For christmas i have been supplied with a few £100 pounds and i have chosen to spend it on updating my computer. I have been searching through www.ebuyer.com and have found a few things. I would just like to check that everything is good/works fine/good for money/good performace/easily installable ect. if you could help me out with this it would be really great!
Here are my current specs:
Motherboard:
CPU Type Unknown, 1750 MHz (10.5 x 167) 2500+
Motherboard Name MSI K7N2 Delta2 (MS-6570E) (5 PCI, 1 AGP, 3 DDR DIMM, Audio, LAN)
Motherboard Chipset nVIDIA nForce2 Ultra 400
BIOS Type Award (01/20/05)
Display:
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 (256 MB)
3D Accelerator nVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
Monitor Samsung SyncMaster 152Sm/152V [15" LCD] (HSCW605411)
Multimedia:
Audio Adapter nVIDIA MCP2-S - Audio Codec Interface
Audio Adapter nVIDIA MCP2-S - Audio Processing Unit (Dolby Digital)
Storage:
IDE Controller NVIDIA MCP2S Parallel ATA Controller (v2.6)
IDE Controller NVIDIA MCP2S Serial ATA Compatible Controller (v2.6)
Disk Drive ST340823A (40 GB, 5400 RPM, Ultra-ATA/100)
Disk Drive Lexmark USB Mass Storage USB Device
Optical Drive TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-R1002 (DVD:4x, CD:4x/4x/24x DVD-ROM/CD-RW)
SMART Hard Disks Status OK
Network:
Primary IP Address [ EVALUATION ]
Primary MAC Address 00-11-09-60-8F-BA
Network Adapter NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller - Packet Scheduler Miniport (82.3 [ EVALUATION
BIOS Properties:
Vendor Phoenix Technologies, LTD
Version 6.00 PG
Release Date 01/20/2005
Size 512 KB
Boot Devices Floppy Disk, Hard Disk, CD-ROM, ATAPI ZIP, LS-120
Capabilities Flash BIOS, Shadow BIOS, Selectable Boot, EDD
Supported Standards DMI, APM, ACPI, PnP
Expansion Capabilities ISA, PCI, AGP, USB
Motherboard Properties:
Manufacturer MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD
Product MS-6570E
Processor Properties:
Manufacturer AMD
Version AMD Sempron
External Clock 166 MHz
Maximum Clock 3200 MHz
Current Clock 1750 MHz
Type Central Processor
Voltage 3.3 V
Status Enabled
Upgrade ZIF
Socket Designation Socket A
Power Management Properties:
Current Power Source AC Line
Battery Status No Battery
Full Battery Lifetime Unknown
Remaining Battery Lifetime Unknown
Sensor Properties:
Sensor Type Winbond W83627THF (ISA 290h)
Motherboard Name MSI K7N2 Series
Chassis Intrusion Detected Yes
Temperatures:
Motherboard 36 °C (97 °F)
CPU 44 °C (111 °F)
Seagate ST340823A 30 °C (86 °F)
Cooling Fans:
CPU 3792 RPM
Voltage Values:
CPU Core 1.64 V
Aux 3.31 V
+3.3 V 3.09 V
+5 V 4.97 V
+12 V 2.05 V
+5 V Standby 5.17 V
VBAT Battery 2.82 V
Debug Info F FF B2 FF
Debug Info T 36 44 41
Debug Info V C1 CF C1 B9 20 29 1A (01)
CPU Properties:
CPU Type AMD Sempron 1750 MHz (10.5 x 167) 2500+
CPU Alias Thoroughbred-B
CPU Stepping B0
Instruction Set x86, MMX, 3DNow!, SSE
L1 Code Cache 64 KB
L1 Data Cache [ EVALUATION ]
L2 Cache 256 KB (On-Die, Full-Speed)
Motherboard Properties:
Motherboard ID 01/20/2005-MS-6570E-6A61BM4KC-00
Motherboard Name MSI K7N2 Delta2 (MS-6570E)
Front Side Bus Properties:
Bus Type DEC Alpha EV6
Bus Width 64-bit
Real Clock 167 MHz (DDR)
Effective Clock 333 MHz
Bandwidth 2667 MB/s
Memory Bus Properties:
Bus Type Dual DDR SDRAM
Bus Width 128-bit
Real Clock 200 MHz (DDR)
Effective Clock 400 MHz
Bandwidth [ EVALUATION ] MB/s
Chipset Bus Properties:
Bus Type HyperTransport v1.0
Bus Width 8-bit
Motherboard Physical Info:
CPU Sockets/Slots 1 Socket 462
Expansion Slots [ EVALUATION ]
RAM Slots 3 DDR DIMM
Integrated Devices Audio, LAN
Form Factor ATX
Motherboard Size 240 mm x 300 mm
Motherboard Chipset nForce2-U400
Extra Features [ EVALUATION ]
Motherboard Manufacturer:
Company Name Micro-Star International
Product Information http://www.msi.com.t...ro_mbd_list.php
BIOS Download http://www.msi.com.t...pt_bos_list.php
Physical Memory:
Total [ EVALUATION ]
Used [ EVALUATION ]
Free 803 MB
Utilization [ EVALUATION ]
Swap Space:
Total 2669 MB
Used 324 MB
Free 2344 MB
Utilization 12 %
Virtual Memory:
Total 3948 MB
Used 800 MB
Free 3148 MB
Utilization 20 %
Physical Address Extension (PAE):
Supported by Operating System Yes
Supported by CPU Yes
Active No
Right, im sure thats enouh information! But anyway these are the items im hoping to update, the image below shows the wanted items. I basically just want to no, if its a good idea, if it will be easy for a noob to fit and install, if it is good, is there anything better i can get for the same amount of money? so on and so forth. But whatever happens everythin i purchase will be from www.ebuyer.com Thank you for any help you can give.