Help Construct My New AMD64
Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2004 2:10 am
All,
I'm in need of the brilliant (bordering on savant!) advice of our SPCR members. I'm in the mood to upgrade my current Barton 2500 system that has served me faithfully and fairly quietly, and am looking at ordering new AMD64 components this weekend to have in time to install over my long 4th of July weekend. In addition to advice on the new components I wish to buy, I'm also looking for advice as to whether current ones will work in the new system.
Here's what I'm using now that I'll transfer to my new system to save unnecessary costs (that budget thing, you know?):
Case: Lian Li PC-6070
Hard Drive: Maxtor 250GB (my noisiest component )
Optical Drive: Plextor PX-708A
Video Card: Matrox P650
Items which I hope to keep but unsure if they'll work. I'd appreciate opinions on this, please (starting to feel the monetary pinch).
Memory: 2X512MB Samsung PC3200 400Mhz
Heatsink/fan: Thermalright SLK-800A w/Panaflo L1A
PSU: Mike's modded Seasonic 300W (a steady, wonderful and quiet PSU, do you think I'll be able to keep, Mike? )
I'm looking at the AMD64 3200 as my sweet spot, so does anyone have a recommendation as to what I should specifically look for when purchasing this CPU? Also, any recommendations for motherboards, which I always agonize over when upgrading, would be much appreciated.
As a final note, my primary interest is silence, I don't overclock, most of my work involves downloading and burning files/movies to DVD, and I no longer use a 3.5 floppy so I need to do BIOS upgrades via Windows. Other than that, I have no special power needs (yeah, yeah, I know, but I still have the itch to upgrade!).
Thanks in advance for any advice.
hawkeye1
I'm in need of the brilliant (bordering on savant!) advice of our SPCR members. I'm in the mood to upgrade my current Barton 2500 system that has served me faithfully and fairly quietly, and am looking at ordering new AMD64 components this weekend to have in time to install over my long 4th of July weekend. In addition to advice on the new components I wish to buy, I'm also looking for advice as to whether current ones will work in the new system.
Here's what I'm using now that I'll transfer to my new system to save unnecessary costs (that budget thing, you know?):
Case: Lian Li PC-6070
Hard Drive: Maxtor 250GB (my noisiest component )
Optical Drive: Plextor PX-708A
Video Card: Matrox P650
Items which I hope to keep but unsure if they'll work. I'd appreciate opinions on this, please (starting to feel the monetary pinch).
Memory: 2X512MB Samsung PC3200 400Mhz
Heatsink/fan: Thermalright SLK-800A w/Panaflo L1A
PSU: Mike's modded Seasonic 300W (a steady, wonderful and quiet PSU, do you think I'll be able to keep, Mike? )
I'm looking at the AMD64 3200 as my sweet spot, so does anyone have a recommendation as to what I should specifically look for when purchasing this CPU? Also, any recommendations for motherboards, which I always agonize over when upgrading, would be much appreciated.
As a final note, my primary interest is silence, I don't overclock, most of my work involves downloading and burning files/movies to DVD, and I no longer use a 3.5 floppy so I need to do BIOS upgrades via Windows. Other than that, I have no special power needs (yeah, yeah, I know, but I still have the itch to upgrade!).
Thanks in advance for any advice.
hawkeye1