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Advise on Motherboard and CPU upgrade.
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Alien13
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8. November 2005 @ 19:38 |
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Hey,
We are slowly upgrading our old computer and want to upgrade the mother board and cpu. Its current specs are :
733 megahertz Intel Pentium III
32 kilobyte primary memory cache
256 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: Micro-Star Inc. MS-6309 1.0
Bus Clock: 133 megahertz
BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 62710 05/20/99
Drives Memory Modules c,d
91.93 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
86.82 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space
ATAPI CD-R/RW 40X12 [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]
Maxtor 31024H1 [Hard drive] (10.00 GB) -- drive 1, s/n L1HZHW6C, rev YAH814Y0, SMART Status: Healthy
Maxtor 6Y080L0 [Hard drive] (81.96 GB) -- drive 0, s/n Y20720KC, rev YAR41BW0, SMART Status: Healthy 192 Megabytes Installed Memory
Slot '0' has 64 MB
Slot '1' has 128 MB
Slot '2' is Empty
Local Drive Volumes
c: (NTFS on drive 0) 81.95 GB 76.88 GB free
d: (NTFS on drive 1) 9.98 GB 9.93 GB free
Controllers Display
Standard floppy disk controller
Primary IDE Channel [Controller]
Secondary IDE Channel [Controller]
VIA Bus Master IDE Controller RADEON 9600 PRO Family (Microsoft Corporation) [Display adapter]
RADEON 9600 PRO SEC Family (Microsoft Corporation) [Display adapter]
Liteon 13.5 [Monitor] (13.5"vis, December 1996)
Bus Adapters Multimedia
NEC PCI to USB Open Host Controller (2x)
Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller
VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller Standard Game Port
VIA AC'97 Audio Controller (WDM)
Communications
Other Devices :
NETGEAR FA311 Fast Ethernet Adapter
USB Human Interface Device
PC/AT Enhanced PS/2 Keyboard (101/102-Key)
HID-compliant mouse
NT Apm/Legacy Interface Node
USB
What would you recommend for this system, and what else should be upgraded before the motherbaod and cpu? If something else does what do you recommend for that?
Thanks :)
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ddp
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9. November 2005 @ 12:41 |
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what size psu do you have??
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Alien13
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9. November 2005 @ 19:14 |
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The PSU is the dc output?? if it is, its 250w.
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10. November 2005 @ 00:25 |
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250 r u sure, To find out it usally on the side of the psu (power supply) 250 aint much i had to have a 400w psu to run my grapics card see what ddp has to say anyways
Peace Phoenix21
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Alien13
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10. November 2005 @ 01:24 |
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ddp
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10. November 2005 @ 10:37 |
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Alien13
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10. November 2005 @ 11:36 |
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Ok, what is a 4pin connector? It would be good to upgrade it as it is fairly old. It is one that has the 2 inputs, one for the power and the other for the screen.
Im not sure if it added up properly but when i did it, the end total was 205.
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ddp
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10. November 2005 @ 11:41 |
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the 4pin square connector supplies extra power to p4 type motherboards so you are looking at replacing the psu if wanting to use upto date motherboard.
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Alien13
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10. November 2005 @ 11:53 |
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Ahh, ok. Yeah well when we upgrade the mobo and cpu, we will be looking at the newer ones, the cpu will be about 2.8 - 3.2ghz as we dont want to pay too much, the 2.8 we have in the new computer is going pretty good.
So if we upgrade the PSU, what brands would you recommend? If you can what exact one would you recommend?
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ddp
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10. November 2005 @ 19:06 |
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i think the antec psu's are supposedly good. run that program i linked to you to see what size you'll need but keep in mind expandability for new devices as in more hd's or a power hungry videocard.
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Alien13
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10. November 2005 @ 19:10 |
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When i did it the total was 205 in calculator do i put 205+30% ?
If so i got 61.5 then i added the 205 and got 266.5 is that right?
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ddp
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10. November 2005 @ 19:29 |
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205 x .30%= 266.5 watts
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Alien13
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10. November 2005 @ 19:30 |
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Ahh ok thanks :P so should i go with a 400w one or 450w or less? And antec ones hey ?
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ddp
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10. November 2005 @ 19:33 |
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go with 400 to 450 watt.
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10. November 2005 @ 19:34 |
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ddp
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11. November 2005 @ 06:19 |
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go with what ever the budget can handle
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Alien13
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11. November 2005 @ 13:14 |
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Ok will do :) Well ill most probably save up and get the psu first.
And go with a 2.8 - 3.2ghz AMD or INTEL P4 and not sure what motherboard.
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