w00t!

[dcloud]

Hi all, I'm new to this forum, but I have been joining some PC forums in the last few days because I'm currently trying to upgrade my system and I need some expert advice.

My specs:

Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition 5.1.2600 (WinXP Retail)
Date 2005-09-15
Time 21:35

[ Summary ]

Computer:
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
OS Service Pack Service Pack 2
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)

Motherboard:
CPU Type Intel Pentium 4, 2400 MHz (12 x 200)
Motherboard Name Asus P4P800 (5 PCI, 1 AGP, 1 WiFi, 4 DDR DIMM, Audio, Gigabit LAN)
Motherboard Chipset Intel Springdale i865PE
System Memory 512 MB (PC3200 DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type Asus AMI (04/22/03)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM2)
Communication Port ECP Printer Port (LPT1)

Display:
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 (128 MB)
Video Adapter RADEON 7000 / RADEON VE Family (Microsoft Corporation) (64 MB)
Video Adapter RADEON 7000 / RADEON VE Family (Microsoft Corporation) (64 MB)
3D Accelerator ATI RV100 DDR
3D Accelerator nVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
Monitor Dell D825HT [15" CRT] (94051CAAEX97)
Monitor Jean JD155/JD166 (93213396)

Multimedia:
Audio Adapter C-Media CMI8738/C3DX Audio Device
Audio Adapter Intel 82801EB ICH5 - AC'97 Audio Controller [A-2/A-3]

Storage:
IDE Controller Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
Floppy Drive Floppy disk drive
Disk Drive Maxtor 6Y060L0 (60 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/133)
Optical Drive LITE-ON DVDRW SOHW-1673S
SMART Hard Disks Status OK

Partitions:
C: (NTFS) 58635 MB (49090 MB free)

Input:
Keyboard Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse Logitech USB TrackMan Wheel

Network:
Network Adapter 3Com Gigabit LOM (3C940) (24.247.1.224)

I just bought a new Sapphire Radeon card for my dual monitor setup, another 1Gig of Kingston dual channel PC3200 RAM, and a Ultra X-Connect 500W modular PSU. The next purchases will be a new graphics card and two SeaGate HDs for a RAID array.

This is a cool forum.

- dc

 

[muckshifter]

This is a cool forum.

We like it here too ...

Welcome.

 

[Becky]

Nice to meet you, glad you like it here

 

[V_R]

Hello!

 

[NR117]

Hi, I noticed your name on a few forums lately, you're the guy trying to overclock the RAM, right?

 

[dcloud]

LOL...Yeah, that's me. Not getting very far though. Thanks for the welcome everyone.

- dc

 

[xSilverwingx]

Welcome !

Welcome and Nice PC ! I think buy a new PC ! My PC sucks for a PC years 2005 !

 

[floppybootstomp]

Hiya

You want 'expert' advice?

Wake up everybody! Any experts around?

 

[Me__2001]

thats a reasonable system, if you want some more speed that board i think will support a 3.2Ghz prescott

 

[dcloud]

Thanks for the welcome everyone Me_2001, to use a 3.2GHz Prescoot what changes would I have to make to my current configuration to make this possible?

Thanks.

- dc

 

[Me__2001]

you'll need to remove the old one put in the new one

 

[dcloud]

LOL, uh, ok. I think I could have figured that out myself. What I meant was would I have to make any changes to my system to support the higher CPU? Actually I got some guys in another computer forum helping me to overclock the CPU I already have, instead of spending the money on a new one.

- dc

 

[Me__2001]

nope you pop it in and off you go