- Jun 3, 2006
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I hope this is the right section, and I'm sure many people post threads like this so I'm sorry for yet another one.
Recently my system has been showing its age (AXP 1900+, 512MB ram, 9700 Pro), and by recently I mean for the past few years. But lately I've been getting all sorts of random restarts, the hard drive is finally seemingly kicking the bucket and I think it's time for some new hardware.
At any rate, I've run around online to find a few components that seem like they would fit okay, but if anyone sees problems with what I've chosen, please let me know. I will not be overclocking, and I realize that I'm light on RAM but I'll fix that later. I'll be installing XP again. I've had trouble picking out a motherboard and this is the main area I'd like guidance. I'm looking to spend around 120 USD, and would just like something that is stable and good. I've pretty much lost interest in deep tweaking and want the PC to just work.
E6400 Retail
Corsair 1GB DDR2 533
Antec 400W PSU
Seagate 320GB SATAII HD
Lite-On DVD burner
EVGA 8800GTS
The PSU might need a bump to 450 or something, but overall I'm not terribly worried. I won't be putting anything in the computer aside from what's listed above, so I don't think the PSU will be that large an issue.
Also, a few last questions. When is AMD supposed to release their new processors, and does anyone have any idea when the next slew of graphics cards will be coming out?
Thanks in advance for any help
Recently my system has been showing its age (AXP 1900+, 512MB ram, 9700 Pro), and by recently I mean for the past few years. But lately I've been getting all sorts of random restarts, the hard drive is finally seemingly kicking the bucket and I think it's time for some new hardware.
At any rate, I've run around online to find a few components that seem like they would fit okay, but if anyone sees problems with what I've chosen, please let me know. I will not be overclocking, and I realize that I'm light on RAM but I'll fix that later. I'll be installing XP again. I've had trouble picking out a motherboard and this is the main area I'd like guidance. I'm looking to spend around 120 USD, and would just like something that is stable and good. I've pretty much lost interest in deep tweaking and want the PC to just work.
E6400 Retail
Corsair 1GB DDR2 533
Antec 400W PSU
Seagate 320GB SATAII HD
Lite-On DVD burner
EVGA 8800GTS
The PSU might need a bump to 450 or something, but overall I'm not terribly worried. I won't be putting anything in the computer aside from what's listed above, so I don't think the PSU will be that large an issue.
Also, a few last questions. When is AMD supposed to release their new processors, and does anyone have any idea when the next slew of graphics cards will be coming out?
Thanks in advance for any help