Thinking of replacing my aging 1.2ghz AMD Duron PC need advice though

kiis102 · 04-23-2006, 09:18 PM

You know the one i just said - http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...uct_uid=101177 is that a SLI one ?cause on here it says it is has 2 PCI-e x16 slots :S Does this mean i have to use 2 graphics cards ? Or can i just use 1 PCI-E card like i do now with my PCI slot ?

TheChef · 04-23-2006, 09:28 PM

You can just use one. And it's the ATI equivalent of SLI, Crossfire. You don't have to use dual GPUs, it's just available. You'd be fine using one.

kiis102 · 04-23-2006, 09:31 PM

Ok cool thats alright then, on the upside ive hit my £500 mark

, had to lose the fancy case and went for a £20 black one which is okish and went for the eBuyer make 512mb memory which i hope will be alright.

Processor
Processor - AMD Athlon 64 (ADA4200BVBOX) X2 4200+ socket 939 Dual Core 2.2ghz 512kb and 512kb Cache
EBuyer Price: £246.72

Motherboard
Asus A8R-MVP Skt939 Xpress 200 crossfire
Ebuyer Price: £72.17

Case(s)
PCICASE CS2600-BKS1 Hyperline II Black/Silver ATX Tower Case - No PSU
Ebuyer Price: £21.98

Hard Drive(s)
Western Digital WD2500JD 250GB 7200RPM SATA/150 8MB Cache - OEM
Ebuyer Price: £56.89

Memory
Ebuyer 512mb DDR PC3200 400MHz 184pin Extra Value Ram
EBuyer Price: £24.00 x 2 = £48.00

PSU
Antec SmartPower 2.0 500W 500PGB PSU - AtX 2.01 Dual Rails
EBuyer Price: £54.72

Total - £500.09

TheChef · 04-23-2006, 09:56 PM

Now for the video card....

kiis102 · 04-23-2006, 10:08 PM

Yup dont want anything to fancy though was thinking prehaps this - http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=64789

I dont know if its possible to have a PCI/PCI-e Graphics card with a TV in/out that supports Freeview digital TV (In the UK) ? Id quite want that otherwise id buy it seperatly. The TV card can wait but obviously need a video card.

So are all the parts above i selected going to connected up without a problem ? I dont want to have to ordre all those then find out the PSU wont work with the motherboard or anything ?

kiis102 · 04-24-2006, 08:32 AM

Is there a decent DVD-RW for £15-£25 on eBuyer that supports my Motherboard - http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...uct_uid=101177 im not sure what to go for :S I have 1 IDE DVD-RW drive which is the Pioneer 109 in my current machine)

04-23-2006, 09:28 PM	#22 (permalink)
TheChef Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: New York Age: 17 Posts: 1,383	You can just use one. And it's the ATI equivalent of SLI, Crossfire. You don't have to use dual GPUs, it's just available. You'd be fine using one. __________________ Athlon 64 3000+ Venice -- MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum Asus nVidia GeForce 6600 -- Corsair ValueSelect 1024mb Seagate 120GB Barracuda -- Xoxide X-Clear Case FOR SALE http://www.computerforum.com/47630-fs-a64-3000-6600-1gb-ram-w-stuff.html http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=mzvideos

04-23-2006, 09:31 PM	#23 (permalink)
kiis102 Bronze Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 62	Ok cool thats alright then, on the upside ive hit my £500 mark , had to lose the fancy case and went for a £20 black one which is okish and went for the eBuyer make 512mb memory which i hope will be alright. Processor Processor - AMD Athlon 64 (ADA4200BVBOX) X2 4200+ socket 939 Dual Core 2.2ghz 512kb and 512kb Cache EBuyer Price: £246.72 Motherboard Asus A8R-MVP Skt939 Xpress 200 crossfire Ebuyer Price: £72.17 Case(s) PCICASE CS2600-BKS1 Hyperline II Black/Silver ATX Tower Case - No PSU Ebuyer Price: £21.98 Hard Drive(s) Western Digital WD2500JD 250GB 7200RPM SATA/150 8MB Cache - OEM Ebuyer Price: £56.89 Memory Ebuyer 512mb DDR PC3200 400MHz 184pin Extra Value Ram EBuyer Price: £24.00 x 2 = £48.00 PSU Antec SmartPower 2.0 500W 500PGB PSU - AtX 2.01 Dual Rails EBuyer Price: £54.72 Total - £500.09 Last edited by kiis102; 04-23-2006 at 09:52 PM.

04-23-2006, 09:56 PM	#24 (permalink)
TheChef Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: New York Age: 17 Posts: 1,383	Now for the video card.... __________________ Athlon 64 3000+ Venice -- MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum Asus nVidia GeForce 6600 -- Corsair ValueSelect 1024mb Seagate 120GB Barracuda -- Xoxide X-Clear Case FOR SALE http://www.computerforum.com/showthread.php?t=47630 http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=mzvideos

04-23-2006, 10:08 PM	#25 (permalink)
kiis102 Bronze Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 62	Yup dont want anything to fancy though was thinking prehaps this - http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=64789 I dont know if its possible to have a PCI/PCI-e Graphics card with a TV in/out that supports Freeview digital TV (In the UK) ? Id quite want that otherwise id buy it seperatly. The TV card can wait but obviously need a video card. So are all the parts above i selected going to connected up without a problem ? I dont want to have to ordre all those then find out the PSU wont work with the motherboard or anything ? Last edited by kiis102; 04-23-2006 at 10:49 PM.

04-24-2006, 08:32 AM	#26 (permalink)
kiis102 Bronze Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 62	Is there a decent DVD-RW for £15-£25 on eBuyer that supports my Motherboard - http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...uct_uid=101177 im not sure what to go for :S I have 1 IDE DVD-RW drive which is the Pioneer 109 in my current machine) Last edited by kiis102; 04-24-2006 at 08:39 AM.

04-23-2006, 09:18 PM	#21 (permalink)
kiis102 Bronze Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 62	You know the one i just said - http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...uct_uid=101177 is that a SLI one ?cause on here it says it is has 2 PCI-e x16 slots :S Does this mean i have to use 2 graphics cards ? Or can i just use 1 PCI-E card like i do now with my PCI slot ?

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