New CPU/Mobo combination

[Morphius143]

It has been a while since i last built a pc (i have an athlon in my big box) and have been asked to build a pc for a friend.

I have worked it all out and the budget is really really tight to get most wanted componants in... the only bit i am not sure on is is the cpu and mobo.

i have these two selected at about £80 for both (am in uk, hence the pounds)

AMD Sempron 2500+ Processor 256KB Cache FSB333 Retail boxed with 3 year warranty

Abit NF7 V2.0 nForce2 Socket A 8xAGP LAN USB2 6 ch Sound DDR400 Memory Retail Box

any one think that would be ok for a pairing, or any better suggestions for around the same kind of money

I know it wont be any Doom 3 killer but as long as it can run most new games and be no real slowpoke

thanks for any suggestions

 

[potroast]

Honestly, I think you're better off with a AMD Athlon 64 2800+ s754 and an MSI K8T Neo.

But if you must go with s462, then I would not recommend abit. Abit makes some great boards, but they're more picky than msi and asus... So if you're not prepared to mess with it a lot, I'd just rather go with the msi/asus.

I'm not familiar with pricing over in the UK, but also check out the Intel 320 Celeron D 2.4GHz. Good chip.

 

[Morphius143]

thanks for that advice... the celeron will go into the options pile as it ends up in about the right price range...

the amd64s double my budget... shame though... i would love to build one of those, would also love to own one of them

any one got any other suggestions (trys to avoid the amd vs intel debate)