Re: Upgrading
- From: beatme101 <beatme101@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 20:54:11 -0000
Hmm.. Well, I was going with a cheaper motherboard because I wanted to
still have some money left over for other stuff.. I don't think I'll
be trying to deal with SLI or CrossFire any time soon, so I have no
urge for a motherboard capable of it. Especially since I'll be leaving
the computer on all the time, to host servers and such (multipurpose,
you see); imagine the power cost for that. My UPS might not like that
either.
The processor in the quote he gave me was likely a cheaper one, 2 GHz
core 2 duo, which is thus the E4400. Would you say the E6550 is a good
deal over the E4400? I've actually been thinking of getting that exact
higher one you linked instead (kind of eerie)..
DDR2 ram, huh.. It saddens me that that stuff is getting accepted,
because I believe that latency is very important, especially in
memory, and from what I hear DDR2 is considerably worse in that area.
(I hope something better than DDR3 comes along and prevents that one
from taking over.) Nonetheless, I am indeed planning on getting DDR2.
Dying support for DDR leaves me little option.
Can't order online, but the prices seem similar to the ones at the
particular shop I went to to get my quote, so that site is a good
reference.
Okay, I've done some calculations on my money, and I might be able to
gather up more than that. By the start of next month I should have
$482, and another month should leave me with up to $708 (I'm certainly
surprised and pleased to see this number). It also seems my parents
may support me if the cost is a little higher than my budget. I still
feel rather limited though, at least if I'm getting it by the $482
point..
Thanks so far, and hoping for more responses!
peter wote:
Isn't upgrading fun!!!
Seems to me you need 4 parts......mobo...DDR2 Ram......Chip..and Video
Card......with a $400/500 price cap that really limits the choices.
This is one of my favorite online Can. computer store...reasonable
prices...quick shipments....very good customer service.
http://www.ncix.com/
this board is great if you wish to stick with ATI
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=24495&vpn=P5K&manufacture=ASUS
this ones if you want Nvidea video..with SLI capabilities
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=23809&vpn=GA-N650SLI-DS4&manufacture=Gigabyte
then you would need some good DDR2
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=21778&vpn=PDC22G6400LLK&manufacture=Patriot
then a chip
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=25297&vpn=BX80557E6550&manufacture=Intel
Well we're already up to $450.00 Can Dollars and still need that video card
for the PCI-E slot...........remember you get what you pay for.
That $250 quote most likely is either older tech or really cheap
motherboard.
The p35 chipset on the Asus is new tech ,650 chipset on the Gigabyte is 6
month old tech.If your going to the new stuff DDR2 Ram is a requisite..if
your sticking with your DDR ram you have more choices of mobo but again the
new stuff uses DDR2. Now about those video cards..again choices that you
need to make.... better for HD or better for games??? which is more
important to you...a descent video card that would do both reasonably well
will set you back anywhere from $150 and up
I would suggest that you look at hardware evaluation sites and try to
determine what specifically you need.
good luck
peter
"beatme101" <beatme101@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hope you don't mind my cross-posting from
microsoft.public.win2000.general, but I feel I will get more responses
from this here group, and it's not like I can delete the old one. (Not
to mention I completely forgot about this particular one until now..)
So then, on with it:
I'm planning on updating my computer, and want some opinions and/or
suggestions.
Note that I am an Intel/ATI person, although considering how AMD
bought ATI you might be able to convince me to choose nVidia
(although
I didn't leave Google even though they partnered with AOL <.<).
Currently I am on:
2.6 GHz Pentum 4
1.5 GB DDR RAM (I think it's 400 MHz)
256 MB ATI RADEON 9550 AGP video card
http://beatme101.com/images/xblade.jpg
An old, but still quite good 17 inch Compaq FS740 monitor that maxes
at 1280*1024*32@60.
I have 3 hard drives, which I plan to transfer to the new rig.
They're
fast drives (all 7200 RPM), 2 IDE and 1 SATA. ~740 GB (40 + 300 +
400)
total. Running Windows 2000 Professional.
I'm looking at getting:
2.0 GHz (or higher?) Core 2 Duo
Some sort of PCI-Express video card.
A new case, so I won't have to empty out my current one. Hopefully
the
new one will be a good looking one, since my current one certainly
is.
An LCD screen of some sort, maybe. If I have the money left for it.
A power supply capable of powering what's going to be in there.
My budget is kind of small, I'm hoping for somewhere around $400
(CAD)
(by the end of this month I should have that), but I could save up to
something over $560 by the beginning of November.. If I manage to buy
the new stuff at $400, then by November I'll probably get that LCD
screen. I've been told by one store (don't remember the name, they
don't have a web site) that I can obtain a 2 GHz Core 2 Duo with
motherboard and heat sink for $250.
I'm fairly sure that the processor I'm looking at will smooth out
performance in this game I just got, Supreme Commander (you may have
seen a topic I had about that earlier today). However, what I'm more
worried about is getting high definition video to play smoothly.
Currently that doesn't work so well on my computer, getting very far
out of sync in mere seconds (and that's just 1280*...@xxxxx). I use
Media Player Classic to play my videos. I'm curious as to whether or
not media players (such as MPC) are good at making use of dual core
processors, or if I would have to get a considerably higher clock
speed to handle it..
Also, does Windows 2000 Professional support quad core processors, or
would it only make use of 2 cores (due to the license only supporting
two processors, and Windows 2000 seeing each core as a whole
processor
unit in it's own socket)? Not that I expect to be able to afford one
of those any time this year..
Some time after I do all this I might turn the old one into a Linux/
Win98 dual boot machine, to play with archaic TV tuners (and maybe
even The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall, which was an awesome game but
quite dated), and explore the world of Linux.
Whew, I think I wrote too much. Maybe I should sum it up in one word
for people who don't want to read it all: AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
.
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