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Upgrade Kit

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$250 AM2

Part Model Price
CPU AMD Sempron 3000+ AM2 39
Motherboard MSI K9VGM-V 58
RAM 1GB Corsair DDR2-667 kit 49
Hard Drive Carry over from previous machine -
Optical Drive Carry over from previous machine -
Graphics Card Onboard from motherboard -
Sound Card Onboard from motherboard -
Case Carry over from previous machine -
Power Supply 430W Coolermaster Extreme Power 49
Cooling - -
Additional - -
Total Cost - 195 + Postage

Some people are really short on cash and need to get a boost in performance (it really sucks to be on something like a Celeron 600 nowadays). These are probably the cheapest bits you can get from Staticice, I'm assuming that the buyer will carry over their hard drive and optical drive. If you wish to purchase new drives as well, you may be better off with the complete systems on the Workstation page.

Remember that freight charges from different stores will add up - this defeats the purpose of finding the cheapest price from several stores, rather than just one.

The board features onboard video and onboard everything else which removes the need for a graphics card (which is expensive and unnecessary). If you require AGP graphics support, you could purchase the MSI K9MM-V for about $10 more.

If you plan to run Windows Vista, 1GB of RAM is recommended, although if you're not using Vista and don't ever plan to, 512MB may be enough.

The new power supply is recommended because of the fact that most current day motherboards are 24pin, whilst most older power supplies are 20pin. Whilst adapters are available, it's wise to play it safe and get a brand new quality power supply anyway.

If the machine you're upgrading still uses a BabyAT power supply, chances are it's past being upgradable (the rest of the system would be ancient), and you'll be looking at a completely new machine.

$400 AM2

Part Model Price
CPU AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+ 88
Motherboard Asus M2N8-VMX 69
RAM 2GB Kingston DDR2-667 86
Hard Drive Carry over from previous machine -
Optical Drive 18x Pioneer DVR-212D SATA 46
Graphics Card Carry over from previous machine/Onboard -
Case Carry over from previous machine -
Power Supply 430W Coolermaster Extreme Power 49
Cooling - -
Additional - -
Total Cost - 336 + Postage

$400 Core 2 Duo

Part Model Price
CPU Core 2 Duo E2140 110
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-945GZM-S2 77
RAM 1GB Corsair DDR2-667 kit 49
Hard Drive Carry over from previous machine -
Optical Drive 18x Pioneer DVR-212D SATA 46
Graphics Card Carry over from previous machine -
Case Carry over from previous machine -
Power Supply 430W Coolermaster Extreme Power 49
Cooling - -
Additional - -
Total Cost - 331 + Postage

$400 Core 2 Duo, AGP/DDR1

Part Model Price
CPU Core 2 Duo E4300 155
Motherboard ASRock 4CoreDual-VSTA 82
RAM Carry over from previous machine -
Hard Drive Carry over from previous machine -
Optical Drive 18x Pioneer DVR-212D SATA 46
Graphics Card Carry over from previous machine -
Case Carry over from previous machine -
Power Supply 430W Coolermaster Extreme Power 49
Cooling - -
Additional - -
Total Cost - 332 + Postage

The big advantage of this board is that it can run AGP and PCIe video cards, and DDR1/DDR2 RAM, it's the ultimate upgrader board, can even support the latest quad-core CPUs. :)

The $750 Core 2 Duo system has been removed, since it was simply the Core 2 Duo system with an added video card (for those who care, it was a 7900GS).


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