Hey, We are slowly upgrading our old computer and want to upgrade the mother board and cpu. Its current specs are : 733 megahertz Intel Pentium III 32 kilobyte primary memory cache 256 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: Micro-Star Inc. MS-6309 1.0 Bus Clock: 133 megahertz BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 62710 05/20/99 Drives Memory Modules c,d 91.93 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity 86.82 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space ATAPI CD-R/RW 40X12 [CD-ROM drive] 3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive] Maxtor 31024H1 [Hard drive] (10.00 GB) -- drive 1, s/n L1HZHW6C, rev YAH814Y0, SMART Status: Healthy Maxtor 6Y080L0 [Hard drive] (81.96 GB) -- drive 0, s/n Y20720KC, rev YAR41BW0, SMART Status: Healthy 192 Megabytes Installed Memory Slot '0' has 64 MB Slot '1' has 128 MB Slot '2' is Empty Local Drive Volumes c: (NTFS on drive 0) 81.95 GB 76.88 GB free d: (NTFS on drive 1) 9.98 GB 9.93 GB free Controllers Display Standard floppy disk controller Primary IDE Channel [Controller] Secondary IDE Channel [Controller] VIA Bus Master IDE Controller RADEON 9600 PRO Family (Microsoft Corporation) [Display adapter] RADEON 9600 PRO SEC Family (Microsoft Corporation) [Display adapter] Liteon 13.5 [Monitor] (13.5"vis, December 1996) Bus Adapters Multimedia NEC PCI to USB Open Host Controller (2x) Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller Standard Game Port VIA AC'97 Audio Controller (WDM) Communications Other Devices : NETGEAR FA311 Fast Ethernet Adapter USB Human Interface Device PC/AT Enhanced PS/2 Keyboard (101/102-Key) HID-compliant mouse NT Apm/Legacy Interface Node USB What would you recommend for this system, and what else should be upgraded before the motherbaod and cpu? If something else does what do you recommend for that? Thanks
250 r u sure, To find out it usally on the side of the psu (power supply) 250 aint much i had to have a 400w psu to run my grapics card see what ddp has to say anyways Peace Phoenix21
does the psu have a square 4pin connector on it for p4 type motherboards?? run this program & add 30% to the total. http://www.jscustompcs.com/power_supply/Power_Supply_Calculator.php?cmd=INTEL
Ok, what is a 4pin connector? It would be good to upgrade it as it is fairly old. It is one that has the 2 inputs, one for the power and the other for the screen. Im not sure if it added up properly but when i did it, the end total was 205.
the 4pin square connector supplies extra power to p4 type motherboards so you are looking at replacing the psu if wanting to use upto date motherboard.
Ahh, ok. Yeah well when we upgrade the mobo and cpu, we will be looking at the newer ones, the cpu will be about 2.8 - 3.2ghz as we dont want to pay too much, the 2.8 we have in the new computer is going pretty good. So if we upgrade the PSU, what brands would you recommend? If you can what exact one would you recommend?
i think the antec psu's are supposedly good. run that program i linked to you to see what size you'll need but keep in mind expandability for new devices as in more hd's or a power hungry videocard.
When i did it the total was 205 in calculator do i put 205+30% ? If so i got 61.5 then i added the 205 and got 266.5 is that right?
Well with a quick search thru a online store i found this : http://www.coolpc.com.au/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=128_21&products_id=299 here are all of them : http://www.coolpc.com.au/catalog/index.php?cPath=128_21
Ok will do Well ill most probably save up and get the psu first. And go with a 2.8 - 3.2ghz AMD or INTEL P4 and not sure what motherboard.
