BCanr2d2 Posted June 18, 2003 Share Posted June 18, 2003 Ok, it's here in a few days - finally something to better this heap o' junk Celeron 500 powered thing. Will take out a few things out of this PC I currently have and stuff them into it, to make it a fairly decent games PC. Athlon 2600+ CPU Asus A7N8X Deluxe M/B - Supports a 400 Mhz FSB - the speed for the next set of AMD chips 512 MB DDR RAM - MB doubles the bandwidth if 2 DIMM's are used 80 GB HDD - not Serial ATA - but the next one will be!! 16 x DVD-ROM Drive 52/52/24 CDR-W - to buy the Sony +/- support DVD writer is too expensive. Asus V9280 (Geforce 4 ti 4200, 128 MB) - well it has to be better than my Geforce 256, and any higher those cards start costing the earth. I'll take out the Hercules GameTheatreXP from my current PC to give it the sound, even if the NForce2 MB chipset already does 5.1 sound... Any comments?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sivy Posted June 18, 2003 Share Posted June 18, 2003 very nice as you said, certainly an improvement on your old 500mhz celeron have fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilCrow Posted June 18, 2003 Share Posted June 18, 2003 I recommend using your old Celeron as a JK2 server, and network both computers together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HertogJan Posted June 18, 2003 Share Posted June 18, 2003 Yeah nice, I have somethat the same PC AMD 2700+ Asus A7V8X Mainboard 1024MB PC2700/333 SDRAM GF4Ti4200 AGP8X 128MB WD 80GB 7200rpm 8MB HDD Feels nice huh, a new PC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCanr2d2 Posted June 18, 2003 Author Share Posted June 18, 2003 That Celeron will remain probably as a file server, I will get rid of 95% of all the programs off it, and just have a mapped network drive that I can tell all my online programs to save to from my new relatively quick beast. Already have an 8 port switch that I can network everything on, already have the XBOX on that, but I rarely get online with it, LIVE isn't out in Australia until October at the earliest. EDIT: Already have the cables for TV out and Dolby Digital Coax connected to my 6.1 capable stereo, so when I need to, got the TV and a kick @ss stereo to use it on.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Fisher Posted June 18, 2003 Share Posted June 18, 2003 Very nice computer, I just got me one in March. Here's its Specs: 60 Gig HDD ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon 9700 PRO ASUS AMD Athlon 2200+ DVD Drive 4 speaker sound system w/ subwoofer ASUS A7N8X Deluxe Mother Board 256 MB RAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolfmanNCSU Posted June 18, 2003 Share Posted June 18, 2003 Ahhhh, upgrades feel nice dont they. I recently had an upgrade myself. I had a P3 450 mhz with 512 mb of PC100 SDRAM and a 16MB TNT2 vid card. I had a buddy upgrade his system and I bought his old mobo, processor, vid card, and sound card for the grand total of $30 + I grabed some old equipment from work and grabed a nice but inexpensive case. I am now running a AMD 1.4 ghz with 1024 MB SDRAM PC133 with 40 + 100 GB ATA33 HDD and a Soundblaster Live! 5.1 and 32MB Geforce 2 MX 400. Not the top of the line, but well worth the price and should be alright for a little while longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo Posted June 18, 2003 Share Posted June 18, 2003 Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 1 (build 2600) ASUS A7N8X motherboard 1800 megahertz AMD Athlon XP 128 kilobyte primary memory cache 256 kilobyte secondary memory cache 768 Megabytes Installed Memory c: (on drive 1) 9.99 GB 6.44 GB free g: (on drive 0) 12.05 GB 8.40 GB free GEForce2 mx 400/400 just upgraded last week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antilles_CL Posted June 18, 2003 Share Posted June 18, 2003 Nice, i'm tyring to get Dells new XPS sumtime soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoguePhotonic Posted June 18, 2003 Share Posted June 18, 2003 Amd is only running at 400 bus speed?...P4 2.5 and above runs in 533.....next motherboard i'm getting has 800 bus speed...though guess it will only be good for updating to new chips as they come out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCanr2d2 Posted June 19, 2003 Author Share Posted June 19, 2003 To explain AMD, they have a different subsystem that everything talks at. Whilst it may only be just coming up to 400 MHz, the most important area - to the RAM, has always been double speed, so it will compete with the 800 Mhz P4 chipsets, and the current 333 is actually faster for RAM bandwidth than the current crop of P4's!!! It's like trying to compare the Motorola RISC chip in a Mac to an x86 CPU - you can't really do it purely by bus speed. The AMD chipsets also have a totally different way that everything talks with the CPU and RAM compared to Intel. Most CPU pundits seem to think it is theoretically better than the Intel approach. The only short coming of the AMD chipset was when the 200 Mhz speed was still around, the bandwidth wasn't enough to cope with AGP 8X, it was actually less than what AGP could throw at it. That problem is long behind. The thing with the AMD chipsets is that they have basically had the same one since the Athlon came out, less of this update to a new MB chipset everytime a new chip is released. Too often the Intel chips need a brand new MB to upgrade.... I will have over 120 GB with both my PC's on the network - will it be enough - I don't think so!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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