This is the computer i have now.Lightning hit it the other day and fryed the motherboard.Instead of just buying another motherboard i bought a case and it comes with a 450 power-supply.I need to know what type of board you would put into the pc and kinda let me know the difference between the mini, micro and different atx motherboards.I want to use my 939 cpu that i already have and i am running windows xp.
This is the website of my old pc: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&os=228&product=1841849&lang=en&docname=c00609389
This is the case i have just bought:
http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=BLU-CP601-2&cm_ven=Yahooshopping.com&cm_cat=Shopping&cm_ite=total
what board would you put in this case that will work with my 939 cpu and run my windows xp without having problems. also will the 450 power supply run my amd athlon 64 ok without burning it up.Im going to still use my memory from the old pc.Thanks alot yall. I know its a in-depth ?.....
2007-07-21 08:43:41 · 2 answers · asked by bigboy 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Well you didn't really specify a budget so I'll give it a shot...
The case you bought is an ATX form factor, other factors are designed more for HTPC's or just to be extremely small, however you loose a lot of performance benefit in most cases - stick with your plain old ATX motherboard that 99% of them are anyways...
If at all possible - ditch that 939 proc! I say this for 2 reasons... (1) They're old technology, have limited speeds, get much hotter, and only use DDR (1/2 the bandwidth)... (2) If you buy an AM2 processor you'll save money on the motherboard if you shop around rather than trying to find a 939, you'll also save a TON of money on RAM. DDR is about $200-250 for 2GB of the cheap stuff, where you can buy good DDR2 for only about $70!
Right there you just saved youself a ton of money by buying an AM2 instead, plus you can sell your 939, and an AM2 X2 4400+ (2.3Ghz x 2, 1MB cache) is only $90 on Newegg - probably cheaper on Ebay or elsewhere!
As far as video, never go with onboard video! Make sure you buy a motherboard with atleast 1- 16x PCIe slot! If you're just a regular user, an EVGA 8400GS would be just fine, if you want to watch HD movies (HD-DVD, BluRay, etc) definately go for an 8500/8600! They have special capabilities for HD rendering, even better than it's faster brother... and finally if you're a hard-core gamer don't go with anything less than an 8800 series (GTS or GTX).
RAM you'll want 1-2GB for XP, and 2GB - no more no less - for Vista! Just buy whatever you can afford, just make sure it's a reputable name brand, my fav's are Patriot, Corsair, OCZ, PQI - a lot but these are the one's I probably use most. Never had a bad module yet!!
As far as hard drives and optical drives, I'd go with a 7200.10 series hard drive with parallel recording technology - technical mumled blah blah blah lol - They are just as fast or faster than the Raptor that everyone talks about, but you can get drives up to 750GB, maybe even 1TB by now Vs. a Max of 150GB for the Raptor... Any cheap DVD-burner will be fine, pick one - any one! They are litterally all the same... Unless you want lightscribe which is completely over-rated!
Onboard Network is just fine unless you need WiFi - and so is sound unless you own a recording studio!
Oh yeah - the motherboard! If you plan on gaming or serious HD streaming or something go with an Asus M2N32-SLI (full x16 PCI on each port - SLI) - you can't go wrong, this board has been rated the #1 AM2 board forever, and its still #1...
Otherwise, check out AMD's website and try to find something in your pricerange without integrated video. Most will come with dual onboard gigabit NIC's, onboard sound, some will even come with WiFi built in!
If you don't want to spend a lot of money, you might be able to save a few dollars by going with ASRock (owned and operated by Asus), basically the same boards with different model numbers. They just go a little cheaper on some of the not so important components...
Hope this helps!!
2007-07-21 18:54:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Congrats on building your own system. It can be very rewarding. Now the case you purchased is an ATX case, so I would consider purchasing an ATX motherboard. 450w power supply is more than ample to power you processor and your drives. I really like using newegg to get the items I want. I can go to the site and there are plenty of stats so that I can make sure everything is going to be compatible.
http://www.newegg.com/
also heres a link for 939 chipset motherboards
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010200022+1070907495&Configurator=&Subcategory=22&description=&Ntk=&srchInDesc=
2007-07-21 15:52:58 · answer #2 · answered by Connor 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