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Majestic_twelve
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Well I am getting paid to do an upgrade job for one of my buddys, price isn't a problem but I can only choose from the list he provided. Can you help me choose I don't realy now what will work best with what, I don't use any of the models listed below.
I also have a stupid question of my own don't laugh: Do I need to get a ddr board to take of advantage of a video card with ddr memory or will a board with sdram be alright. Sorry I never worked with ddr befor, I am old school.
His interest are: playing games that take alot of resources, cd burning, and watching his computer movies on a big screen.
He's choices are:
video card Choices:
ATI All-In-In Wonder Radeon 7500 RTL
MSI G4 Ti4200-TD 128MB DDR TV/DV Out; RTL
ATI Radeon 8500LE 128MB DDR Oem
Gainward GeForce4 MX-420 64MB DDR
CD Burner Choices:
CDRW,PACIFIC DIG. 48X12X48X IDE INT RTL
CD-RW 40X12X48X Lite-On RTL
CD-RW 40X12X48X TEAC IDE 540E/Black, OEM
CD-RW 40X12X48X TEAC RTL
Motherboard choices:
MSI 6390-L KM266 S-A DDR U133 ATX
MSI 645 ULTRA SIS645 S478 DDR ATX
MSI 6368LAN S370 VIAPLE133 5.1 MATX
MSI 6378 KLE133 SOC-A LAN/V/A MATX
DFI NB72-SC i845 S-478 SDRAM ATX
cpu choices:
Celeron 1ghz to 1.2 ghz
Athlon 1ghz to 1.2 ghz
intel p4 1ghz to 1.2 ghz
Ram choicces:
256MB PC2700 DDR 333mhz
512MB PC2100 DDR 133/266mhz
512MB PC133 SDRAM
Case choices:
Chieftec dragon AX-01SLD server ATX
Black directron SF-201T aluminum (www.directron.com)
Lian-Li PC-52 aluminum
His current rig:
generic board super socket 7
500mhz cpu
ram: 768mb sdram pc133 modules
Sound blaster live platnium with live drive
two 40gb maxtor hard drives
16x iomagic dvd
Enermax PEG465P-VE 431W power supply
usb addon card with 2 usb and 2 firewire ports.
Intel Network Card 10/100
I also have a stupid question of my own don't laugh: Do I need to get a ddr board to take of advantage of a video card with ddr memory or will a board with sdram be alright. Sorry I never worked with ddr befor, I am old school.
His interest are: playing games that take alot of resources, cd burning, and watching his computer movies on a big screen.
He's choices are:
video card Choices:
ATI All-In-In Wonder Radeon 7500 RTL
MSI G4 Ti4200-TD 128MB DDR TV/DV Out; RTL
ATI Radeon 8500LE 128MB DDR Oem
Gainward GeForce4 MX-420 64MB DDR
CD Burner Choices:
CDRW,PACIFIC DIG. 48X12X48X IDE INT RTL
CD-RW 40X12X48X Lite-On RTL
CD-RW 40X12X48X TEAC IDE 540E/Black, OEM
CD-RW 40X12X48X TEAC RTL
Motherboard choices:
MSI 6390-L KM266 S-A DDR U133 ATX
MSI 645 ULTRA SIS645 S478 DDR ATX
MSI 6368LAN S370 VIAPLE133 5.1 MATX
MSI 6378 KLE133 SOC-A LAN/V/A MATX
DFI NB72-SC i845 S-478 SDRAM ATX
cpu choices:
Celeron 1ghz to 1.2 ghz
Athlon 1ghz to 1.2 ghz
intel p4 1ghz to 1.2 ghz
Ram choicces:
256MB PC2700 DDR 333mhz
512MB PC2100 DDR 133/266mhz
512MB PC133 SDRAM
Case choices:
Chieftec dragon AX-01SLD server ATX
Black directron SF-201T aluminum (www.directron.com)
Lian-Li PC-52 aluminum
His current rig:
generic board super socket 7
500mhz cpu
ram: 768mb sdram pc133 modules
Sound blaster live platnium with live drive
two 40gb maxtor hard drives
16x iomagic dvd
Enermax PEG465P-VE 431W power supply
usb addon card with 2 usb and 2 firewire ports.
Intel Network Card 10/100