system upgrade

[readermaniax]

Hi friends...

I have an old AMD K6-2 system with me and i am decided to upgrade it...
i am planning to buy an Athlon64 processor...

since i have the monitor,speaker,K/B and Mouse, CD-RW allready, iam planning to buy processor M/B RAM and a hard disk only... is it enough..? is there any items to change apart of this...? kindly give me the price of the processors(Athlon 64 only or any processor which gives the same performance) M/B RAM and harddisk... AS LOWEST AS POSSIBLE... becz my budget is too low

 

[akshayt]

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[Mahesh Babu]

Budget?

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If u want a good future proof config then go for
AMD 64 bit 3000 (socket 939) - Rs 7500
MSI RS480M2-IL Motherboard - Rs 5000
*www.msicomputer.com/product/p_spec.asp?model=RS480M2-IL&class=mb
Total - 12.5K

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Or if on medium budget then go for
AMD 64 Bit 2800 (socket 754) - Rs 4900
MSI RS480M-IL Motherboard - Rs 3600 (best thing is that this mobo has PCI 16X slot which is not available on any other socket 754 mobo)
*www.msicomputer.com/product/p_spec.asp?model=RS480M-IL&class=mb
Total - 8.5K

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U may also need DDR RAM and both the above boards support Dual channel so get 2 * 256MB (or 2 * 512MB if u can) Ram Modules.
2 * 256MB 400Mhz Ram will cost - Rs 2500
2 * 512MB 400Mhz Ram will cost - Rs 4300 (heard that the new windows OS will require minimum of 512 MB Ram So get 1GB)
*www.techtree.com/techtree/jsp/article.jsp?article_id=5216&cat_id=580

"As expected, Windows Vista Beta 1 will not run on any entry level PC that the markets of today are dishing out. It requires a fairly modern Intel Pentium 4 or an AMD Athlon-based PC, a graphics accelerator card with full DirectX 9.0 support and a whopping 512 MB or more of system RAM.

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Don't worry about graphics card if are not a hardcore gamer.The onboard graphics of this mobo is sufficient enough to play all the latest game at decent settings.

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If u need any more info visit
*www.computerwarehouse-india.com/default.asp
though the site is not good,it gives u an idea about the prices.

 

[akshayt]

nothing as future proofing fully, as luck has it but 7800gtx sli with X2 maybe a good option

 

[darklord]

AMD 64 Bit 2800 (socket 754) - Rs 4900
MSI RS480M-IL Motherboard - Rs 3600 (best thing is that this mobo has PCI 16X slot which is not available on any other socket 754 mobo)
(*www.msicomputer.com/product/p_spec.asp?model=RS480M- IL&class=mb)
Total - 8.5K

I dont think that board is available so no point recommending it.

U may also need DDR RAM and both the above boards support Dual channel so get 2 * 256MB (or 2 * 512MB if u can) Ram Modules.
2 * 256MB 400Mhz Ram will cost - Rs 2500
2 * 512MB 400Mhz Ram will cost - Rs 4300

How exactly does a Socket 754 Board support Dual Channel Mode ? This is news to me, care to clarify your claim ?

 

[Mahesh Babu]

The board will be available soon enough here in Hyd and visit the below link for its features.

*www.msicomputer.com/product/p_spec.asp?model=RS480M-IL&class=mb

*Dual core ready

CPU
• Supports 64-bit AMD® Athlon64 processor (Socket 754)
• Supports 2800+, 3000+, 3200+, 3400+, 3700+
• Supports Sempron 2600+, 2800+, 3000+, 3100+, 3300+

Chipset
• ATI Radeon® XPRESS 200 Chipset
- HyperTransport connection to AMD K8 Athlon 64 processor
- 8 or 16 bit control/address. data transfer both directions
- 800/400/200MHz "Double Data Rate" operation both direction
- PCI Express x16 Graphic Interface
- On-board Graphic shared up to 128MB
- Graphic Integrated

• ATI ® SB400 Chipset
- Supports dual channel native Serial ATA/RAID controller that will supply 150MB/s and support RAID 0 or RAID 1
- Integrated Hardware Sound Blaster / Direct Sound AC97 audio
- ACPI & PC2001 compliant enhanced power management
- Supports 8 USB2.0 ports (Rear x 4 / Front x 4)


Main Memory
• Supports two 184-pin DDR SDRAMs up to 2GB memory size
• Supports Dual Channel DDR400*/DDR333 DDR SDRAM

Slots
• One PCI Express 16X slot
• Three PCI 32-bit Master PCI Bus slots. (support 3.3v / 5v PCI bus interface)

 

[darklord]

The board will be available soon enough here in Hyd and visit the below link for its features

If it does happen,its a good thing.

*www.msicomputer.com/product/p_spec.asp?model=RS480M-IL&class=mb

*Dual core ready

Well i guess i was talking about DUAL CHANNEL Mode which concerns the RAM,you are talking about Dual Core CPU..lol

Anyways it truely amazes me how exactly does a Socket 754 Board supports AMD Athlon 64 X2 ?
AFAIK,there is no X2 expected in S754 format.

 

[Mahesh Babu]

Why don't you get Glasses?

Read the above post again especially the 'Main memory' section

 

[darklord]

NO you need to get some brains....

How are you possibly able to run a socket 754 based system with Dual Channel DDR Ram ????

If you are weak at basic, get them right first.

 

[Mahesh Babu]

NO you need to get some brains....

How are you possibly able to run a socket 754 based system with Dual Channel DDR Ram ????

If you are weak at basic, get them right first.

wtf?

 

[darklord]

Just answer my question and i back off...simple as that Mahesh

 

[Mahesh Babu]

Do u like irritating the people or what?

 

[darklord]

No but why arent you answering my question ? dont have a answer Mahesh ?

 

[Mahesh Babu]

Read the 6th post carefully. I will not answer again.

 

[darklord]

Lol
you look seriosuly pissed.

Well the A64 has the memory controller embedded in the CPU itself and the Socket 754 CPUs didnt have a dual channel memory controller and the board you mentioned is a Socket 754 board and it says it supports Dual Channel mode but how is it possible if the Memory controller itself doesnt support it ?