I'm looking to upgrade my PC.

Not got a massive budget, only need M/B, CPU and memory.

I'm not a massive gamer. Only really play RTS games and sometime CS:S

I may as well get a 64 bit CPU as I'm upgrading now. My current PC is ancient compared to most PCs nowadays and it's only 3 years old.

AMD preferred, but will consider Intel if I must.

Just been doing a quick search on a few sites and so far I have this:

AMD Athlon 3200+ Socket 939 47.32
Asus A8R-MVP ATX Motherboard 54.58
Kingston 1GB kit (2x512) DDR400 68.58

Total 170.48 inc. VAT & Del.

A little more than I wanted to pay but that's the cheapest I could find those components. CPU was from Ebay and the motherboard/memory was from Ebuyer.

I tried a few other sites as well (Overclockers, Dabs, Misco, PC World) but they couldn't match those prices.

Sound reasonable?

Sounds about right to me!

you do realise if you order the CPU from ebuyer aswell as the motherboard and memory it comes to £163.16 all in.

ebuyer quick find codes are...
CPU - 088109
Motherboard - 101177
Memory - 055296

what about graphix as some 939 mb are agp some are pci express

iirc the board he's chosen has onboard graphics

Nope, I have a Radeon 9600 Pro.

That M/B doesn't have onboard graphics.

ahh right my bad, not really looked at the ATi chipsets much.

the 9600 will be no good for the board you've chosen then. are you planning to go for a budget pci-e card or higher end?

Why? Tbh I haven't even really looked at the full spec of the board.

well iirc they didn't produce a PCI-e 9600pro, nor a basic PCI version.
and as the board you've chosen doesn't have AGP it won't be any good, most new socket 939 boards don't have agp anymore, apart from a few cheaper brands.

D'oh its ok

I didn't even look for an AGP port. Oh well, back to the drawing board.

if your not planning on upgrading the graphics card anytime in the near future you could use this board... http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=24111187532&action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=116265

ECS isn't the best brand, but the nforce3 chipset is pretty good.

Asus do a board with AGP, just looking for it now.

http://www.memory-express.co.uk/index.aspx?pageid=17&id=518599&utm_campaign=froogle&utm_source=froogle&utm_medium=ppc&utm_name=Asus%20A8V%20Motherboard%20-%20Athlon%2064%20X2%20Socket%20939%20VIA%20K8T800Pro%20ATX&rndstr=2006-1213-665 this one?

EDIT - bah nevermind, no stock... good luck finding a board anyway, personally i'd be tempted to go with the ECS, my dads running an ECS board and a few friends are and they all seem stable, and never had any issues, and for 30quid can't complain lol

That's the badger.

****s sakes.... Cheap one it is then, can't afford a new graphics card.

asrock do an agp board apparantly its good for overclocking as 939s overclock quite well

AMD (Venice) Athlon 64Bit 3200+ Socket 939pin 088109 £37.45
ECS NFORCE3-A939 SKT939 nforce3 250 AGP 116265 £24.91
Kingston 1GB DDR PC3200 400MHz (Kit of 2 x 512mb) 049296 £54.57

Total : £147.38

should be a good system, as i said the nforce3 chipset is **** hot.

with the money you've saved going for the cheaper motherboard could you go for the 3500+ ? i know theres not much of a jump in price

Tbh the cheaper the system the better, I dont have a massive budget due to the car.