I am looking to upgrading my computer and going from win98se to XP. The is what I am looking at, any suggestions?
Mother Board Asus A7N8X
CPU AMD Athlon XP 3000+ Barton 400FSB 512 Cashe
Ram Two Crucial 512mb DDR PC 3200 CL-3 non-ECC
Video Card Asus NVIDIA GeForce FX
DVI/TV-Out, 8X V9520-X/TV/128
DVD Burner Lite-On 16X DVD DualDrive
SOHW-1633S
I have 2 hard drives, CD Rom and an Enlight case with a 300w power supply.
i would suggest a bigger PSU -350w minimum for a PSU + i would go with a better graphics card .. most likely you will be upgrading very soon after buying that 1 ,, go with the ATI Radeon 9800 pro 256DDR..it's more expensive . but look at it in the long haul .Especially if your a gamer ..
cheers m8.
More cooling.......add an 80mm fan to the bottom front of the case(sucking in) and "maybe" another 80mm in the rear(blowing out), or a slot exhaust fan blowing out. That's a lot of hot components in a small area! :
Mother Board Asus A7N8X
CPU AMD Athlon XP 3000+ Barton 400FSB 512 Cashe
Ram Two Crucial 512mb DDR PC 3200 CL-3 non-ECC
Video Card Asus NVIDIA GeForce FX
DVI/TV-Out, 8X V9520-X/TV/128
DVD Burner Lite-On 16X DVD DualDrive
SOHW-1633S
I have 2 hard drives, CD Rom and an Enlight case
Thanks everyone for the reply.
I was looking at the 420w PS from Enlight.
The only graphics I do are pictures of the Grandkids, the only games I do are solitaire and marjon. I just need a video card that just gives me good color. The model No. I looked at was V9520-X/TD/128.
StillLearnin', I'll look at the links you gave me. Newegg is where I picked out what I am looking at. I am not only "still learnin", I am "relearning"
"I just need a video card that just gives me good color. The model No. I looked at was V9520-X/TD/128."
I just figured for the same amount of money, on using a much better card regardless.......................................The clock speed is higher and therefore ALL graphics will be better. The ATI-based cards are better than the Nvidia based 5200 series by a long ways. In your defense, the Asus cards are great cards ..............some people have trouble configuring them to work properly though.................
StillLearnin, I have decided to go with the video card you suggested, I am going to drop back to 512mb of ram, I can always add more if I need to.
Can you suggest where I can get a good study on tweaking and getting around in XP Pro? I am use to 98 and can get around very well, and I know they changed some names and places where you find things in XP.
gmanwill, Thanks for the reply. I found the post, sounds a little fishy, the guy had a problem and didn't really try to find out what the problem was, and sold it to a FRIEND. I hope I don't have any friends like him.
I couldn't find "Mrabduls comment" you referred to.
yes,as you say who needs friends like that. :down:
mrabduls comment was the first reply to that post,he says liteon dvd burners suck but their dvd roms are o.k.
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