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31st Aug 2007, 19:59
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| So, from what I can tell this is going to work but I don't want to buy the parts and then find out I overlooked something. This is why I am going to post the parts I am looking to purchase here and ask for some input on whether they are all compatible and what you think of the system itself. I know that Intel are getting faster and faster, but I'm an AMD man which is why I went that route on the chip. Currently I am running: AMD Sempron 3000+ ATi Sapphire Radeon 9600 256MB DDR Video 1GB Kingston Ram (Not sure the other specs on it) DFI Mainboard Motherboard (Again, not sure about additional information on this) I am looking at purchasing... AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ (65W) Dual-Core Socket AM2, 2.6GHz, 1MB x2 L2 Cache, 2000MHz HT, 65nm (ADO5200CZBOX) Seagate Barracuda (ST3250620A) 7200.10 250GB Ultra ATA/100 7200RPM 16MB Cache (OEM) Asus M2N-E Socket AM2 nForce 570 Ultra MCP Chipset DDR2 533/667/800 6xSATA PCI-Express x16 Slot 7.1 Channel Audio Gigabit Lan AMD Live! Ready OCZ (OCZ2G8002GK) DDR2 PC2-6400 800MHz Gold XTC 2GB (2x1024MB) Dual Channel Kit I would like to know if these parts are compatible with eachother and I have an additional question. When purchasing a hard drive, does it matter if it is SATA or IDE? Just curious. Thanks! |
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1st Sep 2007, 02:23
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| Depends on the motherboard.. Would need the exact model. |
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1st Sep 2007, 04:00
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| The hard drive you have listed is an IDE drive change that to a SATA drive. You will also need a PCIe graphics card.
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1st Sep 2007, 07:21
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| Just something to be aware of in terms of SATA. If you are running windows xp with a sata hard drive you may need a floppy to drive to install the driver to run it as sata. On my set up I found out that it was running as IDE in the bios, so it worked fine, but when I changed it to AHCI (sata) it crashed. Its Ok to run as IDE, and I say it works fine but sata is faster. I bit the bullet in the end and bought a floppy drive (I got one with card readers included so felt felt like a more worthwhile buy!) so was able to run it as sata after that.
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As far as I know its not an issue with Vista as it should have the sata drivers build in. I heard this was the case with XP SP2 (service pack 2) but it didnt work like that for me. My System: The Elephant
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2nd Sep 2007, 13:58
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| Would this be a better setup than the computer I posted? I'm sort of giving myself two options here.. Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L Socket 775 Intel P35 + ICH9 Dual-Channel DDR2 1066/800/667/533Mhz GigaLAN 8-Channel Audio Support 1333Mhz FSB XFX GeForce 8800GTS nVidia 8800GTS Chipset (560Mhz) 320MB (1300Mhz) DDR3 Dual DVI PCI-Express Graphics Card OCZ (OCZ2P8002GK) DDR2 PC2-6400 800MHz Platinum XTC 2GB (2x1024MB) Dual Channel Kit Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 Socket LGA775, 2.66 GHz, 1333 MHz FSB, 4MB L2 Cache, 65nm (Retail Box) (BX80557E6750) Samsung SyncMaster 940BW Black 19" Widescreen TFT-LCD, 1440 x 900, 500:1, 4ms, Analog, DVI-D HDCP |
