Posts by JasonE4

Quote: Originally Posted by NovaShine So you're dumping dual channel? Oh well, Try Newegg for the 9800pro. If you want cheap, you could probobly go with a newegg Refurbish: Refurbished Sapphire 9800pro...

We're going the overclocking route. Here's the list: Asus P4PE2-X Motherboard - $56 at ChiefValue.com Thermalright XP-90 - trying to find in stock 512 MB Kingmax 3200 RAM - already have Ati Radeon 9800 Pro (probably 128 MB,...

How about this motherboard with dual channel support? http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...135-152&depa=0

Quote: Originally Posted by NovaShine intel is phasing out socket 486, so if he wanted to upgrade later, the cpu wont fit the mobo, it will only fit scket LGA775, so it's probobly worth getting the cheap i845PE mobo for...

Quote: Originally Posted by NovaShine DDR is the ram. It means Double Data Rate which means it transfers information on both ends of the clock cycle (wave). That is on the ram. PC2700 is classified as DDR ram. It runs...

He probably won't even need to overclock the video card right now if he gets the 9800 pro, so we'll probably keep the stock fan and not get a ramsink for it. As for the RAM, he would be better off getting 2x256MB of RAM to utilize the...

Quote: Originally Posted by NovaShine Here's a suggested path to upgrade: Asus P4PE2-X $54.50 Kingmax PC2700 512MB $34.00 Thermalright XP-90 $39.99 Panaflo 92mm FBA09A12H $5.75 That leaves you $265.76 for...

Quote: Originally Posted by ryanniedz i'll do a quick half-assed suggestion of "Buy some pc3200 ram, at least a GB" I say this for several reaons. But one thing you must do is make sure your motherboard...

It is a Northwood, however, the problem with overclocking it is that it's a Compaq motherboard. I figure after buying a heatsink, new fan(s), and a motherboard, the A64 won't be too much more expensive and it'll be much more upgradeable...

Quote: Originally Posted by twopiece It would be helpful if I knew what his current CPU is and what he'd like to upgrade to? His current CPU is a P4 2.0 GHz with 400 MHz FSB. That's why we have to upgrade his...