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granorpio
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Here's a question I'm hoping someone may be able to help me with  PLEASE
I am currently in the process of (re)building a computer and I am wondering whether I should use the original motherboard and fit DDR1 400 (PC3200) Dual Channel memory or invest in a motherboard that will use DDR2 667 (PC5300) Single Channel, both running at 2GB.
O.. Just one more if I may? Any recommendations on graphic cards?
If any one can point in the right direction it would be most appreciated.
Thanks
Mike
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taliban aka Cheekyboy2
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Re: PC Memory
« Reply #1 on: Feb 12th, 2007, 11:35pm » |
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hmmmmmm, a new motherboard and memory is quite a small outlay for the possible future upgrade, sell the old board and memory on ebay.
graphics cards depend on what you want to do with it, if you play a lot of games then it will cost you, soz but i dont know the latest options.
sound cards are also worth a ponder, i got (okay a year ago) a 7.1 sound card off ebay for 30 quid including postage, it was basically a copy of audigy but much cheaper, works well too.....
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Re: PC Memory
« Reply #2 on: Feb 13th, 2007, 5:31pm » |
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Well, it all depends on the make of motherboard and on the age of the machine. Chances are that your processor won't fit a new board, also be careful you get the correct graphics interface, AGP 8x is backward compatible with 4x but not the other way around and then you get PCI-E cards coming on to the market which won't fit the AGP. Also make sure you're running XP or Vista, as much as I like Win98 I can't have more than 700megs of memory with it.
With graphics cards, depends on whether you do a lot of graphics/games or just emails. Nvidia GeForce cards are always good and most applications support them - ATI make some good cards but there are issues with some software. I've had 2 Nvidia cards and they've been great, got a Ti 4800 SE at the moment and it's great for a mid end card.
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Kjetil S
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Re: PC Memory
« Reply #3 on: Feb 13th, 2007, 7:00pm » |
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Don't run Vista, believe me, it's not worth the grief. (just my £0.02)
Wether to change the mother board/memory or not depends on how much you plan on throwing into it and how old it is. What CPU socket does it have? Does it have AGP 8x/4x/2x? PCI-E?
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Re: PC Memory
« Reply #4 on: Feb 15th, 2007, 6:21pm » |
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Mike
If you intend to go on an AMD 64 / dual core the DDR2 won't make a big difference, on the Intel side it will imporve a bit the speed. For a video card stay away form nvidia 6200 series or ATI x1300 which are "intro" level cards.
Personaly i would go for an AMD 64 configuration with dual chanel DDR1 and a good VGA card like a radeon X1800.
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