Motherboard and Processor Upgrade

[jim123]

Hi

Please could anyone recocmend a motherboard and a processor that i could use to upgrade my computer. I have a 933MHz socket 370 processor at the moment but would like to upgrade.

Please could you suggest any ideas under my budget of £150

thanks
Jim

 

[muz]

depends on what you want the new mobo and processor for ,
for gaming i would recommend dual core but just for general office tasks and web surfing i would recommend a pentinum4 ,so if you say what you want the computer for i am sure quite a few people will have recommendations .

 

[jim123]

Maybe gaming but are dual cores very expensive?

 

[hascet]

[url="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819115005"]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819115005[/url]

I think just that processor is your budget in euros, and that is the cheapest core 2 duo, plus a motherboard thats good for gaming...but with these parts, I think its about 250 euros, I think thats what I calculated

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131142

 

[jim123]

could i get a dual core motherboard but then put a pentium D processor in it and upgrade to a core 2 duo later on?

 

[hascet]

Ya the motherboard I posted supports pentium D's

 

[jim123]

do you know of any cheaper motherboards that will support both?

 

[muz]

http://www.microdirect.co.uk/ProductInfo.aspx?ProductID=14286&GroupID=1093
dunno if it will support both, it will support p4 tho
pentinum d http://www.microdirect.co.uk/ProductInfo.aspx?ProductID=14430&GroupID=1675
pentinum 4
http://www.microdirect.co.uk/ProductInfo.aspx?ProductID=10218&GroupID=1676
p4 is slightly over your budget

 

[jim123]

Thanks

would i be able to use my SDRAM in that motherboard?

 

[muz]

what type is it ie ddr, or is like pc133 or something

plus can somebody just confirm for me that the processor and mobo i suggested (post8) are compatible