Hello,
I'm planning ahead a little with my budget...
Within a ~year (By June '08 at the most), I plan on upgrading to a PCI-express (16x hopefully) capable motherboard, (No idea which one; haven't looked at PC hardware ever since the advent of PCI-Express.) as it seems AGP video cards are falling behind quite a bit nowadays compared to their PCI-Express counterparts.
However, looking at the current parts I have, I fear I won't be able to salvage anything from it. I'm using basically an old "hand-me-down" Alienware from my uncle from a few years back.
Here is my current setup:
* Alienware Case
- D875PBZ Intel Motherboard (Intel Link here)
- Pentium 4 3.2GHZ (800mhz Front-Side Bus)
- A Zalman Heatsink (Sorry, I can't remember the model, I'll look around later if I still have the packaging.)
- 1.5GB DDR PC3200 RAM
- 200gb ATA Western Digital HD
- Creative Soundblaster Audigy 2 6.1
- 16x DVD Rom
- SONY DRU510-A DVD RW
- Nvidia 5900 Ultra 256MB
- ANTEC Neopower 480Watt ATX12V v2.0
Am I screwed, or is the money saved from reusing old parts considerable? I'm hoping for a mid-range system.
Sorry if my english is bad.
Thanks.
I'm planning ahead a little with my budget...
Within a ~year (By June '08 at the most), I plan on upgrading to a PCI-express (16x hopefully) capable motherboard, (No idea which one; haven't looked at PC hardware ever since the advent of PCI-Express.) as it seems AGP video cards are falling behind quite a bit nowadays compared to their PCI-Express counterparts.
However, looking at the current parts I have, I fear I won't be able to salvage anything from it. I'm using basically an old "hand-me-down" Alienware from my uncle from a few years back.
Here is my current setup:
* Alienware Case
- D875PBZ Intel Motherboard (Intel Link here)
- Pentium 4 3.2GHZ (800mhz Front-Side Bus)
- A Zalman Heatsink (Sorry, I can't remember the model, I'll look around later if I still have the packaging.)
- 1.5GB DDR PC3200 RAM
- 200gb ATA Western Digital HD
- Creative Soundblaster Audigy 2 6.1
- 16x DVD Rom
- SONY DRU510-A DVD RW
- Nvidia 5900 Ultra 256MB
- ANTEC Neopower 480Watt ATX12V v2.0
Am I screwed, or is the money saved from reusing old parts considerable? I'm hoping for a mid-range system.
Sorry if my english is bad.
Thanks.