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budget hardware compatibility advice
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jonny777
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16. January 2011 @ 12:59 |
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16. January 2011 @ 13:11 |
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What does he currently have? You have to be careful with budget upgrades in case they're no faster than the previous system, or not fast enough to be worth it.
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jonny777
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16. January 2011 @ 13:15 |
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Originally posted by sammorris:
What does he currently have? You have to be careful with budget upgrades in case they're no faster than the previous system, or not fast enough to be worth it.
He has a 10 year old pc!
I have a spare PSU, gfx card and ATX case, so literally he just needs the mentioned to be compatible with each other mainly.
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16. January 2011 @ 13:26 |
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Originally posted by jonny777:
I have a spare PSU, gfx card and ATX case, so literally he just needs the mentioned to be compatible with each other mainly.
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GFX card? PCi? PCI-E?
Does your spare PSU fit in your spare case?
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16. January 2011 @ 13:34 |
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jonny777
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16. January 2011 @ 14:39 |
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Originally posted by Deadrum33:
GFX card? PCi? PCI-E?
Does your spare PSU fit in your spare case?
GFX card is pci-express and yes the psu will fit thanks.
@sammorrisThanks for advice. It may sound silly but the reason I chose the smaller HDD is because it will just be quicker to do stuff like defrag, format etc. my dad will not store anything on it as such. I noticed one has 16MB cache and one has 8MB though. Is that a big factor in what I should buy?
I think I'd like to take your advice and go with the CPU you mention. But I'd like to keep with my original Mobo to be safe. Could you confirm your choice of CPU will fit my choice of mobo?
Also, as a last question, my choice of RAM, will it be compatible with my choice of mobo(ASRock)?
Thanks so much for advice, it's all appreciated
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16. January 2011 @ 14:44 |
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1. Quickformat takes about the same length on any drive size. No need to full format, unless you have data surface problems you want to check.
2. Defragmentation is quicker/better on larger drives as there is more free space to manoeveur the file fragments. It does not take longer on bigger drives, only if you have more data stored on the drive.
Going with a bottom-quality ASRock board new is likely to be less safe than going with a B-Grade Gigabyte.
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16. January 2011 @ 14:44 |
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edit: Argh forgot to switch to firefox
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jonny777
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16. January 2011 @ 14:55 |
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Originally posted by sammorris:
1. Quickformat takes about the same length on any drive size. No need to full format, unless you have data surface problems you want to check.
2. Defragmentation is quicker/better on larger drives as there is more free space to manoeveur the file fragments. It does not take longer on bigger drives, only if you have more data stored on the drive.
Going with a bottom-quality ASRock board new is likely to be less safe than going with a B-Grade Gigabyte.
Ok, what does b-grade mean? Will i get the box and manual/bits?
Will the RAM i mentioned work on the mobo you advise?
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16. January 2011 @ 16:15 |
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Typically you'll only get the board, nothing else.
The memory should be compatible with that board.
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