Upgrade Kit

$250 AMD

Part	Model	Price
CPU	AMD Sempron 3000+ AM2	30
Motherboard	Asus M2N8-VMX	65
RAM	1GB Corsair DDR2-667 kit	60
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	-	204 + 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 similar.

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.

$250 Intel

Part	Model	Price
CPU	Intel Celeron 420	58
Motherboard	Abit IP-95	61
RAM	1GB Corsair DDR2-667 kit	60
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	-	228 + Postage

Here is an Intel version of the upgrade rig, for those who prefer Intel's products. This motherboard has the advantage of having slots for both DDR2 and DDR1, so if you have some spare DDR RAM to use, then this is a better bet than the AMD rig (and would save you a further $50).

Any higher end upgrade rigs have been removed, except for the DDR system. This is because that the systems recommended are similar to the Workstation systems, but just without a few components, so it might be worth choosing one of the Workstation systems and removing unnecessary components (like cases).

$250 Intel, AGP/DDR1

Part	Model	Price
CPU	Intel Pentium Dual Core E2140	95
Motherboard	ASRock 4CoreDual-VSTA	77
RAM	Carry over from previous machine	-
Hard Drive	Carry over from previous machine	-
Optical Drive	Carry over from previous machine	-
Graphics Card	Carry over from previous machine	-
Case	Carry over from previous machine	-
Power Supply	430W Coolermaster Extreme Power	49
Cooling	-	-
Additional	-	-
Total Cost	-	221 + 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. :)

$400 Intel, Gamer

Part	Model	Price
CPU	Intel Pentium Dual Core E2140	95
Motherboard	Gigabyte 965P-S3	115
RAM	2GB Corsair DDR2-667	108
Hard Drive	Carry over from previous machine	-
Optical Drive	Carry over from previous machine	-
Graphics Card	Carry over from previous machine	-
Case	Carry over from previous machine	-
Power Supply	430W Coolermaster Extreme Power	49
Cooling	-	-
Additional	-	-
Total Cost	-	367 + Postage

$400 AMD, Gamer

Part	Model	Price
CPU	AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+	109
Motherboard	ABIT AN52	94
RAM	2GB Corsair DDR2-667	108
Hard Drive	Carry over from previous machine	-
Optical Drive	Carry over from previous machine	-
Graphics Card	Carry over from previous machine	-
Case	Carry over from previous machine	-
Power Supply	430W Coolermaster Extreme Power	49
Cooling	-	-
Additional	-	-
Total Cost	-	362 + Postage

These machines are new additions, designed for gamers upgrading on a budget. This assumes that gamers own a PCIe video card and wish to purchase new DDR2 RAM.