Is Tagan 480w PSU still OK for budget build?

catwoman

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Hi there,
Am looking to do a rebuild using as much of my very old desktop system as possible, for the least amount of cash I can.

Usage is browsing, general office use, maybe some programming (.NET) and the odd old 'point and click' type adventure game.

Have been using a laptop for the last few years (Acer Aspire 5562 - Core 2 Duo 1.66 ATI X1400), but it is now starting to show signs of age, and anyway won't even play the new adventure games.
Graphics card is on the way out on my desktop as well.

Don't laugh, but my old desktop is as follows:-
Barton XP2500+
Asus A7N8X-E mobo
1gb DDR1
200gb SATA HDD
ATI Radeon 9800 pro
Lian Li PC62
Tagan 480W PSu
XP Pro retail version

After some research here and elsewhere, this is what I'm looking at.
a) Will this all work together OK?
b) In particular, is the Tagan PSU capable/compatible?


AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 250 3.00GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail [ADX250OCGQBOX ] £46.80
Asus M4A785TD-V Evo AMD 785G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard [90-MIBAC0-G0EAY0KZ] £63.82 (although currently out of stock)
OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) PC3-10666 DDR3 SODIMM (OCZ3M13332GK) [OCZ3M13332GK]
£25.52
OcUK Value ATI Radeon HD 4850 1024MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £68.08
Samsung SpinPoint F1 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD322HJ) [HD322HJ £31.48
LG GH22LS50 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter Lightscribe Drive - Retail £17.86
Total (exl VAT) 253.56
Shipping 9.50
VAt 46.04
TOTAL £309.10

Stick with XP Pro for now
Re-use:-
Lian Li case
PSU (if poss)

Any help would be gratefully appreciated. Haven't done a build for a very long time......so please be gentle!!!
Thanks
 
You have listed a sodimm RAM module with a motherboard which uses full length DIMMs!

If you don't play many games a cheaper graphics card will do TBH!!

I would probably look at the following parts:

Athlon II X3 435 ~ £60

MSI 770-C45,MSI 770-G45,ASUS M4A77 or ASROCK M3A770DE ~ £45 to £55

2GB 1333MHZ or 1600MHZ DDR3

HD4670 GDDR3 ~ £50 to £60
 
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Thanks very much for your replies.
Especially re the memory cat-the-fifth - need all the help I can get!!!

Might break my Asus habit and go for this mobo
Gigabyte GA-MA785GT-UD3H AMD 785G (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard [GA-MA785GT-UD3H]

as it has an FDD controller (presumeably still need a floppy drive to install sata drivers with XP?)
Or else, bite the bullet and go for a Windows 7 upgrade, and wait a while for a graphics card.
The Spinpoint F3 looks worth the extra few pennies.
 
catwoman said:
as it has an FDD controller (presumeably still need a floppy drive to install sata drivers with XP?)
Or else, bite the bullet and go for a Windows 7 upgrade, and wait a while for a graphics card.
The Spinpoint F3 looks worth the extra few pennies.
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depends what version of XP you have, if your cd has service pack 1, then u shouldn't need a floppy, its only the really old original version of XP that needed, but that was also only on some of the SATA controllers, depending on how they were implemented.

its generally not a problem anymore thou
 
I might be wrong but i believe you will also need adapter for the PSU cables as it will have a 20pin mobo connector and the other 8 pin connection.
 
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