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"Upgrade - how long will it last?"

Basically i am looking at upgrade as a few of you know.

I was looking at a AMD Athlon 64 3700+ but i'm now thinking bigger, now i'm looking at AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4400+.

I need a CPU that is pretty much going to last for 2 years or at least a while.

Thoughts? other CPU suggestions?

Hmmm, i think theres something abot tax with customs on electrical goods too so i might work out just as much.

I think i'll keep looking around and when it comesto xmas purchase the 4400 and motherboard.

Finding a micro-atx agp and pci-e slot may be a bit of an effort, i guess i can settle for a beast of a machine again, just would be nice to be able to carry it around easier.

Using parts from the US wouldnt be a problem, the ATX specification is standard worldwide. But as Nashbus said if it needed to get rma'd it would be a pain in the ass.

Yeah i think 939 is the best choice, for that sort of budget you can get a very good rig.

Hmmm, I'll probably have a budget of £900-1000 in about 2 months, so I'll wait.

EDIT: Am I better off getting a AMD 939 for future-proofing?

I'll need the bits till i get the new parts as my computer doesn't run well without a cpu and mothboard, plus i'll probably sell them to on of my family as i can get more. also i haven't a clue how much these sorts of things are worth as i normally just pass them down to my little brother, but this time they are decent still so i need to work out how much i can get for them.

Pentium 4 2.4Ghz
L4s8a2 mainboard [URL]http://www.ecsusa.com/products/l4s8a2.html[/URL]

I'm going to keep my ram and upgrade that a month after the rest of it.

Monkey_man if i was you i'd go for something better than this, of course it depends how much you plan on spending on a graphics card but they are going down in price all the time.

Chippxero wrote:
> I'll probably get a bit for me p4 2.4 and motherboard but not much.

What-ho. Which bits of your PC are you selling, and how much? I'm looking to put together something to run BF2 and CS:S decently for now. Oh, and do work and stuff.

J Nash wrote:
> team down wins the ugly competiton, clapclapclapclap

:(

Well i have decided to wait till xmas, and purchase a AMD dual 4400+ and a decent motherboard with AGP and PCI-E. probably going to cost around £430 maybe a bit less.

I'll probably get a bit for me p4 2.4 and motherboard but not much.

I was thinking of going for a smaller rig so i may look in to a mini-ATX just i'm not sure that my tank of a graphics card will fit in a small case.

down wrote:
> If they've got it in their terms and conditions that they can refuse
> to sell anything priced wrongly, then they can.
>
> that camera company probably didn't

But a court can have the final say on whether to uphold terms and conditions.

team down wins the ugly competiton, clapclapclapclap