PC Upgrade, PLEASE READ

[indieboy117]

Okay everybody I am alomost there. I got my Xtasy 6564 (GeFrce3 Ti200) and I ordered my ECS K7S5A for NewEgg.com the other day. All I need now is a new processor, HSF, and DDR RAM. Here are my options:

AMD Athlon 1.4GHz 266FSB OEM- $99.00
Coolermaster DP5 HSF- $16.00 (Adds a 1 year warranty to the CPU)
Shipping- $6.95
[B]Total- $121.95

AMD Athlon XP 1500+ 266FSB OEM- $119.00
Coolermaster DP5 HSF- $16.00 (Adds a 1 year warranty to the CPU)
Shipping- $6.95
[B]Total- $141.95

All the prices are from Thompson's Computer Warehouse (www.tcwo.com). I checked and they have a 6.0/7.0 on www.resellerratings.com. I was just wondering if the XP CPU provides the extra "pazaz" over the 1.4GHz T-Bird for the $20 more. I am on a tight budget so every dollar counts. I am prolly going to start out with 128MB PC2100 DDR RAM from Crucial and then buy another 128MB stick after I get more money. I was thnking about going with Windows 2000 Pro. Is there any compelling reason I should want Windows XP over 2000 Pro? Any and all suggestions are welcome.




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AMD K6-2 500MHZ
IN530 Motherboard
64MB PC-100 SDRAM
4.3GB ATA33 HD
VisionTek Xtasy 6564 (GeForce 3 Ti200)(not installed yet)
VEGA Mid-Tower
Dexxa Mouse
Generic Keyboard
VEGA 2 Speaker System
Delta 48x CD-ROM
Generic 56K Modem
Generic Floppy Drive
Windows 98 SE
Bexim 17" Monitor
Thrustmaster Joystick
ESS PCI 2 Chanel Sound
Rio 800 64MB DAP

Upgrade coming soon!
Please feel free to send money for upgrades

Hopeflly soon to be:
AMD Athlon 1.2GHz 266FSB
ECS K7S5A
128MB PC2100 DDR from Crucial
Windows 2000 Professional

[medunaweb]

crucial is a good choice for the ram. winXP did fix some problems that win2k had. But winXP is gay(you can dumb it down a bit) which basically makes it just liek win2k but with out some of the problems. liek some peoples had problems wiht their sound working in win2k.

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900 MHz @ 1GHz AMD T-bird
shuttle KT266A DDR
512MB Crucial PC2100 CAS2
Voodoo3 3500 (3dfx 4life)
2 - 30GB 5400 RPM WD HDs
4x4x24x4x (cd-rw + dvd)
50x ASUS cd-rom
Iomega zip 100MB
Promise IDE controller
2 PSUs
17" AOC 7GlrA

[BMGundam]

I'd go with win2k since it will run better than winxp. XP really needs 256MB to run well, whereas 2k can run ok with 128MB. I'd personally much rather have at least 256MB with either OS. As for the proc, I'd go with the XP.

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This post is just another blatant attempt to artificially increase my post count.

My Rig:
Antec SX1040B case
Abit KR7A-RAID
AMD Athlon XP 1600+@1470
Alpha PAL8045 w/ an Enermax adjustable fan
512 MB registered PC2100 w/ Thermaltake heatspreaders
Ati Radeon 8500
Hercules Gamesurround Fortissimo II
3Com 3c905B NIC
Pioneer 106s DVD Drive
Liteon 16x10x40x Burner
IBM 60GXP 20GB Hard Drive

[Acidflame007]

xp blows win2k pro sucks i like the old school win98se win2k doesnt run alot of programs and exaclty what he said my sound didnt work ARG! XP is win2k prettified...I like win98se just my personal opnion for what i do with my computer.

[Acidflame007]

I would stick with 1.4 i promise you cant notice the diffence and the xp processor runs best on XP which a fart in its general direction...

[gotmonopoly?]

