Ok 2 questions PSU and Motherboard.

2006-10-05 09:37:41

#1

Breez: AKA: badhq; +937|7080|Derby, England

Ok I just want to know if this 2 are any good ?

NEW 500w SATA PSU Clear Acrylic Top - Speed control

https://i7.ebayimg.com/02/i/07/70/b7/5a_1_b.JPG

and if this motherboard is any good

ASUS A7N8X Deluxe Motherboard + AMD XP+ CPU Included

https://www.asrk68.dsl.pipex.com/ebay/Mobo.JPG

anyone ? at the moment I have 550 PSU but I dont think its any good

and AMD +2800 motherboard ?

2006-10-05 09:40:06

#2

Marlboroman82: Personal philosophy: Clothing optional.; +1,022|7071|Camp XRay

old tech, i wouldnt really spend a lot of money on it. you could use it as a file server or something of that nature. what are you planning on doing with it.

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2006-10-05 09:40:07

#3

stef10: Member; +173|6930|Denmark

Whats your graphics card.
Well when you buy hardware there is a manual that mentions how much the motherboard can take.
like ram and speed of it and so on.

Last edited by stef10 (2006-10-05 09:41:28)

2006-10-05 09:43:18

#4

Breez: AKA: badhq; +937|7080|Derby, England

stef10 wrote:
Whats your graphics card.
Well when you buy hardware there is a manual that mentions how much the motherboard can take.
like ram and speed of it and so on.

7600 GS my motherboard is doing my head in i cant play BF2 so I might as well get sumthing that might make it work

2006-10-05 09:44:57

#5

stef10: Member; +173|6930|Denmark

well that graphics card is a power taker, but I think the psu is okay.

2006-10-05 09:53:43

#6

FrenziedAU: Member; +6|6896|Australia

The motherboard sounds a bit old, and is the CPU that comes with it an Athlon XP 1900+? If so, I didn't know they went that low.
Also, are there only 3 RAM slots on the MB? (That's all I can see in the pic).

Edit: Make sure the PSU has PCI-E connections (assuming your graphics card is PCI-E), but 500W should be fine. Regarding the motherboard, see if you can find an Asus A8N series, they should be fairly cheap now, and are pretty good.

Last edited by FrenziedAU (2006-10-05 09:55:39)

2006-10-05 09:56:30

#7

Breez: AKA: badhq; +937|7080|Derby, England

so what Motherboard u guys would sugest ?

2006-10-05 09:56:43

#8

tiptopT: Member; +72|7030|Scotland's Capital

I ran BF2 on my 1700 XP with a crappy mobo and 512mb RAM, as long as you have more RAM you should be good

2006-10-05 10:26:28

#9

Breez: AKA: badhq; +937|7080|Derby, England

well My PC restarts when I start BF2 or any online game

2006-10-05 10:28:56

#10

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|7049|132 and Bush

Ebay buyer beware..

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2006-10-05 11:47:29

#11

Bertster7: Confused Pothead; +1,101|7030|SE London

I used to have that motherboard, I've been through a few since then though. It's a nice motherbaord, the onboard Dolby Digital is a nice touch. But it's OLD.

2006-10-05 11:51:24

#12

Breez: AKA: badhq; +937|7080|Derby, England

So whats the disent Motherboard? my curent onelike I said is AMD +2800 Im looking to c hange that as its giving me to much problems :s so I need to know which one to buy :s that will be better then my curent one and runs everything with no probs ?

2006-10-05 12:08:11

#13

paranoid101: Ambitious but Rubbish; +540|7188

I have that motherboard at the moment and haven't had any problems, but its old now and I am changing it for this one - http://www.microdirect.co.uk/ProductInf … ctID=14829

This means I can upgrade the CPU to a conroe core duo, but still keep my AGP graphics card and ddr 400 ram, which will save me alot of money and this MB give me the option of getting a PCI-E Graphics card at a later date.

Hope this helps.

2006-10-05 12:30:45

#14

Breez: AKA: badhq; +937|7080|Derby, England

paranoid101 wrote:
I have that motherboard at the moment and haven't had any problems, but its old now and I am changing it for this one - http://www.microdirect.co.uk/ProductInf … ctID=14829

This means I can upgrade the CPU to a conroe core duo, but still keep my AGP graphics card and ddr 400 ram, which will save me alot of money and this MB give me the option of getting a PCI-E Graphics card at a later date.

Hope this helps.

So is that any good ? or is there others out there?

2006-10-05 12:40:37

#15

Stealth42o: She looked 18 to me officer; +175|7120

That's about the best Socket A mobo your going to get. You are extremly limited to what you can upgrade with the old AMD series chipsets.

You can upgrade to the 64 chipset and it will not break the bank. It is well worth the money and will increase you performance a ton.

AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Processor Socket 939
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDe … de=80701-6
86$ Shipped

MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum nForce3 Ultra Athlon 64(FX) Skt939 DDR ATX Motherboard w/Audio, Dual LAN, RAID/Serial ATA
1000FSB, ATA/133, AGP 8X, 4DDR DIMM, 5PCI, USB 2.0, IEEE 1394, Audio, Dual LAN, RAID/SATA
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDe … ode=241143
129$ Shipped

2006-10-05 12:54:51

#16

Bertster7: Confused Pothead; +1,101|7030|SE London

The Asus A8N-SLI SE is pretty good, not much scope for significant future upgrades though. 939 CPUs are going very cheap at the moment though, which is nice. You can get a 3700+ (San Diego) for around £60-70, which is pretty good value.

If you have more to spend a conroe solution would be preferable though.

2006-10-05 18:33:03

#17

paranoid101: Ambitious but Rubbish; +540|7188

badhq wrote:
paranoid101 wrote:
I have that motherboard at the moment and haven't had any problems, but its old now and I am changing it for this one - http://www.microdirect.co.uk/ProductInf … ctID=14829

This means I can upgrade the CPU to a conroe core duo, but still keep my AGP graphics card and ddr 400 ram, which will save me alot of money and this MB give me the option of getting a PCI-E Graphics card at a later date.

Hope this helps.
So is that any good ? or is there others out there?

I haven't got the CPU as yet , but they were a few other ones out there, it depends on what you already have.

I have an AGP graphics card and DDR400 ram so I needed a MB that support them and I got lucky with this one because it has what I needed and supports Core Duo CPU and has options to upgrade to PCI-E later on.

It really just depends on what you want to keep it your PC and what you want to add, I haven't the money for a full upgrade, but this MB had what I needed with a bonus on better CPU support.

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