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Article #280Re: Putting together a new PC - Advice needed ASAP Pls
From: Ric
Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2003 17:46
Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2003 17:46
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Adam SLATER (H0llyw00d H0gan) wrote: > I plan on buying new parts to upgrade my current PC and use older > parts as well. > I need some experts to tell me if this will work. > > New parts:- > > Intel Pentium� 4 2.8GHz Socket mPGA 478 Processor (800MHz) - With HT > Intel D865PERLK The Intel� Desktop Board featuring the Intel� 865PE > chipset Generic DDR400512MB-AT1681 512MB PC3200 184pin Dimm - CAS 2.5 > (or the best brand in your opinion) **I'd get two sticks of 512mb ram > to take advantage of the dual channel memory function on the MB** ?? > Sony DRU510 DVD writer > > Old PC parts to use with the new parts:- > Sony CD writer > ATi Radeon 64mb TV out VIVO capture card video > 3 1/2 inch floppy drive > Creative soundcard > > Also will my current 300watt power supply and my Aopen case suffice ? > (Been running my Athlon 1.2g CPU and Abit motherboard ok) > > Advice please ? if it's a decent PSU, it'll work. i'd be quite tempted to get a beefier one though. probably with some LEDs in it, but then that's just me <sucks metal spurs out of hands after cutting blowhole in case). the rest of your machine's pretty good (yes, get 2x sticks RAM) so it's a shame to spoil it by worrying about your PSU - if it's *not* up to the job it's pretty hard to diagnose and can cause all sorts of problems...
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