PC : Budget Upgrade

Dymetrie · 26-04-2012, 08:47

Following some hangs whilst loading, some startup repairs, and a bit of slowdown of my whole system; I'm wondering if it may be time to look at upgrading my PC.

Currently, I'm running Windows 7 x64 on an Athlon 64 X2 4200+ with 4GB DDR (just DDR, not 2 or 3 or a million) and an GeForce 8800 GT (512MB GDDR3) with a pair of 500GB HDD.

On occasion I get some lag in games (this could also be partly down to the wireless desktop, though), but overall this little machine does us rather well

Looking at a budget upgrade which to replace the tired old parts and put a bit of zing back into the machine. I currently have about £150 available and was considering just upgrading the mobo, processer and RAM (with an option to look at a decent sized SSD and a better GFX card when I have a bit more cash).

As you can tell from my current machine, I'm slightly out of touch with what anything is, so some advice on something which will give better performance, but at low cost, would be much appreciated

26-04-2012, 08:47	#1
Dymetrie A large glass of Merlot Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Letchworth with a Lightsaber Posts: 5,819	Budget Upgrade Following some hangs whilst loading, some startup repairs, and a bit of slowdown of my whole system; I'm wondering if it may be time to look at upgrading my PC. Currently, I'm running Windows 7 x64 on an Athlon 64 X2 4200+ with 4GB DDR (just DDR, not 2 or 3 or a million) and an GeForce 8800 GT (512MB GDDR3) with a pair of 500GB HDD. On occasion I get some lag in games (this could also be partly down to the wireless desktop, though), but overall this little machine does us rather well Looking at a budget upgrade which to replace the tired old parts and put a bit of zing back into the machine. I currently have about £150 available and was considering just upgrading the mobo, processer and RAM (with an option to look at a decent sized SSD and a better GFX card when I have a bit more cash). As you can tell from my current machine, I'm slightly out of touch with what anything is, so some advice on something which will give better performance, but at low cost, would be much appreciated __________________ Khef, Ka and Ka-Tet.... Last edited by Dymetrie; 26-04-2012 at 08:51. Reason: Don't know my own processor, it seems!