acidosmosis
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I recently upgraded from an AMD Duron 900mhz, to a AMD Athlon 1.73ghz processor, and a new motherboard. I am buying a even newer motherboard in a few weeks (dont like the one I have and want to be able to use AGP8x instead of 4x). Take a look at these before and after specs and let me know what you think about some of this and give me any opinions you have on what I should do. Suggestions are greatly appreciated. I also have some concerns that I will indicate at the end of this post.
Currently have this:
ECS K7S5A Motherboard
AMD Athlon 1.73ghz (underclocked to 1500+ for cooling reasons until I get a new cpu fan soon).
320MB PC133 SDRAM
Geforce2 MX 400 64megs
400 watt PSU
24x CDR
2 Hard-drives
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Upgrading to this:
Radeon9700 Pro
(and purcashing a 80cfm bracket fan to cool the video card at the same time that I purchase this video card)
Keeping the AMD Athlon 1.73ghz (but clocking it back to normal speed once I get the cpu fan which is a Swiftech MCX370-B)
PC3200 DDR 512MB
Asus A7V8X-A (AGP8x, 3 DDR PC3200 slots, )
Xaser II A6000 Plus CASE with 6 Port Baybus + 5 case fans
420 Watt Vantech Stealth Power Supply
Possibly a 12" cold cathode (12v)
Concerns:
*enough power from the PSU?
*enough molex connectors on the PSU for the video card,
bracket fan, hard drive, cd burner, etc.
*general opinion of this new setup?
*any opinions at all
Thanks guys
Currently have this:
ECS K7S5A Motherboard
AMD Athlon 1.73ghz (underclocked to 1500+ for cooling reasons until I get a new cpu fan soon).
320MB PC133 SDRAM
Geforce2 MX 400 64megs
400 watt PSU
24x CDR
2 Hard-drives
----------------------
Upgrading to this:
Radeon9700 Pro
(and purcashing a 80cfm bracket fan to cool the video card at the same time that I purchase this video card)
Keeping the AMD Athlon 1.73ghz (but clocking it back to normal speed once I get the cpu fan which is a Swiftech MCX370-B)
PC3200 DDR 512MB
Asus A7V8X-A (AGP8x, 3 DDR PC3200 slots, )
Xaser II A6000 Plus CASE with 6 Port Baybus + 5 case fans
420 Watt Vantech Stealth Power Supply
Possibly a 12" cold cathode (12v)
Concerns:
*enough power from the PSU?
*enough molex connectors on the PSU for the video card,
bracket fan, hard drive, cd burner, etc.
*general opinion of this new setup?
*any opinions at all
Thanks guys