Want to put vista on my moms PC. I'm affraid our Duron 1.6ghz is too slow. I like vista better, more stable. But duron probably won't cut it. Aside from ram, video, etc. Is this a good deal?

www.krex.com/index.asp?Pa...rodID=1971

130 for a core duo cpu and motherboard? Or can I get by if I upgrade the current to a sempron 2800+ or 3000+ socket 462? As long as shes not using areo or any games, etc?

ivnj

Hi ivnj, welcome to PCHF.

It will run quite happily on a 1.6, but like you said, maybe a little too slow for Vista. That link you provided is the price you would expect to pay for that package, good quality products. The socket 775's are more popular than the 462's, and if she uses the PC for applications instead of games, I would stick with a dual core. I think that link you provided would suit her down to the ground based on what you described.

Or this instead?

MOTHERBOARD - CPU COMBO <BR> GIGABYTE GA-M61SME-S2 <br> SOCKET AM2 MOTHERBOARD <br>DUAL CHANNEL DDR2 800/667/533 <br> PCI-EXPRESS, SATA, LAN<br> DUAL VGA, HD AUDIO, & MORE!<br><font class=red> WITH A SEMPRON 3400+ CPU !</font> - MB-GAM61SME-34-COMBO

Anyway I'm off to the computer shop to take a looks. Thanks,

ivnj

Slightly better in terms of spec's and AM2 is another popular socket, altough I'm not personally a big fan of Gigabyte. Foxconn are a much better quality board IMHO, together with ABIT. ASUS are definately the top, for example: ASUS M2NPV-VM <br> SOCKET AM2 MOTHERBOARD <br>DUAL CHANNEL DDR2 800/667/533 <br> PCI-EXPRESS, SATA, LAN<br> DUAL VGA, HD AUDIO, & MORE! - MB-M2NPV-VM (need to order CPU seperate).

EDIT: Marked as Answered.