PC upgrade: AMD-3200+, Asrock 939SLI32-eSATA2 -> ?
Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 3:59 am
hi everyone,
it's time now to upgrade my PC, which I built couple of years ago with help of SPCR. I should say, that I'm pretty satisfied with the level of noise and more or less also with the performance. But now have to give the main components (mainboard, CPU, RAM) to my brother.
The actual configuration:
AMD Athlon64 3200+ 2 GHz (to upgrade)
Asrock 939SLI32-eSATA2 M1697 (to upgrade)
1024MB DDRRAM MDT PC400 TwinPac (to upgrade)
Seasonic S12 380W
250GB Samsung SpinPoint P120
Asus 128MB Extreme EN6600 Silence
Aerocool Turbine
Scythe Ninja SCNJ-10
Usage: Internet browsing, watching movies, music, Photoshop.
The budget is quite limited. So I consider 4850E or 5000+ as a replacement. Which of these would you recommend? Or maybe one from Intel, like E2180? (but then i don't really know which motherboard to pick)
If AMD, then GA-MA78GM-S2H is recommended a lot here. However, I am not going to need the on-board graphics. Then, maybe to chosse for example Asus M2N?
Thanks for the help!
it's time now to upgrade my PC, which I built couple of years ago with help of SPCR. I should say, that I'm pretty satisfied with the level of noise and more or less also with the performance. But now have to give the main components (mainboard, CPU, RAM) to my brother.
The actual configuration:
AMD Athlon64 3200+ 2 GHz (to upgrade)
Asrock 939SLI32-eSATA2 M1697 (to upgrade)
1024MB DDRRAM MDT PC400 TwinPac (to upgrade)
Seasonic S12 380W
250GB Samsung SpinPoint P120
Asus 128MB Extreme EN6600 Silence
Aerocool Turbine
Scythe Ninja SCNJ-10
Usage: Internet browsing, watching movies, music, Photoshop.
The budget is quite limited. So I consider 4850E or 5000+ as a replacement. Which of these would you recommend? Or maybe one from Intel, like E2180? (but then i don't really know which motherboard to pick)
If AMD, then GA-MA78GM-S2H is recommended a lot here. However, I am not going to need the on-board graphics. Then, maybe to chosse for example Asus M2N?
Thanks for the help!