upgrade spec check

lolwtfbbq · 22 Feb 2006 at 18:56

I have a old nec which i will upgrade,so here is the specs

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Asus K8V-X SE VIA K8T800 (Socket 754) Motherboard (MB-127-AS) £46.94

AMD Sempron 64 3000+ 1.8GHz (Socket 754) CPU - Retail (CP-137-AM) £62.22

HIS Excalibur ATI Radeon 9250SE 128MB DDR TV-Out/DVI (PCI) - Retail (R9250-PTDW128-64bit) (GX-013-HT) £37.54

Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 120GB 1200JS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-055-WD) £51.64

Akasa Serial ATA 45cm Silver Data Cable (CB-053-GE) £4.11

Antec TruePower 2.0 380W PSU (CA-029-AN) £46.94

Corsair 1GB DDR Value Select PC3200 CAS3.0 Kit (2x512MB) (VS1GBKIT400C3) (MY-061-CS) £64.57

Microsoft Comfort Curve 2000 Keyboard (KB-054-MS) £17.57

Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition inc. SP2 - OEM (OS-001-Me) £59.87
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Neb · 22 Feb 2006 at 19:02

I would go for Geil ram as it has slightly tighter CAS latency (2.5)

If you are going to do any gaming I would go for a 6200 instead.

Great budget build there.

semi-pro waster · 22 Feb 2006 at 19:03

Please whatever you do tell me you are not a gamer in any sense of the word? If you are get rid of the travesty that is the HIS 9250se, also why are you getting a PCI graphics card when you can get an AGP one for that motherboard or change the motherboard for a PCI-E one and get a PCI-E graphics card.

If you are getting that motherboard and that system can I recommend X-Pro PSUs the 460w costs only slightly more than the Antec and is a great PSU.

Your system will all work fine but you would be better getting a single stick of Ram rather than a matched pair since socket 754 doesn't support dual channel as such

lolwtfbbq · 22 Feb 2006 at 19:43

semi-pro waster said:
Please whatever you do tell me you are not a gamer in any sense of the word? If you are get rid of the travesty that is the HIS 9250se, also why are you getting a PCI graphics card when you can get an AGP one for that motherboard or change the motherboard for a PCI-E one and get a PCI-E graphics card.

No, i am not a gamer

pogo · 22 Feb 2006 at 20:24

Edit: Nevermind

lolwtfbbq · 23 Feb 2006 at 07:16

I don't know about the motherbord type on that NEC maybe mATX or ATX

semi-pro waster · 23 Feb 2006 at 10:20

vinh24 said:
I don't know about the motherbord type on that NEC maybe mATX or ATX

Well mATX will fit into the larger case types but not vice-versa so getting a motherboard with onboard graphics which will be mATX makes sense especially as you say you aren't a gamer.

You may need to check how much space you have available inside your existing case because the Arctic Freezer stands proud by a fair way it appears. Also if your case is smaller than normal you may need to consider your PSU choice more carefully as not all will fit.