PharmrJohn
Baseband Member
- Messages
- 45
Well....I have ripped apart the computer and have gone through everything. I am upgrading the MB/CPU as well as the case. That much is decided. However, I may need more upgrades.....
My Old System:
CPU: Unknown (Manufactured 10/2005)
Motherboard: AMD Athlon 64 (I think it was an AMD 3000)
GPU: ATI Radeon X800GTO 512MB (Looks like a Fireblade from the design) Sapphire is also on the card....if that makes a difference.
Sound: None
PSU: Antec Truepower 2.0 550W
Case: Unknown (Too small to add additional RAM---the slots were blocked by the DVD Burner)
RAM: 1GB (2x512MB DDR 400)
Gaming on this system when it was created was pretty good. I was happy. I don't know what the clock speed was then (2.4 comes to mind....I only checked it once). Now I am paying more attention to what is in it and am aquiring an understanding of the components and their function.
My New System (build in progress---nothing purchased yet)
CPU: Intel Core2 Duo E7500 Wolfdale 2.93GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor
Motherboard: ASRock P45X3 Deluxe LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard
RAM: Patriot Viper 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory
Also....I am going to use my other two DDR chips to up the ante to 5GB if that is possible.
GPU: POWERCOLOR AX4870 512MD5 Radeon HD 4870 512MB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card
ATI Radeon X800GTO 512MB---Difference between the two? Worth changing over or keep the old?
PSU: I want to keep my Power Supply
HDD: I want to keep my two HDD (Seagate and WD---240GB total)
Case: COOLER MASTER RC-690-KKN1-GP Black SECC/ ABS ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
I am looking at the Antec 1200 instead
Disk Drive: I have two older (2001 models) DVD player and DVD Burner that still work fine. I will keep those also
So this is my plan so far. Any and all comments, concerns and suggestions are welcome. Thanks. John.
My Old System:
CPU: Unknown (Manufactured 10/2005)
Motherboard: AMD Athlon 64 (I think it was an AMD 3000)
GPU: ATI Radeon X800GTO 512MB (Looks like a Fireblade from the design) Sapphire is also on the card....if that makes a difference.
Sound: None
PSU: Antec Truepower 2.0 550W
Case: Unknown (Too small to add additional RAM---the slots were blocked by the DVD Burner)
RAM: 1GB (2x512MB DDR 400)
Gaming on this system when it was created was pretty good. I was happy. I don't know what the clock speed was then (2.4 comes to mind....I only checked it once). Now I am paying more attention to what is in it and am aquiring an understanding of the components and their function.
My New System (build in progress---nothing purchased yet)
CPU: Intel Core2 Duo E7500 Wolfdale 2.93GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor
Motherboard: ASRock P45X3 Deluxe LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard
RAM: Patriot Viper 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory
Also....I am going to use my other two DDR chips to up the ante to 5GB if that is possible.
GPU: POWERCOLOR AX4870 512MD5 Radeon HD 4870 512MB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card
ATI Radeon X800GTO 512MB---Difference between the two? Worth changing over or keep the old?
PSU: I want to keep my Power Supply
HDD: I want to keep my two HDD (Seagate and WD---240GB total)
Case: COOLER MASTER RC-690-KKN1-GP Black SECC/ ABS ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
I am looking at the Antec 1200 instead
Disk Drive: I have two older (2001 models) DVD player and DVD Burner that still work fine. I will keep those also
So this is my plan so far. Any and all comments, concerns and suggestions are welcome. Thanks. John.