Upgrade imminent

Efros · 2006-07-31, 00:30

Arriving in a couple of days

2x SAMSUNG SpinPoint P Series SP2504C 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s
1x BIOSTAR K8M80-M7A + AMD Athlon64 3000+ Socket 754
1x CORSAIR ValueSelect 512MB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200)

replaces an athlon XP 2500+ and 640 Mb 333MHz DDR

Cross fingers the transition goes well.

NLS · 2006-07-31, 07:10

What VGA?

Why don't you grab 2 or even better, 4 of those 512MB DIMMS? (you will NOT regret it)

ohdarklord · 2006-07-31, 10:07

I agree with NLS you would be better of getting more ram but the rest looks good (better than my athlon xp 2000)

Efros · 2006-07-31, 11:11

Not enough cssh is the simplest answer, as to the vga it will remain as the 256 Mb G4force 5500, also the mega cheap Biostar only takes 2 ddr sticks.

wishywashy · 2006-07-31, 16:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by Efros

Arriving in a couple of days

2x SAMSUNG SpinPoint P Series SP2504C 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s
1x BIOSTAR K8M80-M7A + AMD Athlon64 3000+ Socket 754
1x CORSAIR ValueSelect 512MB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200)

Newegg? I came close to getting buying the drives and processor/motherboard combo myself. Hope everything works.

Efros · 2006-07-31, 17:50

Yup Newegg as they say Rocks, I use them all the time, another good one is geeks.com, their daily specials occasionally throw up a must have item.

Tech Geek · 2006-08-01, 16:22

Now that I've deleted the post that was for a totally different forum...

ChiefValue.com has always been good for me and I've bought as much from them as newegg.

What bugs me about newegg is they advertise 3 day shipping. That's their way of saying UPS ground! It's taken packages up to 6 days to reach me and I only experienced "3 day shipping" 1 out of 3 times I order from them.
False advertising if you ask me. I also had problems with customer service. I was getting email responses for someone else and he was getting emails for me. We finally had to start traiding emails back and forth so we could see what costomer service's responses were. Other than that I like them and still order from them.

Efros · 2006-08-15, 16:18

When using Newegg, its always best to select Fedex for shipping, UPS pretty much sucks.

Anyway the bits are all together, see sig, after some probs with the onboard sound which i remedied by disabling it and using a soundblaster audigy, I must say I am quite impressed with the result. Menus are snappier, less waiting around for stuff to happen, all in all worth the upgrade.

2006-07-31, 00:30	#1 (permalink)
Efros Portal Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Maine Posts: 456 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Country: My System	Upgrade imminent Arriving in a couple of days 2x SAMSUNG SpinPoint P Series SP2504C 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 1x BIOSTAR K8M80-M7A + AMD Athlon64 3000+ Socket 754 1x CORSAIR ValueSelect 512MB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) replaces an athlon XP 2500+ and 640 Mb 333MHz DDR Cross fingers the transition goes well. __________________ "Here's to the electron may it never be of any use to anyone!" Allegedly a toast at the Royal Institute of Physics at the turn of the 20th Century. Current skin: Mepo Green

2006-07-31, 07:10	#2 (permalink)
NLS Portal Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Age: 34 Posts: 879 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Country: My System	What VGA? Why don't you grab 2 or even better, 4 of those 512MB DIMMS? (you will NOT regret it) __________________ NLS ...never thought I would advertise MP around that much, so soon... (and when some dev adds better menu handling, multiple calls to modules and plugins with different options and much better dbase handling, it will be love... ah and a nice 3D front end and inter-module messaging system and...) Don't argue with the founder of Greek Off-Topic Community about taking a thread off-topic. I cannot help it! My webshots album (contains the old version of my HTPC setup too)

2006-07-31, 10:07	#3 (permalink)
ohdarklord Portal Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Scotland Posts: 196 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Country: My System	I agree with NLS you would be better of getting more ram but the rest looks good (better than my athlon xp 2000) __________________

2006-07-31, 17:50	#6 (permalink)
Efros Portal Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Maine Posts: 456 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Country: My System	Yup Newegg as they say Rocks, I use them all the time, another good one is geeks.com, their daily specials occasionally throw up a must have item. __________________ "Here's to the electron may it never be of any use to anyone!" Allegedly a toast at the Royal Institute of Physics at the turn of the 20th Century. Current skin: Mepo Green

2006-08-15, 16:18	#8 (permalink)
Efros Portal Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Maine Posts: 456 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Country: My System	When using Newegg, its always best to select Fedex for shipping, UPS pretty much sucks. Anyway the bits are all together, see sig, after some probs with the onboard sound which i remedied by disabling it and using a soundblaster audigy, I must say I am quite impressed with the result. Menus are snappier, less waiting around for stuff to happen, all in all worth the upgrade. __________________ "Here's to the electron may it never be of any use to anyone!" Allegedly a toast at the Royal Institute of Physics at the turn of the 20th Century. Current skin: Mepo Green

2006-07-31, 11:11	#4 (permalink)
Efros Portal Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Maine Posts: 456 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Country: My System	Not enough cssh is the simplest answer, as to the vga it will remain as the 256 Mb G4force 5500, also the mega cheap Biostar only takes 2 ddr sticks.

2006-08-01, 16:22	#7 (permalink)
Tech Geek Portal Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Denver, CO USA Posts: 354 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Now that I've deleted the post that was for a totally different forum... ChiefValue.com has always been good for me and I've bought as much from them as newegg. What bugs me about newegg is they advertise 3 day shipping. That's their way of saying UPS ground! It's taken packages up to 6 days to reach me and I only experienced "3 day shipping" 1 out of 3 times I order from them. False advertising if you ask me. I also had problems with customer service. I was getting email responses for someone else and he was getting emails for me. We finally had to start traiding emails back and forth so we could see what costomer service's responses were. Other than that I like them and still order from them.

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