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Upgrading my system.

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Posted 04 June 2007 - 03:51 PM

I am currently running my gaming system off a HP base with an ATI Radeon X1650 pro 512MB, 768MB ram, and a 1.8 GHz Athalon XP 2200+ The system bus is only 266MHz. I am curious if a new motherboard (with a higher system bus) would be a significan increase, also is 1.8GHz the highest my processor can naturally run at without overclocking? Also, I need a power supply to run my graphics card fully, but its not a standard size power supply, its larger than a baby ATX but smaller thann a full sized tower ATX, 350 watts is what im shootin for but not looking to spend much over 50 bucks, know anywhere I might find one?
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Posted 04 June 2007 - 05:12 PM

Considering that if you manage to find a motherboard which is compatible with the RAM you have in your current system, and which will fit in your case, etc, etc , etc, it will probably be cheaper in the long run to buy a new low end to mid level computer, which will almost certainly be faster than what you have now IMHO.
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Posted 04 June 2007 - 05:51 PM

[quote name='mcbarker']Considering that if you manage to find a motherboard which is compatible with the RAM you have in your current system, and which will fit in your case, etc, etc , etc, it will probably be cheaper in the long run to buy a new low end to mid level computer, which will almost certainly be faster than what you have now IMHO.I would, but AGP is no longer supported in new machines, my ATI Radeon X1650 pro is nearly brand new and its AGP. My tower is a mid tower with a mini atx board. 2 drive bays visible, 2 hdd bays hidden and a floppy bay. usb ports in front. its not a small computer, but its not big either. 3 PCI slots and an AGP slot.
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