Upgrade Kit

$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).