It's pretty "Meh" I'd say.
1) I'm not sure about this, but I thought that RAM sticks have to be of equal RAM? Or is that only when you have 4 or more slots? I.e., you cannot have 512 and 1GB, they need to be either 2x512 or 2x1024.
2) Harddrives, why so many? Those things are pretty cheap nowadays, just get yourself like 3x400GB. Not expensive.
3) Processor = crap. Not sure about mobo.
Oh and I also bought a sound card yesterday. I had been using the one on my motherboard for like 3 years. If you have expensive speakers / headphones, it's always a good idea to buy a decent sound card. They are not expensive and you can really feel the difference.
FraterPerdurabo Wrote:It's pretty "Meh" I'd say.
1) I'm not sure about this, but I thought that RAM sticks have to be of equal RAM? Or is that only when you have 4 or more slots? I.e., you cannot have 512 and 1GB, they need to be either 2x512 or 2x1024.
2) Harddrives, why so many? Those things are pretty cheap nowadays, just get yourself like 3x400GB. Not expensive.
3) Processor = crap. Not sure about mobo.
Oh and I also bought a sound card yesterday. I had been using the one on my motherboard for like 3 years. If you have expensive speakers / headphones, it's always a good idea to buy a decent sound card. They are not expensive and you can really feel the difference.
RAM can be different sizes they just need to be the same speed, also if you're running dual channel you'd want the same size on the same channel.
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it seems that the 1k mb for the ram is not a fluke. another review on newegg reported a similar problem as yours. Newegg.com - Foxconn P4M800P7MA-RS2 LGA 775 VIA P4M800 PRO Micro ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
for me i would definitely get a new mobo. you can keep the same cpu, but you really need to get a mobo with pci express and more ram slots. dd2 ram is really cheap nowadays. with the three hard drives.. are you raiding them?
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If he buys a new mobo it'll probably be a different pin configuration than his current board. I you're using an older board and CPU make sure if you upgrade you get the same pin...however if you're upgrading your mobo might be a good idea to get a new proc and just build a new system. If you can't afford a new system then save up and do it right.
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his mobo is 775. so i was assuming that his cpu was also 775
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The Mob Wrote:his mobo is 775. so i was assuming that his cpu was also 775
775 is like the socket of yester-millenium.
Next step would probably be to buy a new CPU + Motherboard. As long as you have a good motherboard, you can just keep upgrading as you get more funds.
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Motherboard: Foxconn P4M800P7MA-RS2
Ram: Stick 1. 512Mb DDR2 PC2-4300 (266MHz)
Stick 2. 1000Mb DDR2 PC2-4300 (266MHz)
Graphics: Geforce 5500 FX (256 Mb 8X Agp)
Harddrive 1: Western Digital (80 Gig)
Harddrive 2: Seagate (40 gig)
Harddrive 3: Maxtor (40 gig)
Cd/Dvd Drive: Pioneer Dvd-RW
Processor: Intel Celeron D 356 (3.33GHz)
Psu: Stock
Cooling: 1.92mm (Exhaust) 2. 80mm (Gpu Cooler) 3. 80mm (Harddrive Cooler) 4. Antec Blue Led Fan 80mm (Motherboard Cooler) 5. 92mm (On Heatsink) 6. 120mm (blowing down on heatsink from PSU)
Lighting: 15 inch Blue Car Neon Rewired to USB
Very good budget pc ic. I dunno what parts u want to upgrade, my suggestion is its pretty decent.
If u wanted to upgrade:
Your celeron is single-core? maybe u could upgrde to a core 2 duo
FX 5500 are still good cards for games bought back in 06/07. newer games might have low fps rates. my 8600gt can run cod4 but if your card cant, well u might want to stick to the older games.
hardrives: not a upgrade but dont want to cause overheating but your fans can take care of the job
Overall, I c no upgrading needed and if u wanted to upgrade, it would be because of the newer games. but if your not interested, slick system.
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