Vista - New Motherboard

I thought that I would pick your brains. I am thinking of upgrading my current system (see 'My System Specs' for details) and replacing the motherboard with this one (see links). At the moment, it is on offer at Maplin and comes complete with processor and 1GB of DDR2-800 (I shall be adding a second stick of matching RAM). What are your opinions on this? I shall be using the majority of my existing components, but will probably upgrade the PSU. I shall also be upgrading my HDD, but will use my current ones initially (I shall continue to use them for storage purposes when I have upgraded). I intend to run Vista Ultimate 64-bit SP1.

6000 Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Board Bundle + 1GB DDR2 Memory > Maplin

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Yeah but AMD suck

Intel are certainly the best at the moment [maybe for quite a while with the state of AMD at the moment]. and I'm a long time AMD user

All I would say is that Maplin are not normally the best value I'd try searching on ebay for "motherboard bundle" and go from there. only buy from stores and use the Buy Now, and I'm sure you can save some money maybe even get an intel

INTEL QUAD Q6600 + ASROCK 4CoreDual MOTHERBOARD BUNDLE on eBay, also With Intel CPU, Motherboard CPU Bundle, Desktop PC Components, Computing (end time 18-Oct-08 15:28:17 BST)

Agreed.

On a more positive note...Spend a little extra and get something relatively future proof.

The Intel Q9550 (Quad-Core, 2.83 Mhz) is probably your best bet. It'll cost you just under $300 for the processor but the performance is well worth it.

Take a look at Novatech, I've used them quite a bit for Motherboard bundles.

Good range of starter bundles.

Motherboard Bundles : Computer Supplies and PC Components from Novatech

Nice Intel Quad at £352.

It seems like an older board. You should splash out a bit more but it all depends on your budget.

Regardless of what you spend their will always be a new thing coming out for the same price as what you bought your old one.

Example, I bought my 8800GT for $300 AUD in early February and the 9 series came out so now i could pick up a NVIDIA 9800GTX+ and still have some money over.

Try out this one for about £50 extra

It comes with 2GB DDR2-800, AMD Phenom CPU.

I dont follow AMD so this might be old as well in my opinion go for Intel.

Need to know your budget first.