Glacialis
10-20-2007, 07:22 PM
I want upgrades. :D Particularly memory and video, possibly a boot drive. I believe myself to be in the midrange when it comes to video cards, but memory is so cheap that I'm willing to put in the extra cash for something nice. Boot drive, I'm not sure about since I'm having difficulty deciding on a model.
• Mobo: P4C800 Deluxe (non E) running the last BIOS for it. I can't afford to change this out, so this part isn't changing.
• Power: Antec TRUE430 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103908)
• CPU: 2.4ghz P4: Unless a dual core can fit in the motherboard or you can show me any other CPU with significantly better performance, this one's staying.
• Memory: 2x Corsair VS512MB400: I got it for free and hadn't thought about upgrading it. My system can handle 4gb total. FSB is listed as 200, but specs say it should be 400/533/800. is there a 4x multiplier in there and FSB at 200 is perfectly fine? As in, my memory isn't holding me up?
• Video: ATI/Sapphire 9600 Pro 128: I've started a separate thread for this (http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=42508). Please suggest upgrades there!
• Boot: 80gb Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 (http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=a4b8ec70fce8f010VgnVCM100000dd 04090aRCRD&locale=en-US): Yeah, this should be replaced especially since all my critical data is on my storage mirror. It's been very reliable I but I have had higher than average HD failure rate. I chalk it up to bad luck and keep my paranoia running at full just in case. I'm not a gamer who needs high performance, but I'd like a bit better than what I have now. What that means I'm not sure since HDs vary so darn much.
• Storage: Initio INIC-1622 PCI SATA/RAID with two RAID0 300gb Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS: I've lost too much data in the past, so I'm a little paranoid. The performance isn't the greatest, but what do you want for a PCI card? I don't have the room to set up a server, else I'd be running a 2k3 domain for my wife and myself and would put my ISOs and MP3s on similarly redundant hardware on said server. :)
Thanks in advance, and for reading this far! :D
• Mobo: P4C800 Deluxe (non E) running the last BIOS for it. I can't afford to change this out, so this part isn't changing.
• Power: Antec TRUE430 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103908)
• CPU: 2.4ghz P4: Unless a dual core can fit in the motherboard or you can show me any other CPU with significantly better performance, this one's staying.
• Memory: 2x Corsair VS512MB400: I got it for free and hadn't thought about upgrading it. My system can handle 4gb total. FSB is listed as 200, but specs say it should be 400/533/800. is there a 4x multiplier in there and FSB at 200 is perfectly fine? As in, my memory isn't holding me up?
• Video: ATI/Sapphire 9600 Pro 128: I've started a separate thread for this (http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=42508). Please suggest upgrades there!
• Boot: 80gb Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 (http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=a4b8ec70fce8f010VgnVCM100000dd 04090aRCRD&locale=en-US): Yeah, this should be replaced especially since all my critical data is on my storage mirror. It's been very reliable I but I have had higher than average HD failure rate. I chalk it up to bad luck and keep my paranoia running at full just in case. I'm not a gamer who needs high performance, but I'd like a bit better than what I have now. What that means I'm not sure since HDs vary so darn much.
• Storage: Initio INIC-1622 PCI SATA/RAID with two RAID0 300gb Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS: I've lost too much data in the past, so I'm a little paranoid. The performance isn't the greatest, but what do you want for a PCI card? I don't have the room to set up a server, else I'd be running a 2k3 domain for my wife and myself and would put my ISOs and MP3s on similarly redundant hardware on said server. :)
Thanks in advance, and for reading this far! :D