Re: Upgrade the motherboard?


"Andreas Schulze-Bäing" <mibmab@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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A good low budget dual core for non gamers would be a Celeron E1200 or
E1400 combined with a basic socket 775 board with integrated sound and
graphics. If you want to go down the AMD route, the Athlon X2 4850e is a
decent CPU with very low power consumption, or if you want to spend less, a
Athlon X2 4400+. Combine this with a board with AMD780G chipset and you
have machine that can well cope with 3D apps like Google Earth.

Bear in mind that many modern motherboards only have one PATA port, so
maximum two drives attachable. Exceptions for Intel socket 775 are the
Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2 R2.0 or the MSI P6N SLI V2 and for AM2+ the MSI
K9N2
SLI Platinum.

If I were you, I would stick one of your current IDE harddrive in an
external enclosure and keep the other one as an internal hd plus the dvd
writer connected to one IDE port on the new board.

Have you considered, which OS you will use? That is a cost factor to
consider as well. If you do not intend to use Linux, it might well be
cheaper to get a complete PC set from the likes of Dell, compared to
buying
an XP or Vista.

Andreas

Actually, my electric bill was huge (for me) and power consumtion is no
little matter.

I wonder if I'm getting closer to a decision. I'm thinking what about ditch
the old technolgy I have put in a low-consumption Athlon X2 4850e. If that
can run up to 2 IDE drives on the 1 IDE socket, that might be the way to go.
You say it would deal with Google Earth no problem. I'd probably need a new
PSU, but in the end I'd probably save money on the reduced consumption.


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