whatzisnem
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Hi! I'm looking to upgrade from My P4 1.7Ghz.( yes, i know its about time!!)
I've narrowed down my choices to the foll:
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ (Socket 939)
Seagate 160 GB SATA HDD
a 400W smps ( up from 300w)
1GB (512MB*2) 400 MHz DDR ram.
Now , i'm quite clear about the above.
My trouble is with the motherboard choice.
I was thinking of a ASUS a8ne dlx mobo with a 6600 nongt card. However things went overbudget .Hence i need a mobo with decent onboard graphics , with a pcie slot for adding a good card later. It has also to be reasonably upgradable in terms of processor and ram. Am not a very serious gamer , but would like to play some of the more recent games. my needs are normally video processing ( from camcorder) , downloading large files and burning them onto DVD, etc
Also i have a resonably new 80Gb Pata HDD.Can i use it with a SATA HDD in the new system . Will the performance suffer ?
any idea about the ASROCK 939NF 4G mo bo ?
thank you all in advance.
I've narrowed down my choices to the foll:
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ (Socket 939)
Seagate 160 GB SATA HDD
a 400W smps ( up from 300w)
1GB (512MB*2) 400 MHz DDR ram.
Now , i'm quite clear about the above.
My trouble is with the motherboard choice.
I was thinking of a ASUS a8ne dlx mobo with a 6600 nongt card. However things went overbudget .Hence i need a mobo with decent onboard graphics , with a pcie slot for adding a good card later. It has also to be reasonably upgradable in terms of processor and ram. Am not a very serious gamer , but would like to play some of the more recent games. my needs are normally video processing ( from camcorder) , downloading large files and burning them onto DVD, etc
Also i have a resonably new 80Gb Pata HDD.Can i use it with a SATA HDD in the new system . Will the performance suffer ?
any idea about the ASROCK 939NF 4G mo bo ?
thank you all in advance.