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Processor upgrade worth it?
Laurent:
--- Quote from: sharpfork on August 13, 2004, 04:09:00 pm ---Laurent- Why such a powerful box? a 3200+ is heavy duty.
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Because I plan on playing a lot of processor-hungry games...
Knoxximus:
--- Quote from: sharpfork on August 13, 2004, 04:09:00 pm ---Hello All-
I'm leaning toward selling the Dell and the G4 I have in the cabinet now and building a PC.
Anyone know of a good source for bare bones systems that can use my PC 133 Memory and IDE drives? Or does it make sense to just pitch in for a system that takes DDR and but some RAM?
Laurent- Why such a powerful box? a 3200+ is heavy duty.
Thanks again everyone.
You guys Rock!
Kevin
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How much would you hock the G4 for? I'm in the market for a Mac for musical applications (i.e. Pro Tools).
foomench:
--- Quote from: sharpfork on August 13, 2004, 04:09:00 pm ---Anyone know of a good source for bare bones systems that can use my PC 133 Memory and IDE drives? Or does it make sense to just pitch in for a system that takes DDR and but some RAM?
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If it were me, I'd suck it up and buy new memory. www.pricewatch.com gives $24 - PC2700 DDR 256MB and $57 for 512MB. Your requirements will depend on OS. I use pricewatch (and pricegrabber, and a few others) a lot when putting together a PC. Another good source is bensbargains.net that will point out all the specials at CompUSA, OfficeMax, etc.
If you want to stick with your PC133 and think about future options, there were a number of motherboards a year or two ago that could handle both standard SDRAM and DDR (but not at the same time).
Your IDE drives should work with just about any PC motherboard. A number of boards now support S(erial)ATA, but even these still have the standard interface.
-foomench
(Builder of more computers than I care to admit.)
pointdablame:
As was said, you won't have any trouble carrying over your IDE drives, not yet anyway. SATA is still gaining popularity, so you're fine in that regard.
If I were you, I'd ditch the ram and buy some DDR, but thats just me.
For parts, I like newegg.com and zipzoomfly.com
radner:
Hey,
When I upgrade anything, I always, hands down go through newegg.com They usually have the lowest prices I can find, and their shipping is great. Its the only place I know of where I can build myself a computer that would retail for 3000 for around 700 bucks. Check them out if your serious about getting great parts from the internet's best pc parts retailer. Oh and by the way, I dont work for them incase you think I'm getting paid to say this.