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Ok, basically, Tyreal and I are gonna build our friend a PC For his birthday. Well, its mostly Ty but i'll be helping out as well.
Anyway, this is what we've got to work with.
P4 unkknown speed but i think its a Northwood. I'm PRETTY sure its not a prescott but i could be wrong.
intel mobo
1 gig of ram. 2 x 512mb of geil ram 2.5-3-3-6 (they are mine, but i don't use them so w/e.)
6600GT AGP (ty donated this one.)
some weird psu.
ULTRA grid case. (ty's donation.)
at anyrate, we wan't to do this, but at the same time as cheaply as possible. We also live in canada, so no egg stuff for us. (although NCIX does quite a fair job.)
Option 1
Anyway. We've got a few options and lets start with the cheapest one.
asrock mobo supports ddr/ddr2/agp/pci-e/sata2 uses a VIA chipset, so no OC options, but that won't matter much.
Get a E2140 and just pad mod it to 1333mhz. Now, my first question, does this chipset/mobo support c2d and if it does, does it support 333mhz fsb?
If we go this route, we'll reuse my ram and ty's videocard and possible swap his PSU to a hiper 580watt modular PSU. (one of our spares.)
This would give us the most upgrade options and it would be the cheapest way out.
Option 2
AMD
4000+ brisbane. (the 3600+ is more expensive than the 4000+.)
some 690g matx mobo
7900 XT GS 100 bucks. (or i can give him my 7600GT and i could upgrade.)
some cheap 1 gig of ddr 667
580watt hiper
Option 3
Better INTEL
E2140
gigabyte P35 S3L
1 gig ddr 667
same thing for videocard/psu etc.
I'm actually leaning towards the via build, because it leaves us alot of room for future upgrade plans.
Anyway, this is what we've got to work with.
P4 unkknown speed but i think its a Northwood. I'm PRETTY sure its not a prescott but i could be wrong.
intel mobo
1 gig of ram. 2 x 512mb of geil ram 2.5-3-3-6 (they are mine, but i don't use them so w/e.)
6600GT AGP (ty donated this one.)
some weird psu.
ULTRA grid case. (ty's donation.)
at anyrate, we wan't to do this, but at the same time as cheaply as possible. We also live in canada, so no egg stuff for us. (although NCIX does quite a fair job.)
Option 1
Anyway. We've got a few options and lets start with the cheapest one.
asrock mobo supports ddr/ddr2/agp/pci-e/sata2 uses a VIA chipset, so no OC options, but that won't matter much.
Get a E2140 and just pad mod it to 1333mhz. Now, my first question, does this chipset/mobo support c2d and if it does, does it support 333mhz fsb?
If we go this route, we'll reuse my ram and ty's videocard and possible swap his PSU to a hiper 580watt modular PSU. (one of our spares.)
This would give us the most upgrade options and it would be the cheapest way out.
Option 2
AMD
4000+ brisbane. (the 3600+ is more expensive than the 4000+.)
some 690g matx mobo
7900 XT GS 100 bucks. (or i can give him my 7600GT and i could upgrade.)
some cheap 1 gig of ddr 667
580watt hiper
Option 3
Better INTEL
E2140
gigabyte P35 S3L
1 gig ddr 667
same thing for videocard/psu etc.
I'm actually leaning towards the via build, because it leaves us alot of room for future upgrade plans.