Christmas Upgrades to be thought for

[Hellodius]

and i'm taking all of what i take out and using it to build my mom a comp that she will like but shhhhhh...... i haven't told her yet!

 

[hmammen]

AMD Opteron 1210 AM2 - 172.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819105015
ABIT KN9 mobo - 75.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813127010
pqi 2GB DDR2 - 190.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820141224
eVGA 7600GS - 106.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130020
Antec smartpower 500W - 75.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103937

I know it's a little more than 600.00 but it's 618 without shipping... but that gives you the core system plus the power to handle it.

i like this setup better then the one i posted...it gives you a PSU!

 

[Hellodius]

I HAVE A 500W PSU

 

[Nukem]

you may have a 500W PSU but it only has 16A on the +12V rail... it's your choice, but with the new parts (if you even go with the suggested) you will need a better psu that can handle the power requirements... the watts are not as important as the amps.... IMPORTANT yes, but it's something like this that will make a BIG difference later on with stability.

also, the opteron I suggested has an L2 cache of 1MB vs the 512mb on the 4600+, besides the fact of the Am2 socket and the 939...

S939 is still a decent setup... just going to show it's age soon.

 

[Hellodius]

Is there any asus boards that you would suggest?

i love asus as well. I'm not as stuck on ATI as i am on ASUS for my mobo

 

[Nukem]

maybe one of these:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131022

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131014

 

[spartan1121]

The x850xt is a good ATI budget card, it's what i used in my system
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102052

 

[COD2_fanatic]

also, the opteron I suggested has an L2 cache of 1MB vs the 512mb on the 4600+, besides the fact of the Am2 socket and the 939...

S939 is still a decent setup... just going to show it's age soon.

hmm....512mb of cache.......where can i get one? and how much?

 

[Nukem]

hmm....512mb of cache.......where can i get one? and how much?

ok. opps.. I meant 512KB... but for your I can have at your door for a measily 512,000 USD

 

[Hellodius]

Here's something i put together that i think its going to work... let me know what you think!

ASUS M2N-E Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce 570 Ultra MCP ATX

ATI 100-437808 Radeon X1650PRO 512MB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express x16 Video Card

Kingston 1GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) System Memory


AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Windsor 2.2GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM2 Processor

plans to get new PSU later