I'm looking to upgrade to a Pentium 4. I'm looking for a micro ATX mobo with onboard video. Whats the best brand to buy. I've heard gigabyte and asus are good.
Also Im think im gonna need a new power supply, but i dont what I need. Mocro atx atx or atx 12v. The specs on the one Ihave now are 6in tall 3.5 wide 5.5 long
You would be correct. Now what else do you need with this board? You gonna buy video card or onboard graphics? How much money you gonna spend? Gonna steal parts off your old pc? The possibilities are endless. You will probably need a power supply if its old (I think its 12v, it has to have a square 4 pin connector for P4) and if you want a newer board with pci-e I think you need special cables for that too, don't have one but have heard that somewhere. Someone will tell me if I'm wrong.
try these programs to calculate psu wattage. your dimensions are good for standard sized psu. don't think need special cables for pci/e but need it for sata drives or use a adapter from regular power connector to sata. http://www.jscustompcs.com/power_supply/Power_Supply_Calculator.php?cmd=INTEL http://www.extreme.outervision.com/index.jsp
Thanks that helped alot. Next question Is there a program that would copy entire hard drive widows registry and all
depends as might have micro psu but connected to an adapter plate on backend of case allowing standard size psu. have 2 micro cases with dead micro psu's that now have regular p4 type psu's.
also I will be putting all this in an old dell L500r case I need some more opinions from you computer geniouses Whats the best brand of ram? Whats better 2x512mb or 1x1GB
might be alright but see if have 1 with a bit more wattage say 400w. 2x512 so that if 1 goes bad still have other til get replacement.
Last question What size power supply would i need to get to fit useing the specs on the old one (earlier in thread) ATX or Micro ATX or ATX12v I think I answered my onwn question http://www.directron.com/psu.html [bold]ATX: 6x3.5x5.5", HxWxD.[/bold] Most common. Uses 4 mounting screws. Mini-ATX: 5x3.5x5", HxWxD. Rare size. Uses 4 mounting screws. Can be used in a regular ATX case, but often not the other way around. MicroATX: 5x3x4", HxWxD. Use 3 mounting screws. Not interchangeable with ATX or miniATX.
