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Re: Computer died -- Need advice on building new one! [message #210396 is a reply to message #209333]

Sat, 29 July 2006 21:01

Apache
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Registered: February 2003
Location: Fort McMurray, AB, Ca

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Well, I wound up keeping the machine, and brought it home today.

While it has a huge case full of bays for upgrades, the motherboard only has 1 spare PCI slot, and the power supply only has enough connections for two CD-ROM drives and a hard disk, lol Oh, and one word with regards to the video... Intergrated.

So, my old computer had a 500 watt power supply, with enough connections on it to power absolutely anything I could tuck into the computer's case, I'd like to install it, and a new motherboard into my computer, then I'll be plenty happy Smile

All I need is a motherboard with the following capabilities:

- Be compatable with my Intel 2.66 (775 socket if I remember correctly) GHz dual core processor with good BUS speeds
- At least 3 PCI slots (my case has room for 5)
- An AGP slot for my video card (Radeon All-In-Wonder 9800)
- Intergrated sound, video and network components
- Fan speed control abilities (to quiet it down, a no-fan cooling system like ASUS offers would be fine with me)
- Spot for CD-ROM drive IDE ribbon, and a spot for the new style mini-plug the hard disk uses
- 4 RAM slots (DDR, or DDR2 doesn't matter to me, just so long as it is DDR. I have 1024 MB of DDR, and would have to buy DDR2)

The power supply is a 20 pin (2 x 10) connector along with a 4 pin (2 x 2) connector for the motherboard. I can post a pic if interested.

I want the intergrated video for my second monitor, so it doesn't need to be anything particularly fancy, and the sound is patched through my sound system, so no worries about it being all fancy either.

So, less the motherboard and power supply in this box, I'm actually pretty happy with what I picked up, and after I get a new motherboard in, with a new powersupply and I can get my old video card + PCI accessories re-installed, it should be good for many years to come Smile

- Russell

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		Computer died -- Need advice on building new one! By: Apache on Sat, 22 July 2006 23:57
		Re: Computer died -- Need advice on building new one! By: mision08 on Sun, 23 July 2006 01:44
		Re: Computer died -- Need advice on building new one! By: Scythar on Sun, 23 July 2006 02:32
		Re: Computer died -- Need advice on building new one! By: Renx on Sun, 23 July 2006 11:19
		Re: Computer died -- Need advice on building new one! By: Aprime on Sun, 23 July 2006 11:21
		Re: Computer died -- Need advice on building new one! By: Apache on Sun, 23 July 2006 13:30
		Re: Computer died -- Need advice on building new one! By: Aprime on Mon, 24 July 2006 19:20
		Re: Computer died -- Need advice on building new one! By: PackHunter on Sun, 23 July 2006 12:30
		Re: Computer died -- Need advice on building new one! By: Renx on Sun, 23 July 2006 14:03
		Re: Computer died -- Need advice on building new one! By: PackHunter on Sun, 23 July 2006 14:12
		Re: Computer died -- Need advice on building new one! By: Renx on Sun, 23 July 2006 15:32
		Re: Computer died -- Need advice on building new one! By: PackHunter on Sun, 23 July 2006 22:18
		Re: Computer died -- Need advice on building new one! By: PackHunter on Sun, 23 July 2006 14:04
		Re: Computer died -- Need advice on building new one! By: Spice on Sun, 23 July 2006 14:34
		Re: Computer died -- Need advice on building new one! By: z310 on Sun, 23 July 2006 14:51
		Re: Computer died -- Need advice on building new one! By: mision08 on Sun, 23 July 2006 15:55
		Re: Computer died -- Need advice on building new one! By: z310 on Sun, 23 July 2006 16:24
		Re: Computer died -- Need advice on building new one! By: csskiller on Sun, 23 July 2006 22:05
		Re: Computer died -- Need advice on building new one! By: mision08 on Sun, 23 July 2006 23:30
		Re: Computer died -- Need advice on building new one! By: Apache on Sun, 23 July 2006 23:38
		Re: Computer died -- Need advice on building new one! By: mision08 on Mon, 24 July 2006 01:39
		Re: Computer died -- Need advice on building new one! By: Apache on Mon, 24 July 2006 16:47
		Re: Computer died -- Need advice on building new one! By: Apache on Mon, 24 July 2006 17:30
		Re: Computer died -- Need advice on building new one! By: PackHunter on Mon, 24 July 2006 22:09
		Re: Computer died -- Need advice on building new one! By: Renx on Mon, 24 July 2006 17:34
		Re: Computer died -- Need advice on building new one! By: Apache on Sat, 29 July 2006 21:01
		Re: Computer died -- Need advice on building new one! By: mision08 on Mon, 31 July 2006 08:18

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