire Radeon X600 Pro, £82 ($145US) from ENet (I'd recommend searching for this one, as I'm not to certain about this store)
• 256MB Module of PC2100 266Mhz DDR SDRAM, £22 ($38US) from NewEgg (It's OEM though. There are cheaper, though possibly less reliable sites, and retail memory will be more expensive. Be sure to [url=froogle.google.com]Froogle[/url] this if that's what you want)

Be adding more soon...

I have been temporarily banned for trying to be funny and failing miserably.

You are a disgrace to every grown-up Christian, obi_kwiet

nottheking--he's obviously british. Newegg prices don't help him.

I'd suggest an Athlon XP 2500+, 1x512MB of PC2700 or better RAM, and then save up till you have 300-ish bucks, and get a 6800 non-ultra, non-GT. Best bet.