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Old 01-16-2003, 11:45 PM   #1
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bottlenecks~!~!~!
Hi guys,look at the system specs of mine....
Now it doesn't show up as X-BOX standard....and it will not
I'm gonna upgrade to a medium end system and I need ye guys help...
What goodies should I get>>??
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Old 01-17-2003, 02:09 AM   #2
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An nforce2 mobo using the onboard sound, the fastest xp cpu u can afford, 2x256 ddr same brand/specs, your agp card, a 350 watt or better brand name psu, a good case, and a fat 7200rpm ata100/133 drive. I like the wd400bb, cheap and fast.
Xp should be the target os.
The nforce series is an xbox on steroids. Especialy with a gf4ti4200 with 128 megs ram.
Experiment with Linux on the remains of the old one.
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Old 01-19-2003, 05:16 PM   #3
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is the nforce2 onboard sound good? or does it suck and I should buy a sound expansion card?
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Old 01-19-2003, 05:24 PM   #4
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Hi easyco16,

The nForce2 onboard sound is Audigy quality, you can read about it in this review. I'd save the money and use the onboard sound.
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is the nforce2 onboard sound good? or does it suck and I should buy a sound expansion card?
The onboard sound is nice. I'd try it out first if I were you. You can always add a seperate sound card later, though I don't think you'll need to
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Old 01-19-2003, 07:29 PM   #6
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BUt it only support AMD processor~!!~!~!
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Old 01-19-2003, 07:30 PM   #7
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BUt it only support AMD processor~!!~!~!
You'll be upgrading the processor too, no? So what's wrong with an AMD?
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Old 01-19-2003, 07:39 PM   #8
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Blame it on me coz I don't know how to set the jumpers right
It goes crashing every 3 hours!!Gosh.....what the hell...
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Old 01-19-2003, 08:14 PM   #9
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D845PEBT2 Intel board with decent onboard sound , serial ata raid ready.
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