Grrr... what part of I dont have more to spend is not understood?!?! I don't have, I can't afford and I don't want to spend more!
This is not about my life or money or what I can or cannot pay. If I cant spend more than €170 I cant.
This is about, with the components I wrote above and their prices, if it was possible\worthy to get a faster system FOR GAMING than the one I already had, that was all.
I was expecting you guys to say:
Buy the E6500 and decent mainboard and RAM and forget the gfx cause in games it will obliterate your Pentium D.
Or, think about an i3 and a decent board, keep ur RAM cause your games will get much, much faster.
(...)
Or, forget about it, because this or that, whatever, if I cant, I cant.
As simples as that!
Simply put you can save more in that case. It is called patience. Otherwise if you are completely opposed to having a working computer you can make the upgrades you choose. A lot of what you "thought we'd say" are ideas full of compatibility issues, so good luck.
What I'm saying is if your PSU doesn't have proper connections and you are planning on a 20E one to replace it you'll run into issues. What we have been trying to get across (at least most everyone) is that we can't do anything reasonable with your budget. So you either risk MANY compatibility and reliability issues choosing cheap hardware off the shelf, or you buy what we recommend and MAYBE squeeze by. We can't take responsibility for our limited options in your case, because most of the brands and hardware you listed are either ancient or crappy quality, or BOTH.
Compatibility issue 1
The crappy motherboards you listed have a really crappy onboard graphics. So you couldn't play any games released after 2000 on "Medium-High" like you want.
i3s and a 1156 motherboard you would require would be over 200E on their own, and DDR2 sticks aren't compatible with DDR3 slots, no matter how hard you push...
I understand that you wanted to get "Medium-High" graphics on unidentified games. Are these future games? current games? There is NOT A CHANCE you'll get good framerates at medium/ high on a lot of current games even when you spend 250E. It comes down to this and ONLY THIS.
DO YOU WANT YOUR COMPUTER TO WORK?
If that answer is yes then spend the few extra euro to get the better quality brands and the parts you need, if you are unwilling forget about it. That's how simple this really is. Keep your old office computer, because you need that to work to make money.
Plus, here's another thing, if you don't have a windows license you'll have to pay the 100E for a new one, plus then you'll have to buy all new software... I'm assuming what you have now is a name brand Dell or HP with a windows license assigned to the motherboard. If that is the case I won't endorse illegal activity in downloading it.
You were far too impatient going into this. I see this every day. People get over excited and think we are willing to do all their research and all the work for them. They come to us with ridiculous budgets thinking that they know what they are talking about. I've now put over 3 hours into researching and typing advice for YOU. You are not listening to anyones advice, so we have to keep trying to beat into you that you need all this stuff in the nicest way possible. Come back when you do some research for yourself. Google is your friend. Type in the parts into the little search bar and you'll find answers. You'll see that your PSU isn't going to work, you'll see that you're expecting too much of your money, you'll see how much work it is to help you, and everyone else who posts on this site. I'm not going to take the blame for the limited options you're giving us, and I am sure that the guy at the store will let you buy all the parts upfront before he tells you you need 7 more little things which will bring your budget well over what I'm even asking you to put into it. I'm sure you won't have a working computer in a year also, and you'll come back here and ask us again to take on your problems.
I'm trying to stop that. I am trying to tell you you don't have enough money to get a reliable machine out the other end, and if "random store guy" tells you it is he is talking about the absolute BEST scenario. If everything ends up being as incompatible as I'm guessing it will be you'll also be getting a new hard drive (~50E) or an adapter (~5E) and a new PSU (If you have any brains in your head you'll know it's dangerous to get a 20E PSU, like burn down your house dangerous), he'll also stick you for new RAM if you get the Foxconn. Hell, while you're at it, how bout a new Case?
