Upgrade queries...

[sude]

my current system configuration is P4 1.7Ghz on Intel D845GLAD M/B having 128Mb DDR RAM and a 40GB HDD.
Firstly, i plan to upgrade it with a new AMD processor (specifically AM2) and a compatible motherboard, 512Mb of RAM and a 80GB SATA HDD. Please recommend a suitable AMD processor, motherboard and which HDD and RAM Brand to go for. I would be using the PC for multimedia viewing, a little video and photo editing and casual gaming. I live in Bangalore so if possible please mention the individual prices for each component as in bangalore (ie, AMD Processor, m/b...and so on)

Secondly, i heard that AMD Motherboards donot have integrated graphics so does that mean that i have to buy a Graphics Card for viewing. If so please mention the name and Price of an good entry level graphics card having atleast pixel shader 2 because i heard that newer games require atleast pixelshader 2. The graphics card may or may not lie in my budget (ie, Rs.15000).

-Aaditya (SUDE's Friend)

 

[wizrulz]

Firstly wrong section=> h/w section
Ur an older member...please do post in correct sections
Athlon64 3000+ AM2 3.6k
Asus M2N-MX 4.3k
512 MB DDR2 RAM 3k
80GB SATA2 HDD 2.3k

This mobo has onboard graphics......

For mobo info
*www.asus.com/products4.aspx?l1=3&l2=101&l3=343&model=1338&modelmenu=1

 

[Tech Geek]

Processor-->Athlon 64 3800+ (64-bit,2.4GHz,512KB L2 cache,2GHz HT bus,AM2 and 939) Rs4800
Motherboard--> ASUS M2V-TVM Rs3200(AM2)
RAM-->TRANSCEND 512 MB Rs2700
Hard disk-->Seagate 80 GB (7200 RPM) Rs1950

 

[assasin]

Athlon 64 X2 3600+ & Asus M2N-MX = 10k
512MB Ram = 2.7k
80GB 7200RPM HDD = 2k / 160GB 7200RPM HDD = 3k
Nvidia 6600LE = 4k
7300GS = 3.3k
6200TC = 2.2k

 

[wizrulz]

Athlon 64 X2 3600+ & Asus M2N-MX = 10k
512MB Ram = 2.7k
80GB 7200RPM HDD = 2k / 160GB 7200RPM HDD = 3k
Nvidia 6600LE = 4k
7300GS = 3.3k
6200TC = 2.2k

his budget is itself 15K and so scope of added graphics card

 

[sude]

sorry pals i wud have posted in qna section and thanks for the help..

-SUDE

 

[nishant_nms]

many AMD boards have onboard graphics and many of them esp. from nVidia and ATI are much better than the Intel onboard ones

 

[codename_romeo]

If u dont want to buy a graphics card then buy a motherboard with Nvidia 6150 or ATI X200 onboard card