need help upgrading the ole AMD
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need help upgrading the ole AMD
bought this comptuer off ebay almost 5 years ago.. $200... have upgrade the ram and HD... (painted the case) but its just not cutting it anymore...
heres what its got:
FIC-SD11 Motherboard
AMD 550mghz
80gb running OS
120gb with media w/ cooling fan
512 SD RAM
PCI sound card
PCI firewire card
PCI ethernet card
PCI video card
350 amp power supply?
basically i want to upgrade the motherboard and ram... maybe the video card... everything else should be ok...
i want to keep the same case and such...
can you guys help me out with what i need to buy..to make it compatible...
i know how to put it together, but wanna make sure it goes together right...
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heres what its got:
FIC-SD11 Motherboard
AMD 550mghz
80gb running OS
120gb with media w/ cooling fan
512 SD RAM
PCI sound card
PCI firewire card
PCI ethernet card
PCI video card
350 amp power supply?
basically i want to upgrade the motherboard and ram... maybe the video card... everything else should be ok...
i want to keep the same case and such...
can you guys help me out with what i need to buy..to make it compatible...
i know how to put it together, but wanna make sure it goes together right...
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DSC05621.jpg
DSC05623.jpg
DSC05624.jpg
DSC05627.jpg
DSC05628.jpg
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what u want is to stay 32bit, 64 isnt well supported yet so thats a no no
id reccomend an AMD Athlon XP 3000+ or similar (2800+, 2700+) with the barton core
gigabyte motherboard, any model that supports socket a (i use the ga-7n400-L and have had no probs with it at all, id also reccomend the GA-7NNXP its a higher end model and performs better)
ram: supertalent brand, they use high quality chips, are cheap in price and have a lifetime warranty, i bought mine from eagepc.com for next to nothing compared to other brands and have had no problems.
video card: ATI Radeon 9800 series or better (i personally have a 9800XT 256mb and love it)
power supply: NOTHING less than 500w, all that nice equip will burn out a smaller power supply
my 2 cents
id reccomend an AMD Athlon XP 3000+ or similar (2800+, 2700+) with the barton core
gigabyte motherboard, any model that supports socket a (i use the ga-7n400-L and have had no probs with it at all, id also reccomend the GA-7NNXP its a higher end model and performs better)
ram: supertalent brand, they use high quality chips, are cheap in price and have a lifetime warranty, i bought mine from eagepc.com for next to nothing compared to other brands and have had no problems.
video card: ATI Radeon 9800 series or better (i personally have a 9800XT 256mb and love it)
power supply: NOTHING less than 500w, all that nice equip will burn out a smaller power supply
my 2 cents
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Originally Posted by DarkShadow
what u want is to stay 32bit, 64 isnt well supported yet so thats a no no
id reccomend an AMD Athlon XP 3000+ or similar (2800+, 2700+) with the barton core
gigabyte motherboard, any model that supports socket a (i use the ga-7n400-L and have had no probs with it at all, id also reccomend the GA-7NNXP its a higher end model and performs better)
ram: supertalent brand, they use high quality chips, are cheap in price and have a lifetime warranty, i bought mine from eagepc.com for next to nothing compared to other brands and have had no problems.
video card: ATI Radeon 9800 series or better (i personally have a 9800XT 256mb and love it)
power supply: NOTHING less than 500w, all that nice equip will burn out a smaller power supply
my 2 cents
id reccomend an AMD Athlon XP 3000+ or similar (2800+, 2700+) with the barton core
gigabyte motherboard, any model that supports socket a (i use the ga-7n400-L and have had no probs with it at all, id also reccomend the GA-7NNXP its a higher end model and performs better)
ram: supertalent brand, they use high quality chips, are cheap in price and have a lifetime warranty, i bought mine from eagepc.com for next to nothing compared to other brands and have had no problems.
video card: ATI Radeon 9800 series or better (i personally have a 9800XT 256mb and love it)
power supply: NOTHING less than 500w, all that nice equip will burn out a smaller power supply
my 2 cents
thanks so far though!
