Dad's Upgrade

Death_blooms · April 16th, 2007

Ok all the parts have arrived for my dads upgrade except the PSU. We also have a new router after months of connection sharing and modem swapping its finally here! It's a Belkin wireless G and works great

I've backed up most of my dad's important data now. Im just waiting for him to print off a few emails and for the PSU to arrive and then I can start the build. Before that here are some screenshots of the CPU-Z program running on his computer.

CPU

Cache

Mainboard

Memory

SPD

wtcnbrwndo4u · April 21st, 2007

Hey, 1GHz is better than the crappy 450MHz PIII I upgraded from (to the computer in my sig, of course).

What's the upgrade plan?

**gvblake22** · April 21st, 2007

Wow, an oldie but a goodie, nice!

Death_blooms · April 22nd, 2007

Here are some pictures of the computer currently:

Quote:

Originally Posted by wtcnbrwndo4u

What's the upgrade plan?

This is the plan:

AMD Athlon 64bit socket 939 3200+

NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS 512/128MB Turbo Cache DDR2 PCI-E

MSI K8N Neo4-F Socket 939 nForce 4 PCI-E ATX

Crucial 512MB 184Pin DIMM PC2700 DDR RAM Non-Parity CL2.5

480W PSU Gold 12cm SATA PFC

Death_blooms · April 23rd, 2007

Just thought I would refresh this thread as I have edited the above post. Also just realised 128MB of ram. no wonder it grindes when running XP

Also a quick question. Dose 3200+ mean 3.2Ghz?

qazwsx · April 23rd, 2007

wow, it the exact same comp I had till just recently, same specs everything. spooky

Death_blooms · April 23rd, 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by qazwsx

wow, it the exact same comp I had till just recently, same specs everything. spooky

are we talking about the new stuff or the old stuff?

qazwsx · April 23rd, 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by Death_blooms

are we talking about the new stuff or the old stuff?

old stuff

**simple_inhibition** · April 25th, 2007

an athlon 64 3200 is comparable to a 3.2ghz pentium 4. hence the 3200 speed rating.

that will be a nice little upgrade there! :)

Panda Man · April 25th, 2007

I'd trash that stick of memory and throw in a 512MB PC3200 DIMM, they're like what, $20 nowadays? Also, very nice upgrade, but you gotta mod that case!!! Custom blowhole, front panel LEDs, side window, the works!!!

j/k :P Happy building!

April 16th, 2007	#1
Death_blooms This is why I'm hot Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Forest of doom :P, UK Posts: 564	Ok all the parts have arrived for my dads upgrade except the PSU. We also have a new router after months of connection sharing and modem swapping its finally here! It's a Belkin wireless G and works great I've backed up most of my dad's important data now. Im just waiting for him to print off a few emails and for the PSU to arrive and then I can start the build. Before that here are some screenshots of the CPU-Z program running on his computer. CPU Cache Mainboard Memory SPD Last edited by Death_blooms; April 23rd, 2007 at 09:53. Reason: consecutive posts merged

April 21st, 2007	#2
wtcnbrwndo4u Teh Brown Staffer Join Date: May 2006 Location: KS Posts: 2,281	Re: Dad's Upgrade Hey, 1GHz is better than the crappy 450MHz PIII I upgraded from (to the computer in my sig, of course). What's the upgrade plan? - Core 2 Quad Q6600 - DFI Infinity 975X - 4GB Corsair XMS2 w/ DHX DDR2-800 - 250GB Seagate 7200.10RPM + 160GB Hitachi 5400.4RPM - ATi Radeon X1900XT 256MB - Cooler Master Centurion 5 + OCZ StealthXStream 600W - Acer 19" P191W Monitor - Logitech Z-5500 Digital + Logitech MX Revolution - Vista Ultimate x64

April 21st, 2007	#3
gvblake22 Modder-ator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Tempe Desert Posts: 6,475 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Dad's Upgrade Wow, an oldie but a goodie, nice!

April 23rd, 2007	#5
Death_blooms This is why I'm hot Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Forest of doom :P, UK Posts: 564	Re: Dad's Upgrade Just thought I would refresh this thread as I have edited the above post. Also just realised 128MB of ram. no wonder it grindes when running XP Also a quick question. Dose 3200+ mean 3.2Ghz? Last edited by Death_blooms; April 23rd, 2007 at 10:49.

April 23rd, 2007	#6
qazwsx With a pinch of insane! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: England, 127.0.0.1 Posts: 643	Re: Dad's Upgrade wow, it the exact same comp I had till just recently, same specs everything. spooky

April 25th, 2007	#9
simple_inhibition socket 939 junkie Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In front of my pc in Ft Bragg XD Posts: 1,473 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Dad's Upgrade an athlon 64 3200 is comparable to a 3.2ghz pentium 4. hence the 3200 speed rating. that will be a nice little upgrade there! :)

April 25th, 2007	#10
Panda Man Meow means woof in cat. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Elba, AL Posts: 1,910	Re: Dad's Upgrade I'd trash that stick of memory and throw in a 512MB PC3200 DIMM, they're like what, $20 nowadays? Also, very nice upgrade, but you gotta mod that case!!! Custom blowhole, front panel LEDs, side window, the works!!! j/k :P Happy building! Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 Conroe @ 2.80GHz Cooler Master GeminII - Thanks Rich and HL! GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 (rev. 1.3) EVGA GeForce 8800GTS 320MB @ 726/962 CORSAIR XMS2 4GB (4 x 1GB) DDR2-800 OCZ GameXStream 600W PSU Maxtor 300GB 7200RPM SATA150 16MB cache HDD Seagate 500GB 7200ROM SATA300 16mb cache HDD Sony NEC Optiarc 18X DVD±R DVD Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic 7.1 ZyXel m-202 802.11g adapter Antec Nine Hundred Creative 5.1 speakers Viewsonic Optiquest q20wb 20" LCD

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
C2D Upgrade... need help.	Tyreal	Processors	5	July 15th, 2007 07:56
Best upgrade..	Tyreal	General Computing	26	February 22nd, 2007 07:24
Problem with Dad's New Laptop	DrSatan	Troubleshooting	13	December 1st, 2006 20:14
CPU upgrade	CoolGuy90	Processors	25	September 27th, 2006 13:59
next upgrade.	fps justin	Memory	0	August 1st, 2006 10:05