Now I am trying to cope with an athlon1800 instead of my now deceased 3200, I think my socket A days are over.

I want to use as much of my existing hardware as possible, and being a true locoster, dont want to spend a shed load.

I have IDE hard drives, 1.5 gig of PC3200 but could probably sell these on ebay if really necessary.

I have used AMD processors in every machine I have ever built, but am so out of date on what is what, It used to be the bigger the number the faster it went, but there are so many processor types available now and I dont know which to get for the best value for money.

I have always gone for an advanced motherboard and memory and put the cheapest processor in it and upgraded the processors as the price came down.

What are my best options?

Hi Mark, personally I'd just go and buy a new pc. I used to build all mine, but I've built my last seeing as you can get a built dell with warranty for easily under £200.
The following is £188.

AMD® Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3600+
Microsoft Operating System:
Genuine Windows Vista Home Basic - English
Collect & Return, 1 Year Service only
1024MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x512]
250GB (7200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive with 8MB DataBurst cache
Integrated nVidia® GeForce® 6150 LE graphics CD/DVD Drives:
16 X DVD +/- RW Drive 90527

If you have a problem with dell occasionally Tesco have some good deals on PC's, especially if you get hold of some vouchers.

Obviously if you'd rather build your own for £250, I understand


Michael

^^ I can't make any money building PC's anymore. Much cheaper at Dell or Comet. You just lose the personal touch.

Dell works for me changed 6 months ago alls well

[bites tongue] Another vote for Dell. I used to build systems for a living and I can't even come close to the spec that they manage - operating system, processor, memory, drives, monitor etc are all good spec and I can't see how they make any money.
Recently I was asked by a customer to build him a pc and I ordered one from Dell which arrived two days later, installed his software AND I kept the 19" TFT monitor which came as a free upgrade!

Ever tried to buy a Dell system at the price they advertise, never known it to happen --- sometimes they also charge £45 to deliver.

Dell got a roasting from Trading Standards last year for loading up the price when you actually tried to buy a system on-line - you had to go through and delete options to get the price back down.

Maybe they've got their act together since then... maybe...

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Originally posted by clockwork
Hi Mark, personally I'd just go and buy a new pc. I used to build all mine, but I've built my last seeing as you can get a built dell with warranty for easily under £200.
The following is £188.

AMD® Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3600+
Microsoft Operating System:
Genuine Windows Vista Home Basic - English
Collect & Return, 1 Year Service only
1024MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x512]
250GB (7200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive with 8MB DataBurst cache
Integrated nVidia® GeForce® 6150 LE graphics CD/DVD Drives:
16 X DVD +/- RW Drive 90527

If you have a problem with dell occasionally Tesco have some good deals on PC's, especially if you get hold of some vouchers.

Obviously if you'd rather build your own for £250, I understand


Michael

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http://configure.euro.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=uk&fb=1&kc=d&l=en&oc=D07C12&s=dhs
Take off monitor, 1 year collect and return.

Thursday is also normally their best day to buy for deals.
HTH

Edited to add (in caps noless) INCLUDES VAT AND SHIPPING.

[Edited on 2/7/07 by clockwork]