Friends upgrade...

Computer Forum New Build / Upgrade Advice
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My friend wants to do a slight upgrade on his computer, he just wants to get a new Graphics Card and RAM; his current system specs are:

Motherboard: ASUS A7V8X
CPU: AMD Athlon XP 2200+ @ 1800 MHz
RAM: Melco 256MB PC2700-DDR333 (2.5-3-3-7)
HDD: Maxtor 40GB (YUK!)
Sound: PCI EMU10K1 chipset (SB Live!)
Graphics Card: GeForce4 MX 440
OS: Windows ME

He wants to spend £40 for new RAM and £100 for a new Graphics Card. The RAM doesn’t have to be performance stuff just value; he just needs more of it. What do you reckon would be good options? He can’t have a dual slot cooler on the graphics card as there’s some othe stuff crammed in there as well (god knows what to fill all them PCI slots…)

I was thinking some Crucial 512MB DDR PC2700 CAS2.5 and maybe a Leadtek WinFast GeForce 6600 GT 128MB DDR3 TV-Out/DVI (AGP) or a Sapphire ATI Radeon X700 Pro 128MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (AGP) what do you reckon?

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if he could stretch an extra £18 on the graphics card, he maybe could get somthing like an X800GT, there better than 6600gt and x700 right?

i am sure i seen an X800GT for £118 somewere, i will look around for it :).

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Ahh cool, I thought they were out of his price range, I’ll see what you come up with and let him know…

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£113: ebuyer.co.uk: http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=97827

X800GTO 128MB

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Sweet, yeah GTO all the way, 128MB or otherwise.

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Awesome! Cheers willhub, I’ll tell him to check it out…

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Here is some nice ram from that site:
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=12855543774&action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=64773

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Currently out of stock and I want to find another site really, people have had bad experiences with ebuyer…I’ll see what my friend says though…

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I dont know of any websites that ship to europe :slight_smile:

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There are many sites for the UK
www.overclockers.co.uk
www.rlsupplies.co.uk
www.microdirect.co.uk
www.eclipsecomputers.com
www.savastore.com

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http://www.geil.com.tw/portal/product_400_t_b.php --This is nice ram.

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Yeah been looking at that on OcUK…