comp upgrade

[staffy bull]

don`t be surprised if ya don`t see me for a while!!!
just about to get dr death screwdriver on me comp lol

[Steve]

lol

me too soon.


what u upgrading to?

[staffy bull]

done it woot woot seems ok so far
remember my prob with dropping writer?
well i narrowed it down to psu so i just swapped to enermax550w

need some 50p`s for the meter now lol

[staffy bull]

you spending them wages b4 ya get em stevie
what you after m8?

[Steve]

i posted this on *PR* forum

Originally posted by Panic*PR*
seeing as im gonna be working next week i'm considering some upgrades.



mobo
processor
cooler
ram
SATA drive
maybe PSU


Processor:

i think im gonna stick with AMD, Pentiums just seem too costly in comparison.

possibility:

AMD Athlon "Barton" XP2800+ 333FSB
Price: £107.50 (£126.31 Including VAT at 17.5%)

however i can get a

AMD Athlon "Barton" XP2500+ 333FSB
for Price: £59.95 (£70.44 Including VAT at 17.5%)

approx 1/2 the price of the 2800 :/


mobo

if AMD then currently available:

Abit NF7-S v2.0 nForce2 (Socket A) Motherboard
no questions asked. :up:

or is this: Abit KV7 KT600 (Socket A) Motherboard
gonna me much better? (not out for a wekk or 2)



cooler

need to read about these a bit, not checked them out for a while, any sugegstions. - QUIET one!



RAM

no clue currently :/
i have 712 MB DDR 2100, will it work on a new board?


SATA drive

i have 4 ATA drives but with a new mobo (with sata support) there wont be enough connectors on the mobo so will have to lose approx 100GB of ata drives, so need replacement. maybr 80 GB SATA for now.


PSU

like the look of the
Antec TrueBlue 480W PSU
Price: £67.90 (£79.78 Including VAT at 17.5%)
(blue light included )



muhaha thats gonna cost me.

i think definatley need
mobo processor first, then see what happens



potental spare components up for grabs:

40GB Maxtor ata 100 HDD
60GB Maxtor ata 100 HDD
Abit KG7 RAID
AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1400MHz CPU
Coolermaster Silent Heat Pipe cpu cooler (upto amd 2100+)


thats a pretty nice system on its own lol.

[Steve]

aparently with the Barton 2500
i can wack it in the NF7 mobo
crank to 200 FPS and 11.5 multiplier to get a 3200
straight out of the box

(decent cooler obviously)


sounds good to me

[staffy bull]

not up to speed meself m8.....only seem to check out this kinda thing when money is burning hole lol.
did spot this though haven`t read up on it but hey could be worth a look 4ya

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatal...ahs_2d006_2dcm

[Steve]

yeah they had it on offer 2 weks a go, it looks good but its a noisy mofo. it ok if ur box is cool, but if not it will be revving hard and whine away

[Steve]

hehe just went out to PC world with my m8, and they had some of the Coolermaster Aero 7+ coolers

so i bought one

it was cheaper then overclockers were offereing to!! i found that hard to believe, but now im sat here with a jet next to me lol!

just gonna check my temp in BIOS.. brb

coolies, its @ 44 degrees, which is the lowest it has ever been

[BeBop]

i need to buy silenced fans my computer sounds like a boeing 747 when u turn it on (5 un-silenced fans)

[staffy bull]

pc world cheaper ..............................pc world cheaper.........................*staffy picks himself up off the floor with a glazed look in his eyes*
i guess some people have golden ones after all



@ bebop 5 ever thought of liquid cooling m8?
btw what ya running or is it clocked then clocked and then clocked some more

[Steve]

i bought some silent fans <18dB
cost a lot though

[BeBop]

not overclocking or anything, and i dont wanna mess w liquid cooling on this comp (i dont have enough money) i just wnat it to stay cool, because it was overheating w/o the fans in... (probably the amd fan or somethin, its stopped recently though) also i live in florida where its hot and i want it to be able to stay cool if AC breaks

[staffy bull]

ahhh i see the joys of the uk lmao.
if ours get warm we just open the window lol

[BeBop]

lol yeaaaaah w/e staffy u open ur window in florida u get malled by mosquitos

[Diamond Bullet]

AMD Athlon "Barton" XP2500+ 333FSB
for Price: £59.95 (£70.44 Including VAT at 17.5%)


I have the 2500 in my new system, with a7n8x deluxe and 512mb in dual mode. Runs like a dream.

[BADDOG]

Yo Staffy how long you going to be away whilst building this super duper computer??????


Best Wishes me old m8!