Originally posted by indieboy117:
[b]Okay everybody I am alomost there. I got my Xtasy 6564 (GeFrce3 Ti200) and I ordered my ECS K7S5A for NewEgg.com the other day. All I need now is a new processor, HSF, and DDR RAM. Here are my options:

AMD Athlon 1.4GHz 266FSB OEM- $99.00
Coolermaster DP5 HSF- $16.00 (Adds a 1 year warranty to the CPU)
Shipping- $6.95
[B]Total- $121.95

AMD Athlon XP 1500+ 266FSB OEM- $119.00
Coolermaster DP5 HSF- $16.00 (Adds a 1 year warranty to the CPU)
Shipping- $6.95
Total- $141.95

All the prices are from Thompson's Computer Warehouse (www.tcwo.com). I checked and they have a 6.0/7.0 on www.resellerratings.com. I was just wondering if the XP CPU provides the extra "pazaz" over the 1.4GHz T-Bird for the $20 more. I am on a tight budget so every dollar counts. I am prolly going to start out with 128MB PC2100 DDR RAM from Crucial and then buy another 128MB stick after I get more money. I was thnking about going with Windows 2000 Pro. Is there any compelling reason I should want Windows XP over 2000 Pro? Any and all suggestions are welcome.

Windows XP is way better than Windows 2000 for games. It doesn't have the lag load times imposed by Win2k. It also is more compatible with old stuff and new stuff. I like it a lot, just be sure to read how to tweak your mouse in WinXp because it is really messed when gaming at first lol..

Sucks you ordered an ECS K7S5A.. when you asked I warned you about that crap motherboard. I've used it three seperate times and I never want to see one again because it is lame and likes to freeze at 133/133 bus settings. I hope you have better luck because I sure as hell didn't. Should have got the Iwill XP333 like you were considering before.

Get the Athlon XP instead. It is cooler, and more likely not to have problems on the K7S5A. That mobo has problems with getting enough power to the CPU and the Athlon XP uses less power so get that CPU.

[chev1]

Why all of the win XP hate? Can you provide some reasons to back it up besides your sound not working? I am going to be installing it soon and if it is that bad, then i guess i won't (well, i probably still will, it just may be later than sooner)

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• Athlon XP 1700+ oced to 1650Mhz
• MSI K7T266-RAID
• 512mb pc2100 ddr crucial
• 30gb 75GXP
• HP 12x8x32 CD-RW
• Teac Floppy
• Cyclone 5000 from coolerguys.com
• Alpha PAL8045
• Radeon 64mb
• SB Live! Value

[MHeller311]

Originally posted by chev1:
Why all of the win XP hate? Can you provide some reasons to back it up besides your sound not working? I am going to be installing it soon and if it is that bad, then i guess i won't (well, i probably still will, it just may be later than sooner)

I installed winxp a couple days ago (clean install, had win98se before) and I love it. Much more stable, video is of higher quality (dvds, divx...) and internet is faster not to mention the os is much more stable. I have no qualms with win xp. It has a different look to it, but I kinda like it.

My 2 cents.

I'm also using the corporate pro edition of xp...computer as follows:
asus a7v, tbird 900mhz, 256 pc133 sdram, 30gb 7200rpm, gf2 gts 32mb, and other fun stuff


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Anytime you start thinking that you're smart/intelligent just remember that you are completely illiterate in over 20 languages...

[Indus]

Originally posted by MHeller311:

I installed winxp a couple days ago (clean install, had win98se before) and I love it. Much more stable, video is of higher quality (dvds, divx...) and internet is faster not to mention the os is much more stable. I have no qualms with win xp. It has a different look to it, but I kinda like it.

My 2 cents.

I'm also using the corporate pro edition of xp...computer as follows:
asus a7v, tbird 900mhz, 256 pc133 sdram, 30gb 7200rpm, gf2 gts 32mb, and other fun stuff

You can reset the look and feel to the classic. I did it and it feels normal except in load times and stability. It rocks. On the other hand.. some programs which aren't updated to xp as yet are giving me problems (cough adaptec cough).

Oh well, I can wait till they issue xp compatability upgrades I guess but other than that.. I can honestly say XP is good. Could be better but it beats win 95/98/ME in both stability and performance. I wouldn't know about 2000, never tried it.