Upgrade/Conversion questions...

[dopefeedback]

Hello.

Beeing the poor student I am, I'm now considering upgrading my system instead of buying an entire new box. My system right now:

Jetway 993AN(Via Chipset) Mobo
Celeron 600 CPU
192 Mb PC100 SDRAM
TNT2 M64 32Mb AGP Gfxboard
2 ATA66 IDE Harddrives(1 Fujitsu & 1 IBM)
Samsung CD-Rom
Sony CD-RW
Midtower ATX case.

My Upgrade components & Questions:

ABIT KT-7A 266 RAID Mobo:

What Case should I get. Do I need a 300W Power supply or does 250W cut it? Is there any difference in powersupply connectors?

Also, can you use the PC100 RAM on this board until one can afford to buy PC2100 266MHz SDRAM?

AMD Thunderbird 1,2GHz 266Mhz FSB CPU:

With the PC2100 this upgrade will cost me about $560 where I checked prices now(www.pcwinner.nu). Can I get it cheaper somewhere else that ships worldwide? I'm in sweden so they have to ship it here cheap. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

Anything else I haven't thought of? Thankful for help.

/David
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Ok, I can't use PC2100 on that board. Heh, my bad. Is there a similar board where I can use the DDR RAM? Any recommendations?

I have an ATX case, but I intend to keep my old parts as well, because I might rebuild the old computer for fileserving purposes and such or upgrade my parent's old 300MHz box.

Thanks for the help.

/David
[This message has been edited by dopefeedback (edited 08-01-2001).]

Back again:
Indeed I could save up for an entire set of components, but then it would take a very long time. Now I think I can afford the PC2100 RAM Since I found it cheaper at another reseller.

It will be at least three months until I can afford the upgrade, and then I might be able to get better stuff.

..."the computer will never be faster than it's weakest link" (not a perfect quote tho...heh...well this statement is not entirely true, if I've understood everything correctly. Since I'm replacing almost all of the vital parts of the computer it should be a significant improvement.

Are you referring to my slooow harddrives? Once I can afford to replace them too, I'll propably go for SCSI drives.

BTW, what about ASUS Mobo's? Anything to go for?

Thanks Again.
/David
[This message has been edited by dopefeedback (edited 08-01-2001).]

Hey, me again getting on yer nerves. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif

Another question, I also have thoughs about going over to W2K instead of W98. But I'm not sure wheter all my apps can run under W2K. Can you run W98 Apps under W2K?

Live well.
/David

[This message has been edited by dopefeedback (edited 08-01-2001).]

[This message has been edited by dopefeedback (edited 08-02-2001).]

[SPEEDO]

You will need an ATX case if you do not have one already.
300 watt power supply minimum.
You may use PC100 ram.
Upgrade to PC133 is compatable.
You cannot use DDR PC2100 ram on this board.
Go to http://www.abit.com

[RayH]

If you are really that tight on money, I suggest you save until you can afford the whole "ideal" matched components!

There doesn't really seem to be anything wrong with what you got! Remember, the weakest link in the compute is as fast as it will go!

[This message has been edited by RayH (edited 08-01-2001).]