- Joined
- Feb 22, 2007
- Location
- Norwich, NY
Hi everyone, after a ton of research and coming up with a little more money I have made the choice to upgrade to AMD. AMD is a more economical decision and I have experience overclocking these things (mobile barton days). Since I am on an extreme budget, I will be reusing my emachines microATX case and maybe the 250w psu if I absolutely have to.
These are my choices so far:
Motherboard: BIOSTAR TForce TF7025-M2 $69.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138074
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+ Brisbane $69.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103774
RAM: G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 $65.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231098
This comes pretty close to my $255 budget ($212.30 shipped) and I would have to get a 20-24pin power adapter. I won't be overclocking until I can get a better heatsink and fan. I am also undecided if I will be reusing my FX5200 (will have to see how these onboard graphics do in comparison). I will be getting a new graphics card after the new ones come out so that I can catch a good deal on them. I really don't want to reuse the emachines PSU and was wondering if anyone knew if this system will run on 250 watts or if there is a cheap ($20-30) PSU that will tie me over for a while.
Open to suggestions, I will be ordering hardware tonight.
These are my choices so far:
Motherboard: BIOSTAR TForce TF7025-M2 $69.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138074
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+ Brisbane $69.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103774
RAM: G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 $65.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231098
This comes pretty close to my $255 budget ($212.30 shipped) and I would have to get a 20-24pin power adapter. I won't be overclocking until I can get a better heatsink and fan. I am also undecided if I will be reusing my FX5200 (will have to see how these onboard graphics do in comparison). I will be getting a new graphics card after the new ones come out so that I can catch a good deal on them. I really don't want to reuse the emachines PSU and was wondering if anyone knew if this system will run on 250 watts or if there is a cheap ($20-30) PSU that will tie me over for a while.
Open to suggestions, I will be ordering hardware tonight.