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Can i get a new motherboard and processor, and just replace the current ones i have, because my PC is slow, and it needs to go faster. Is this possible because i have no idea what to do inside a pc, other than install PCI cards. Any help will be appreciated.

State of the art:
AMD Athlon 64 3400 (Socket 754) - Retail (CP-071-AM)
£249.00
MSI K8T Neo-FIS2R (Socket 754) Motherboard (MB-010-MS)
£76.00
Globalwin Super Silent 22dBA 320W (MAY WANT A 450 @ £95.76 to be on the safe side) ATX Power Supply (CA-000-GW)
£50.00
Corsair 1GB DDR XMS3200LL Pro TwinX (2x512MB) CAS2 (MY-025-CS)
£181.35
Asus ATI Radeon 9800XT/TVD 256MB & Half Life 2 Bundle - Retail (GX-019-AS)
£274.00
Subtotal £830.35
VAT £145.32
Total £975.67

Normal:
Globalwin Super Silent 22dBA 320W ATX Power Supply (CA-000-GW)
£50.00
DFI LanParty NFII Ultra-B (Socket A) Motherboard (MB-003-DF)
£91.00
AMD Athlon "Barton" XP3000+ 333FSB (Socket A) CPU - Retail (CP-035-AM)
£102.95
Corsair 512MB DDR XMS3200LL Low Latency Pro CAS2 (MY-028-CS)
£99.00
Asus ATI Radeon 9600SE/TD 128MB - Retail (GX-021-AS)
£49.95
Subtotal £392.90
VAT £68.77
Total £461.67

Take yor pic (from overclockers.co.uk)

Aoe wrote:
> Well i honestly have no idea what speed i should go for, as I have
> nothing to compare it against, so could you recommend anything?

Ill do a state of the art selection of components and a resonable selection of components.

Well i honestly have no idea what speed i should go for, as I have nothing to compare it against, so could you recommend anything?

Aoe wrote:
> I don't actually 'have' anything to spend. But i will be willing to
> spend however much is nesecary.
>
> I'm thinking of about 512mb RAM, i think i'll go with AMD and i still
> don't get the CPU speeds :S Care to explain?

Right, a number of things affect the speed of CPUs but the mos common one is total MHz (or GHz which is 1000MHz=1GHz). Even so AMD use a P rating to show the speed of there CPUs, which is how fast it is in MHz comparitably to Intels. For example:

AMD XP 2600+ is as fast as a P4 2600MHz even though its MHz is 1800 (I think). This is because it has othe parts which run faster than Intel CPUs. If you are encoding anyhting the MHz extra on a P4 will make a difference, but in any other situtation AMD are as fast as Intels.

I don't actually 'have' anything to spend. But i will be willing to spend however much is nesecary.

I'm thinking of about 512mb RAM, i think i'll go with AMD and i still don't get the CPU speeds :S Care to explain?

Aoe wrote:
> Like where PCI cards go? If so, then yes.

Right, that means it can hold an ATX motherboard.

Do want an AMD or Intel, and what speed CPU and RAM do you want, and how much do you have to spend?

Like where PCI cards go? If so, then yes.

So, does your case have 6 holes for expansion cards at the back?

Aoe wrote:
> Gah. Damn you. You put 1 on the right and 2 on the left which confused
> me. It's actually one. I feel so ashamed *cries*

Inbuilt GFx then.

Gah. Damn you. You put 1 on the right and 2 on the left which confused me. It's actually one. I feel so ashamed *cries*