rebuilding my old rig, please help

Heyall,

i am totally upgrading my computer right now

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc [...] duct=93197

This is what it is right now


And these are the things i am adding

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820227189 OCZ 2gig DDR2 800

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819116072 2.5 Ghz Pentium Dual core 800 fsb 45 nm

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131178 ASUS LGA 775 800/1066 FSB DDR2 800

I have a 250 watt psu rightnow and i was wondering if it would work with the rig

And is the motherboard compatible w/ the pentium dual core? i don't know if it is 45 nm capable

Please reply

Thanks.

thanks proximon,

However, i don't want to change the mobo. i want a lot of RAM for expansion.

And please answer my question about whether the ASUS is 45 nm capable?

It's a very old chipset. Maybe you should explain a bit more what you are trying to do? How is this computer going to be used?

Nvidia chipsets are problematic, run hot, etc. We don't recommend them here.

You really should stick to AMD or Intel chipsets.

Here's another option:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 0&Tpk=7750
and
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813157153

That gives you about the same stock speeds with a solid chipset and decent onboard graphics. 10-20 bucks more would get you a lot more though.

I had another question.

Is this setup compatible with the 40 gig Maxtor UltraDMA Drive? I have right now

What is UltraDMA? I have heard of SATA and IDE but not this

The thing is the onboard graphics. Dismal in the 965 board. 1 step up in the G31 board I first linked.

The 7100 board you linked is probably around the performance of the G31, only less stable.

780G, or even 760G, are going to be better performers by a good chunk:

http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdo [...] i=3430&p=4



So you get a board like this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813157154

And you get all sorts of features that you seem to need.
1. Superior onboard graphics
2. 4 slots for RAM and up to 16GB supported
3. Support for the latest CPUs from AMD, which are quite good and affordable.


Read my guide if you haven't. I'm no AMD fanboy, and recommend Intel builds all day, but you really seem to need an AMD board.

Sorry, that's all I have. If you throw out gaming completely, the G965 chipset is probably fine.

Sounds fine then