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Upgrading system
2004-01-06, 4:14 AM #1
Hey guys, looking for a bit of technical advice. I'm looking to add a new motherboard, processor and soundcard. My price range is up to £120 (~$220). Any ideas? I'm probably gonna buy from eBuyer ( www.ebuyer.com ). The soundcard doesn't need to be anything special, just a PCI card.

I'd prefer a mobo without onboard sound and a processor >700MHz (current system = 500MHz).

I don't know much about processors and motherboards so if you could try to make them compatible I'd be grateful [http://forums.massassi.net/html/smile.gif].

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2004-01-06, 4:55 AM #2
With your current system at only 500 Mhz, you will probably need some new RAM as well.

Here's some stuff I dug up at the ebuyer site.

Motherboard
Processor
RAM

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2004-01-06, 6:25 AM #3
go for at least 1.7ghz if you can afford it. processors are over 3ghz now.

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2004-01-06, 6:26 AM #4
Why are you going through eBuyer? While they seem to be a decent retailer, Id still prefer to go through someone I know and trust, like Newegg or Tiger Direct...

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2004-01-06, 7:54 AM #5
I dont think newegg ships overseas.

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2004-01-06, 7:55 AM #6
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go for at least 1.7ghz if you can afford it. processors are over 3ghz now.

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2004-01-06, 8:09 AM #7
When I got my comp, while I found some parts cheap on ebuyer.com some stuff was cheaper on overclockers.co.uk [http://forums.massassi.net/html/smile.gif] It's worth shopping around.

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2004-01-06, 8:19 AM #8
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2004-01-06, 10:11 PM #9
I've bought from eBuyer before and I trust them.

I've currently got 256MB RAM.

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