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12-10-2005, 02:30 AM
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Advice Requested on Upgrades/Overhaul
I fear my current mobo is shot. (I've posted a thread about it elsewhere.) Since that is the case I've been looking at upgrades/whatnot.
I currently have: Antec Performance case which is the equiv to this. Enermax PSU which is probably overkill. Nvidia FX 5900 DDR 128 AGP Video Card Sony DRU-720A DVD/CD RW -/+ Unit Sony MPF920-Z 3.5 Floppy USB Mouse and a ps/2 Keyboard OS: Windows XP Pro What I'd like to purchase: Edit: forgot to list the mobo: ASUS A8V Socket 939 VIA K8T800 Pro ATX AMD Motherboard AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Processor CORSAIR ValueSelect 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Western Digital Caviar SE WD2500JD 250GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150 I also have 2 Western Digital 120GB WD1200 IDE Drives. If at all possible, I'd like to try and salvage what data is on here. So these are not included in the build. I probably won't RAID Stripe again after this experience. This rig will basically be your game playing/minimal vid editing/email/word processing do it all type thing without breaking the bank. I think I've done sufficient homework in determining whether or not this is compatible with what I have. Any thoughts or opinions on this? Last edited by wuhoo96; 12-10-2005 at 09:27 AM. |
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12-10-2005, 08:41 AM
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What motherboard and processor do you currently have? You may have to get a new motherboard if the CPU socket on it isn't socket 939.
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12-10-2005, 08:52 AM
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Wx geek
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Same thing goes for RAM. If you've already got DDR400 you won't need to get more (at least not as much).
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12-10-2005, 09:30 AM
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The mobo I have is a Socket A and a Athlon XP 1900 CPU. My current RAM is 266 pc 2100.
I edited my first post. I forgot to add the mobo in the list. I have reason to believe my mobo or cpu is done. I've already posted about those on a different part of the forum, thats why I am now looking to upgrade using what componants I do have. Thanks for your time. |
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12-10-2005, 10:35 AM
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Well then everything appears ok to me. Note, if you want to upgrade your graphics card in the future you will have to get a new mobo, as newer graphics cards aren't being made in AGP anymore.
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12-10-2005, 11:04 AM
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Yeah, I'm aware of that. Thanks!
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