Time for an upgrade

[Arkanoid]

I built my last pc in November 2003.

Time to upgrade. Would like to make system as silent as possible.Will not be overclocking.

I'm looking at
E6600 Conroe 2.4ghz
Nvidia 7900 GTO.

Can someone spec me a Motherboard, Ram (2GB), heatsink etc.


I already have from last PC
PSU - Antec TruePower True Blue 480w - will this be enough power and still reliable?
Hard Drives 2x 160GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 SATA - are these any good still or will they be a bottleneck?
SB Audugy 2ZS - think this should still be ok???

Thanks

 

[semi-pro waster]

Since you don't list a budget I'll assume that anything is fine? If you definitely will not be overclocking then you could get away with a cheaper system than this probably.

MB-152-AS Asus P5W DH Deluxe WiFi (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-152-AS)
£134.99 £134.99
MY-058-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) (MY-058-GL)
£164.99 £164.99
HS-017-AR Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775) (HS-017-AR)
£14.99 £14.99
Subtotal £314.97
VAT £55.12
Total £370.09

As for the PSU question, is it ATX2.0 compliant i.e. does it have a 24pin motherboard plug? You would be better placed to say how reliable it is than any of us though.

The hard drives will still work fine although drive technology has moved on since then, there have been 3 revisions of Seagate drives since the 7200.7 so now the 7200.10 are the drives to have.

The soundcard will still be fine.

 

[burtie]

MB-062-GI Gigabyte GA_965P_DS4 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-062-GI)
£104.99 £104.99
MY-034-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC5300 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB5300DC) (MY-034-GL)
£139.99 £139.99
HS-006-SY Scythe Infinity Heatpipe CPU Cooler (Socket 478, 775, AM2, 754, 939, 940) (HS-006-SY)
£32.99 £32.99
Subtotal £277.97
VAT £48.65
Total £326.62

Your psu should be ok buddy 320Gb worth of hardrive space is fine unless you have a massive 250Gb worth of porn sound card is fine to why spend when you don`t have to

I`ve just checked and the PSU is a 24pin so it should be fine.

 

[Arkanoid]

Thanks for the help.

My current pc has become very unstable of late.
I personally think it's the Mobo but am not sure how to find out without buying a new one.
Its an MSI K8T Neo FISR2 with Athlon 64 3200.

It will run fine for a length of time then pc will just freeze.

How can I prove it's not the PSU.

 

[Arkanoid]

Now im confused

OcUK MSI GeForce 7900 GTO SILENT 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-041-OK) 180.94 inc vat

OcUK Galaxy GeForce 7950 GT OC SILENT 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/HDCP/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-044-OK) 199.74 inc vat



Would have thought the 7950 would be much better for only £19

 

[Matrix]

Now im confused

OcUK MSI GeForce 7900 GTO SILENT 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-041-OK) 180.94 inc vat

OcUK Galaxy GeForce 7950 GT OC SILENT 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/HDCP/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-044-OK) 199.74 inc vat



Would have thought the 7950 would be much better for only £19

You could save yourself some money and opt for these?

OcUK GeForce 7900 GS 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-042-OK)

Price: £97.99 (£115.14 Including VAT at 17.5%)
512mb version is
Price: £119.99 (£140.99 Including VAT at 17.5%)

I myself am looking to buyiing one of these cards there meant to be good.

Topic is here if you wish to read about it :-

Click

 

[drunkenmonkey]

Thanks for the help.

My current pc has become very unstable of late.
I personally think it's the Mobo but am not sure how to find out without buying a new one.
Its an MSI K8T Neo FISR2 with Athlon 64 3200.

It will run fine for a length of time then pc will just freeze.

How can I prove it's not the PSU.

............that sounds more like a spyware problem to me!...........is your cpu @100%................just a thought as always!

 

[Arkanoid]

no definitely not spyware.

All the lights for the usb peripherals go down and clock freezes.