Building/Upgrading a PC for TS2
Jelenedra:
Is there a way to get my detailed spec (Power supply, cooling unit, etc.) without pulling out my sales invoice?
J. M. Pescado:
Another thing to keep in mind is that most of those parts are things you do not actually need. You don't NEED a new CD drive: Your old one is fine! You don't need a new hard drive either...and if you don't need a new hard drive, you don't need a new operating system. Besides, what's wrong with your old one? Why would you get a NEW operating system if you still have the OLD one? And you probably don't need a sound card: Either you already have one, or most motherboards ship with a perfectly serviceable onboard. Sound is sound, anyway.
Jelenedra:
My concern is that I'll need to get a new motherboard to upgrade my video card. I have an AGP (?) video card. I figure I'll need to upgrade to a PCI or PCI-Express card.
Hegelian:
Quote from: phoenix_risin on 2008 February 08, 13:20:02
I had actually looked at the Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Some have said it is a good one and runs with a little more juice. Any thoughts on that?
I chose the Core 2 Duo E6850 because of its value for the money, but it's not the most powerful Core 2 CPU. The best performance-for-money right now is probably the 2.66 GHz E6750 for nearly US$100 less than the E6850, while the best performance may be the Core 2 Extreme QX9650 Yorkfield 3.0GHz 12MB L2 Cache quad-core CPU at US$1070 (and twice the power consumption at 130W).
I actually didn't know the Wolfdale (E8000 series) CPUs were out. The E8400 certainly looks attractive at its current Newegg price of US$240, but it is so new you may have some difficulty finding a motherboard that will run it. Existing boards may require a BIOS update.
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I wish you were closer to me I would pay you to build this for me.
In that case, so do I! ;D
Quote from: Jelenedra on 2008 February 08, 15:09:11
Is there a way to get my detailed spec (Power supply, cooling unit, etc.) without pulling out my sales invoice?
Power supplies have their output specs on a label on the case. You may need to remove the PSU if the label is on the top rather than the side.
Jelenedra:
Mm. In that case, I'll just pull out my sales invoice. It's in the box with all the software cds I got with the PC. :D
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