Hey guys, after so much patience, after so much contacting and pilfering of information from here and there, I have finally made a deal with my local shop that is fully-AMD siding, I've gotten the following upgrade comp, the top is new one and bottom is what is replaced, old components:
-AMD Athlon XP 1600+ 1.4 GHz (266FSB) OEM CPU: $212.00
-Thermaltake Volcano 7 CPU Fan: $39.00
-Epox 8KHA+ SocketA Mainboard: $199.00
-OCZ 256 MB PC2400 DDR Performance RED Ram: $115.00
-LG 16x10x40 CDRW: $139.00
-Asus V8200 Geforce 3 T200 64MB Deluxe AGP Video Card: $319.00
-Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! DE 5.1 OEM Sound Card: $55.00
-ATX Mid Tower Case w/300watt Antec Power Supply: $95.00
Subtotal 1173$ CDN.
X 1.15 tax= 1360$ CDN.
Below is the traded-in components for a very nice sum:
-P2 350MMX
-Abit BH6 i440BX chipset.
-128 SD RAM,
-Voodoo 3 2000 16MEG AGP.
-SB AWE 64 16bit ISA.
-36X CDROM
-LG 4*4*32 CDRW.
-Unknown power supply but it should be 200- 250W. and case
Trade-in price is 160$ CDN.
1360-160= 1200. Add assembly and total is 1223$.
Pretty nice though for me, considering that the PC2400 RAM is same price as 256DDR OEM PC2100!! The mobo will simply put it at 2100 speeds.
I am damn excited about this, it's my first and very first Athlon system to even try!!! Believe it or not I have not tried or touched any Athlon or XP system in no place ever!! Except Durons.
I'll finally be back in the high speed lane with blazing graphics, now my new games can be played!
Now for my questions and worries:
-What should I expect as errors popping up? Be honest, I know there will be, no doubt, this is the first transition that has so much change, knowing the fact that my 2 HDDs are still there and the NIC card and modem card, thus the heart of the system is the same. Please tell me how to adapt my new system to these 2 HDDs filled with settings!
- From the old system to the new one, how much is the performance gonna go up?
See, recently you guys have led me to beleive most loading is Hard Drive related, and a small part of loading Windows, and such is not CPU dependent. Well look I want peace of mind and I wanna know if these startups will be faster (we're talking brand new generation, AXPs!) including internet web sites opening and Flash animations finally be smoother. I am sure games will be smooth as a baby's butt, but that's not my case. I wanna know more of loading things. How will this monster drive my programs including Windows load? Will OE, will those games loading at first be faster to load?
Unfortunatly the Master HDD which is 6.4GB is a 5400 RPM, and has the main system files. The Slave being 15GB has my games so to space both from their use, and is 7200 RPM.
Anyway thanks for your inquiries, and I hope to see some positive results... and I ain't spending anymore! I am down to nothing now, and besides the comp will be sent tommorow for upgrade, so there is no stopping it. Had reserved parts for a while to make sure they won't go out on back order.
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The other day I heard an explosion from the other side of town.... It was a 486 booting up...
-AMD Athlon XP 1600+ 1.4 GHz (266FSB) OEM CPU: $212.00
-Thermaltake Volcano 7 CPU Fan: $39.00
-Epox 8KHA+ SocketA Mainboard: $199.00
-OCZ 256 MB PC2400 DDR Performance RED Ram: $115.00
-LG 16x10x40 CDRW: $139.00
-Asus V8200 Geforce 3 T200 64MB Deluxe AGP Video Card: $319.00
-Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! DE 5.1 OEM Sound Card: $55.00
-ATX Mid Tower Case w/300watt Antec Power Supply: $95.00
Subtotal 1173$ CDN.
X 1.15 tax= 1360$ CDN.
Below is the traded-in components for a very nice sum:
-P2 350MMX
-Abit BH6 i440BX chipset.
-128 SD RAM,
-Voodoo 3 2000 16MEG AGP.
-SB AWE 64 16bit ISA.
-36X CDROM
-LG 4*4*32 CDRW.
-Unknown power supply but it should be 200- 250W. and case
Trade-in price is 160$ CDN.
1360-160= 1200. Add assembly and total is 1223$.
Pretty nice though for me, considering that the PC2400 RAM is same price as 256DDR OEM PC2100!! The mobo will simply put it at 2100 speeds.
I am damn excited about this, it's my first and very first Athlon system to even try!!! Believe it or not I have not tried or touched any Athlon or XP system in no place ever!! Except Durons.
I'll finally be back in the high speed lane with blazing graphics, now my new games can be played!
Now for my questions and worries:
-What should I expect as errors popping up? Be honest, I know there will be, no doubt, this is the first transition that has so much change, knowing the fact that my 2 HDDs are still there and the NIC card and modem card, thus the heart of the system is the same. Please tell me how to adapt my new system to these 2 HDDs filled with settings!
- From the old system to the new one, how much is the performance gonna go up?
See, recently you guys have led me to beleive most loading is Hard Drive related, and a small part of loading Windows, and such is not CPU dependent. Well look I want peace of mind and I wanna know if these startups will be faster (we're talking brand new generation, AXPs!) including internet web sites opening and Flash animations finally be smoother. I am sure games will be smooth as a baby's butt, but that's not my case. I wanna know more of loading things. How will this monster drive my programs including Windows load? Will OE, will those games loading at first be faster to load?
Unfortunatly the Master HDD which is 6.4GB is a 5400 RPM, and has the main system files. The Slave being 15GB has my games so to space both from their use, and is 7200 RPM.
Anyway thanks for your inquiries, and I hope to see some positive results... and I ain't spending anymore! I am down to nothing now, and besides the comp will be sent tommorow for upgrade, so there is no stopping it. Had reserved parts for a while to make sure they won't go out on back order.
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The other day I heard an explosion from the other side of town.... It was a 486 booting up...