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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?

Only if SR tried to sell it.
If they want they can just say "no, we don't want to sell".


You forget that sellers have the right to refuse purchase.

But if it'd been shown as that price wouldn't you be able to demand they kept to their word?

Emitime wrote:
> Ahaha. You told them about it. Other wise you could have got it for
> cheap.

Yeah but if i had ordered it and they noticed it i'd feel a lot more disappointed as i would have been expecting it any day.

This probably is a stupid question but, if i buy a motherboard from the US am i going to have issues power wise? am i better just looking at uk based companies?

Chippxero wrote:
> unfortunatly SR let me down as they appeard to have a very cheap
> 3700+ but they had the wrong pricing on it :(

Ahaha. You told them about it. Other wise you could have got it for cheap.

If you want an agp board then i would probably go for a DFI Lanparty UT NF3 Ultra, the board had some teething problems at the start but afaik its now full steam ahead. I think Asrock is a budget spin off from asus, even so for only maybe £20 more you could get a proper asus board with the Nforce chipset.

This is when you wish you had upgraded the rest of your PC with your graphics card.

PCI Express is definitely the way to go. I don't think you can get an AGP version of an nForce 4 mobo, which would have been the best option.

I was going to get this for the 3700 [URL]http://specialreserve.co.uk/ATX-350-Watt-Repla_9667_r.html[/URL] as i ideally need the PCI=E slot for a future upgrade.

But i think i might look for something better if i'm getting the 4400 adn just have the AGP slot

[URL]http://www.omplett.co.uk/k/ki.asp?sku=303412&cks=PRL[/URL] probably that one, but to be honest i could do with some help picking a motherboard as i haven't really got a clue.

Which motherboard are you looking to pair it with?

Yup forgot to add it, still not too expensive.

Komplett have one for £365 inc vat so i'd probably get it from there unless i can find cheaper.

unfortunatly SR let me down as they appeard to have a very cheap 3700+ but they had the wrong pricing on it :( i probably would have got it this week.

Chippxero wrote:
> Overclockers is the cheapest i have seen the duel core for
> £329.95

Then add on VAT...

The only way you can get the chip as cheap as that is if you buy it OEM, bit risky for such an expensive cpu.