want to upgrade

[Far]

ive not got enough money to upgrade everything, but i want to slowly get my pc up to the highest specs. it runs everything fine atm, not even slow. but id like to upgrade something anyhow.

current specs.

gfx - radeon 9600 series
processor - amd sempron 2600+ (2ghz)
ram - 512mb sdr
hd - 120gb

what do you think i should upgrade?

i dont want to upgrade and then have to buy another upgrade for it in a few months time. i wont bring money in to it atm till i find out how much its gonna cost.

as an extra question. is it possible to increase the multiplier on the cpu or is that locked?

 

[Blaminator]

I'd say motherboard / processor / ram first, then graphics card, the HD isnt too important right now.

Whats your budget?

 

[urbanfox]

Gimme a budget and I'll hook you up with no profit to me.

Something like:

AMD 3000+ Venice Retail
Motherboard with AGP+PCI-E so you cna upgrade later
1GB DDR400

For around 120 pounds.

 

[Far]

is the AMD 3000+ the best one out atm? because i think i can stretch to about £150-£180

 

[Ragnar]

is the AMD 3000+ the best one out atm? because i think i can stretch to about £150-£180

Nope., and for 180 you can't even just get the best processor =p.

I've got to admit though, A64 3000+ venices are really nice for overclocking. Mine runs at 2,6ghz (800mhz overclock) and is about 45C at full load.

 

[urbanfox]

is the AMD 3000+ the best one out atm? because i think i can stretch to about £150-£180

Anything less than about 220 pounds will just get you the same setup with a faster single core processor.

If you spent 180, I could get you the setup I stated + a 6600GT videocard and the 180 would still have enough to buy a better CPU cooler and you could easily overclock your processor.

 

[Warlock]

So what your saying urban is you could setup a AMD64 3000, Motherboard, 1gb of ram, cooling for cpu o/c and a 6600GT for roughly 200?