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Hardware / Planning a major upgrade. Need help.
« on: March 21, 2005, 04:39:12 AM »
Greetings everyone. I'm new here and I'm not sure if this is where this topic should go but I guess I'll post it in here anyway.
I am planning a major upgrade for my computer. I do not have very much experience in this area but I have seen someone do it before. And I have also taken computers apart so I know where everything goes, for the most part.
I guess I'm looking for some sort of tutorial or some kind of instruction to walk me through the upgrade so I don't mess anything up.
Here's a list of my current specs along with a list of the upgrades I plan to get.
CURRENT SPECS:
Motherboard: MSI K7T Turbo2
Processor: AMD Duron 1.3Ghz
128MB SDRAM - 100Mhz - PC100
8X CD-RW
UPGRADES:
Kingwin Mutant X MTX425SW Windowed Computer Case with Front USB 2.0 Ports, Front Audio Output, Front Firewire Ports, 80mm Rear and Front Fan, 80mm Side LED Fan, Clear Acrylic Side Window , 420W Power Supply (Silver)
Sony DW-D26A 16x6x16x DVD-R/RW 16x6x16x DVD+R/RW and 48x24x48x CD-R/RW 8.4GB 4X +R9 Dual-Layer IDE Optical Burner Drive (Black, OEM)
Sony DDU-1613 16x DVD-ROM 40x CD-ROM IDE Optical Drive (Black, OEM)
Western Digital 120GB ATA/100 7200RPM EIDE Hard Drive: WD 1200BB
512MB PC100 SDRAM CL2 168-Pin Dimm PC Memory RAM
Sony 3.5 Inch 1.44 MB Floppy Disk Drive
Am I missing anything important (besides the cables)? Should I change an item for something else?
By the way, I'm getting all of the upgrades from www.xpcgear.com.
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So, that's pretty much it. Time for an upgrade wouldn't you say? If anyone here knows of a good tutorial/walkthrough, I'd really appreciate it if you'd point me in the right direction.
Thanks for reading this really long post.
I am planning a major upgrade for my computer. I do not have very much experience in this area but I have seen someone do it before. And I have also taken computers apart so I know where everything goes, for the most part.
I guess I'm looking for some sort of tutorial or some kind of instruction to walk me through the upgrade so I don't mess anything up.
Here's a list of my current specs along with a list of the upgrades I plan to get.
CURRENT SPECS:
Motherboard: MSI K7T Turbo2
Processor: AMD Duron 1.3Ghz
128MB SDRAM - 100Mhz - PC100
8X CD-RW
UPGRADES:
Kingwin Mutant X MTX425SW Windowed Computer Case with Front USB 2.0 Ports, Front Audio Output, Front Firewire Ports, 80mm Rear and Front Fan, 80mm Side LED Fan, Clear Acrylic Side Window , 420W Power Supply (Silver)
Sony DW-D26A 16x6x16x DVD-R/RW 16x6x16x DVD+R/RW and 48x24x48x CD-R/RW 8.4GB 4X +R9 Dual-Layer IDE Optical Burner Drive (Black, OEM)
Sony DDU-1613 16x DVD-ROM 40x CD-ROM IDE Optical Drive (Black, OEM)
Western Digital 120GB ATA/100 7200RPM EIDE Hard Drive: WD 1200BB
512MB PC100 SDRAM CL2 168-Pin Dimm PC Memory RAM
Sony 3.5 Inch 1.44 MB Floppy Disk Drive
Am I missing anything important (besides the cables)? Should I change an item for something else?
By the way, I'm getting all of the upgrades from www.xpcgear.com.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
So, that's pretty much it. Time for an upgrade wouldn't you say? If anyone here knows of a good tutorial/walkthrough, I'd really appreciate it if you'd point me in the right direction.
Thanks for reading this really long post.