Awfully Confused!

[Jeros]

Erm im looking to build a new desktop after my old baby went boom, but sadly i have no idea what is a good mobo and cpu combo these days, im a tad out the loop. Not looking to spend more than 100 quid for either (pref less tho).

Any suggestions, no preffered brand.

 

[Kryten]

For 100 notes I'd suggest looking down the AMD route.
Do you have anything in mind for it's usage?

I'd probably suggest looking at an AMD X2 processor for around £50-60 and a matching mobo for the same sort of price, on an AM3 socket - that leaves you plenty of upgrade scope for the processor later on if you need more power, as you'll be looking at around £100 for a decent cpu alone.

 

[Jeros]

Gonna be a gaming PC, however i have never been the kinda guy to spend 150 quid more on a part for 40% more power if you see what i mean

I had a Athalon XP 2400+, 2.5GB of ram, a 80GB HD and a 512 Radeon HD and i was running fallout 3 fine

Dont give a stuff about shinys, just like my games to run

 

[Kryten]

Okie doke the above bundle would run just fine in that case. However you'd likely also need new memory too so price will up a little. £30 should buy a couple of gig of DDR2.

 

[Jeros]

AMD Athlon 630 Bundle Deal Including Athlon II X4 630 2.8GHz AM3 Retail Box Processor Asus M4A785TD-M EVO Motherboard and Generic 2GB DDR3 1333 Memory + Free Dirt 2 Download Voucher! - Ebuyer

OOH!

 

[Overdriven]

AMD Athlon 630 Bundle Deal Including Athlon II X4 630 2.8GHz AM3 Retail Box Processor Asus M4A785TD-M EVO Motherboard and Generic 2GB DDR3 1333 Memory + Free Dirt 2 Download Voucher! - Ebuyer

OOH!

I brought the little version of that last year for about £200, and the only thing to have gone wrong so far is that 2 RAM slots have gone kerplunk. For a general update, those sort of things do the job, especially if you don't care about having the best system in the world.