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Technical Help & Discussion => Self Building, Upgrading & General Hardware Help => Topic started by: jon996 on October 13, 2004, 15:37

Title: Upgrading mobo/cpu
Post by: jon996 on October 13, 2004, 15:37

:hi:

just a quickie. i want to upgrade my cpu and my mobo cos i have a pitaful 850mghz :-[. i was thinking of buy a celeron and a msi mobo for around 80£?
is this anygud?
does anyone know of any sites that are cheaper than ebuyer?

cheers jon  :hatoff:

Title: Re:Upgrading mobo/cpu
Post by: TR on October 13, 2004, 16:12

Have you tried Micro direct Jon? I have just got a nice TFT screen off them on one of their special deals.

http://www.microdirect.co.uk/home.aspx

Title: Re:Upgrading mobo/cpu
Post by: Camstop on October 13, 2004, 17:17

You might pick up a bargain here (http://search.ebay.co.uk/motherboard_Intel-Pentium-IV_W0QQcatrefZC12QQcoactionZcompareQQcoentrypageZsearchQQcopagenumZ1QQfromZR10QQsacategoryZ14293QQsocolumnlayoutZ3QQsocomparecolumnlayoutZ1QQsocurrencydisplayZ1QQsoloctogZ9QQsorecordsperpageZ50QQsosortorderZ1QQsosortpropertyZ1QQsotimedisplayZ2QQsotrZ2)  :hatoff:

Title: Re:Upgrading mobo/cpu
Post by: jon996 on October 13, 2004, 17:21

very nice cheers lads :thanks: :thumb:

Title: Re:Upgrading mobo/cpu
Post by: Sandra on October 13, 2004, 18:16

Spend a few pounds more on a proper Intel cpu rather than a Celeron Jon, theyre a lot better chip and have more L2 cache  :)

Title: Re:Upgrading mobo/cpu
Post by: jon996 on October 13, 2004, 20:02

good thinkin sandra i shall do as you say :D