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12-02-2001, 02:03 PM
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Wishing to upgrade my PC but have a few questions.
I want to upgrade my PC,namely in the graphics and memory dept,s.My PC is as follows:
P3 700MHZ Microstar MS 6178 810 motherboard with 3PCI slots and 2 DIMM slots 30GB Maxtor Hard Drive 128MB PC100 SDRAM Intel 810e Graphics Chipset AC97 Soundmax Chip Samsung DVD/CD-RW Combo Drive 1 extra CD ROM bay 1 extra Hard Drive bay Graphics,memory and hard drive space are the areas that I would like to improve upon.Any suggestions would be greatly apprieciated. doughbake Doughbake Webworld |
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12-02-2001, 02:04 PM
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GForce 2 MX or GTS and 256MB SDRAM
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12-02-2001, 02:09 PM
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Going to 256MB Ram would be a good idea, as for the graphics card, what do you plan to do with the system? As for hard drive space, do you have a free spot on an ide cable for another hard drive?
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12-03-2001, 01:18 PM
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Many thanks aym_7 and justbarron.
I do have an extra bay and power cable for the hard drive.I'm not sure about the IDE cable.Do you have to use some sort of slave setup for the second drive?.Geforce 2 seems to be the popular choice at the moment. I use my PC for all sorts from digital photography and art programs to MP3 ,games CD burning internet ,all the usual really.I'm not heavy user of games on my PC so an upgrade of motherboard to an AGP slot is not really necessary.A decent PCI version which can handle games and DVD will be fine for me. Hope this helps, and thanks for your input to my problem. doughbake |
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12-03-2001, 06:42 PM
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If you want to play DVD's, I would go with an ATI Radeon instead of a GeForce.
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12-03-2001, 06:54 PM
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Why is the Radeon better than geforce for dvd's?
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12-03-2001, 10:56 PM
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ATI Cards have built in Hardware DVD Decoding, so you get the best without spending the money for a decoder card.
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