P3 Upgrade

[tcas]

Sons and Grandsons need something besides a P3 733 when they come over...

Will use an old Lian Li PC68 case and 400 watt Antec PS, if you think that is sufficient. IDE Plextor DVD-CD writer and any other parts in the bin.

After reading here, thought I would buy the following:

GIGABYTE GA-EP35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard

VisionTek 900241 Radeon HD 4850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor

Mushkin 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)

Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive

Will use Winxp Pro and need a stable system...budge about $650. Any thoughts or suggestions welcome...will these parts play together nicely?

 

[modoheo]

That'll give you a wonderful system that anyone would on which anyone would enjoy gaming, and will feel like driving a Ferrari to you after living with a P3 system until now.

If it's within your budget, many would suggest spending a few more bucks to upgrade slightly to the Asus P5Q P45 motherboard and increasing RAM from 2 to 4 gigs, though neither upgrade will change your daily experience with your computer much.

Your PSU should be adequate as long as it hasn't degraded too much over time.

 

[PurdueRy]

It depends on when the antec was made. 400W 5 years ago is much different from 400W now. I doubt it will still work.

 

[Blain]

Originally posted by: tcas
Will use Winxp Pro and need a stable system...

Will use an old Lian Li PC68 case and 400 watt Antec PS

If the Antec PS is "old", you may also want to pop for a new one.

You didn't mention what apps your offspring and their seed will be running. That makes a lot of difference in what components people recommend.

 

[DSF]

The parts will be fine together, although I probably wouldn't use an Antec PSU that's more than a year or two old, especially if it's a TruePower or SmartPower. They had a rash of problems with bad capacitors that led to failure, and I wouldn't trust one with my shiny new parts.

With the rebate this is a great price on a very nice 450W PSU that should handle the system just fine:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...E16817139003&Tpk=450VX

 

[Blain]

A lot of Newegg rebates expired yesterday. I'm excited about what kind of rebate deals roll out over the next few days.
Like a kid in a candy store! :thumbsup::laugh:

 

[tcas]

Thank you for your time and thoughts....I will pickup a new power supply as well...

Antec is old like everything else around here....

Have a good weekend all...

michael

 

[Blain]

Originally posted by: Blain

You didn't mention what apps your offspring and their seed will be running. That makes a lot of difference in what components people recommend.

 

[tcas]

Sorry I Missed that Blain....

COD4 for sons and some other shoot em up war games....grandson playing Star Wars Battle Front I and II.