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Main Forums => The Roundtable => Topic started by: Nick1911 on May 27, 2009, 11:22:37 AM
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Title says it all:
My power supply died, and took a disk drive and screwed up the motherboard in the process.
I was hoping it was just a disk issue, so I replaced the raid array (from 2 x 200 gig mirrored to 2 x 1Tb mirrored), but upon trying to reinstall windows, I got random errors/bluescreens/restarts. =(
So, I'm looking to replace the Motherboard, Processor and probably ram.
Currently, I'm running:
ASUS A8V DELUXE 939 VIA K8T800 Pro ATX AMD Motherboard (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131510)
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Winchester 1.8GHz 512KB L2 Cache Socket 939 Processor (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103501)
ASUS A9550/TD/128 Radeon 9550SE 128MB 64-bit DDR AGP 4X/8X Video Card (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121512)
I am not a gamer. This is a software development/general use workstation. I'd like to keep the processor + motherboard under $200.
Thoughts?
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What's your current ram/motherboard/processor type?
Going by the 200GB HDs, it's most likely old enough that buying new ram will be more economical than trying to find a board that's compatible. $20-40 and double or more your RAM.
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What's your current ram/motherboard/processor type?
Going by the 200GB HDs, it's most likely old enough that buying new ram will be more economical than trying to find a board that's compatible. $20-40 and double or more your RAM.
Currently, I'm running:
ASUS A8V DELUXE 939 VIA K8T800 Pro ATX AMD Motherboard (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131510)
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Winchester 1.8GHz 512KB L2 Cache Socket 939 Processor (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103501)
ASUS A9550/TD/128 Radeon 9550SE 128MB 64-bit DDR AGP 4X/8X Video Card (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121512)
Ram is:
2x CORSAIR 1GB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Desktop Memory (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145505)
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http://www.partspc.com/Recommend.asp?ProdID=12356
AMD Athlon X2 dual core 5600, Gigabyte GA-M61PME-S2P mobo and 2GB PC6400 RAM. $150 w/ free shipping.
http://pricewatch.com is your friend.
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Ram is:
Oops, for some reason I thought that was what you were looking at, not what you had.
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Machspeed has a socket 939 board available I think. Your rig is similar to mine. I've decided if I have to change anything I gotta go to multi-core processor units. AMD says it has a dual core Athalon in socket 939. I've never seen one in captivity.
TigerDirect has a nice selection.
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Machspeed has a socket 939 board available I think. Your rig is similar to mine. I've decided if I have to change anything I gotta go to multi-core processor units. AMD says it has a dual core Athalon in socket 939. I've never seen one in captivity.
TigerDirect has a nice selection.
I have an older 939 system running an AMD 3000. I need this system (due to increased demand I have on it) to multithread more readily. I've been looking for a 939 compatible dual core CPU... there are 939 dual core CPU's... but they cost about as much as getting a new CPU/MoBo/Ram as a combo. Pricewatch lists them starting in 939 as a 3800 X2 for $125, and maxing out at 4800 X2 for $514.
Much cheaper just to change chipsets. Unless you have some old server that HAS to stay online withoutt reloading drivers and such.