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Originally Posted by harofreak00
Originally Posted by DarkShadow
what u want is to stay 32bit, 64 isnt well supported yet so thats a no no
id reccomend an AMD Athlon XP 3000+ or similar (2800+, 2700+) with the barton core
gigabyte motherboard, any model that supports socket a (i use the ga-7n400-L and have had no probs with it at all, id also reccomend the GA-7NNXP its a higher end model and performs better)
ram: supertalent brand, they use high quality chips, are cheap in price and have a lifetime warranty, i bought mine from eagepc.com for next to nothing compared to other brands and have had no problems.
video card: ATI Radeon 9800 series or better (i personally have a 9800XT 256mb and love it)
power supply: NOTHING less than 500w, all that nice equip will burn out a smaller power supply
my 2 cents
id reccomend an AMD Athlon XP 3000+ or similar (2800+, 2700+) with the barton core
gigabyte motherboard, any model that supports socket a (i use the ga-7n400-L and have had no probs with it at all, id also reccomend the GA-7NNXP its a higher end model and performs better)
ram: supertalent brand, they use high quality chips, are cheap in price and have a lifetime warranty, i bought mine from eagepc.com for next to nothing compared to other brands and have had no problems.
video card: ATI Radeon 9800 series or better (i personally have a 9800XT 256mb and love it)
power supply: NOTHING less than 500w, all that nice equip will burn out a smaller power supply
my 2 cents
thanks so far though!
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Ha....Anyways....Check out Motherboards.com......find a nice setup you like, and then search the pieces out on Ebay....
Or, do what I did, buy a cheap PC, and wipe the hard drive to get rid of all the **** and load XP pro. Then you can firewire your stuff onto the new machine. I like mine because I have the 10 flash drives up front and stuff like that.
And you may wana move up to BTX boards....You'll have to get a different case....but you can always paint it blue too.
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cpu (3000+ i HIGHLY reccomend looking at pricewatch.com for it too) http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-AMD-Athlon-X...QQcmdZViewItem
MB: http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-GIGABYTE-GA-...QQcmdZViewItem (thats similar to what i have but i dont have SATA)
Ram: http://eagepc.com/store.cfm?search=&...c=4096&p=10930 (best value)
Vid card: (9600 xt) http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-ATI-RADEON-9...QQcmdZViewItem
(9800Xt good price) http://cgi.ebay.com/ATI-Radeon-9800X...QQcmdZViewItem
power supply: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817153020 (i take back what i said about 500 480 will do fine, and thermaltake is one of the best brands in computers)
MB: http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-GIGABYTE-GA-...QQcmdZViewItem (thats similar to what i have but i dont have SATA)
Ram: http://eagepc.com/store.cfm?search=&...c=4096&p=10930 (best value)
Vid card: (9600 xt) http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-ATI-RADEON-9...QQcmdZViewItem
(9800Xt good price) http://cgi.ebay.com/ATI-Radeon-9800X...QQcmdZViewItem
power supply: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817153020 (i take back what i said about 500 480 will do fine, and thermaltake is one of the best brands in computers)
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exactly what im looking for shadow..thanks much...
ill take more options, but this is what im looking for...and i shouldnt go to broke... the only that that suprised me was the price on the PS
ill take more options, but this is what im looking for...and i shouldnt go to broke... the only that that suprised me was the price on the PS
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Originally Posted by harofreak00
exactly what im looking for shadow..thanks much...
ill take more options, but this is what im looking for...and i shouldnt go to broke... the only that that suprised me was the price on the PS
ill take more options, but this is what im looking for...and i shouldnt go to broke... the only that that suprised me was the price on the PS
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bought the processor and motherboard....
would this RAM be ok?
http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-1GB-DDR400-P...QQcmdZViewItem
i dont think i need a 256MB vid card, i dont even do any gaming... 128 should be fine right?
would this RAM be ok?
http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-1GB-DDR400-P...QQcmdZViewItem
i dont think i need a 256MB vid card, i dont even do any gaming... 128 should be fine right?