I've decided I need to upgrade my computer. Right now I have:
AMD Athlon XP Barton 2500+ @ 3000+
Abit AN7 Nforce2 Ultra400
2x512 Mb Kingston PC3200 DDR RAM
ATI Radeon 9800 SE 128 Mb
1 SATA HDD
1 IDE HDD
1 IDE DVD-burner
3st 80mm + 1st 92mm fan
400W Powersupply (I got it with my Aspire case, only 15A on +12V)
The new components I am considering:
AMD Athlon 3500+ or 3700+ S939 RETAIL
Nvidia GeForce 7600GT 256 Mb
Asus A8N-E nForce4 Ultra
I will take all other parts (including RAM) from my current computer.
I have some questions/concerns:
* Will my power supply be able to handle the new components? I know it is difficult to answer, but maybe someone can make an educated guess?
* Is it worth spending extra money for the 3700+ (same frequency, more cachememory) compared to the 3500+? I play quite alot of World of Warcraft.
* Is it needed to have SATA-drivers on a floppy for the nforce4 mainboards? I have to use that for my current nforce2, when I'm installing windows. (I have WinXP Pro SP2 on cd)
Hope you can give me some tips!
AMD Athlon XP Barton 2500+ @ 3000+
Abit AN7 Nforce2 Ultra400
2x512 Mb Kingston PC3200 DDR RAM
ATI Radeon 9800 SE 128 Mb
1 SATA HDD
1 IDE HDD
1 IDE DVD-burner
3st 80mm + 1st 92mm fan
400W Powersupply (I got it with my Aspire case, only 15A on +12V)
The new components I am considering:
AMD Athlon 3500+ or 3700+ S939 RETAIL
Nvidia GeForce 7600GT 256 Mb
Asus A8N-E nForce4 Ultra
I will take all other parts (including RAM) from my current computer.
I have some questions/concerns:
* Will my power supply be able to handle the new components? I know it is difficult to answer, but maybe someone can make an educated guess?
* Is it worth spending extra money for the 3700+ (same frequency, more cachememory) compared to the 3500+? I play quite alot of World of Warcraft.
* Is it needed to have SATA-drivers on a floppy for the nforce4 mainboards? I have to use that for my current nforce2, when I'm installing windows. (I have WinXP Pro SP2 on cd)
Hope you can give me some tips!