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(Message started by: - Mike - on Feb 12^th, 2007, 10:52pm)

Title: PC Memory
Post by - Mike - on Feb 12^th, 2007, 10:52pm

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

Title: Re: PC Memory
Post by taliban on Feb 12^th, 2007, 11:35pm

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.....

Title: Re: PC Memory
Post by TiberiuS on Feb 13^th, 2007, 5:31pm

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.

Regards, Bruce :)

Title: Re: PC Memory
Post by Kjetil S on Feb 13^th, 2007, 7:00pm

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?

Title: Re: PC Memory
Post by Octavian_P on Feb 15^th, 2007, 6:21pm

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.