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From: bigdaddy on 27 Aug 2007 10:17 Hi all I am running Abit Kr7a with AMD 1700 CPU and 1 GB Memory. I use photoshop and Adobe premier occasionally. Now I want to upgrade to something better, but using my Hard Drives, TV Card, Lan Card and Matrox Grafic Card from my old mobo. I like to stick to ATA though as I can not afford two hard drives right now. I do not want top of the range Mobo and CPU, which I can not afford. Something cheaper but very stable combination. Thanks for your suggestions.
From: c on 27 Aug 2007 13:29 bigdaddy wrote: > Hi all > > I am running Abit Kr7a with AMD 1700 CPU and 1 GB Memory. I use > photoshop and Adobe premier occasionally. Now I want to upgrade to > something better, but using my Hard Drives, TV Card, Lan Card and > Matrox Grafic Card from my old mobo. I like to stick to ATA though as > I can not afford two hard drives right now. > > I do not want top of the range Mobo and CPU, which I can not afford. > Something cheaper but very stable combination. > > Thanks for your suggestions. Limiting yourself to using an AGP card will greatly effect your upgrade. If you stick with an AMD processor, I think the farthest you will be able to upgrade will be to socket 939, and even then you will be quite limited on your board selection. Socket 939 boards are already being phased out for socket AM2. Also, your memory will be limited to DDR which has gone up in price over DDR2. I would seriously rethink keeping the video card. Many of the newest motherboards still support ATA, or you can use an add on card. I don't know what model video card you have, but there is more than likely an inexpensive PCIe card that will out perform it. Probably the best to wait until you can afford the PCIe video card. Chris
From: Wes Newell on 27 Aug 2007 14:46 On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:29:18 -0500, c wrote: > bigdaddy wrote: >> Hi all >> >> I am running Abit Kr7a with AMD 1700 CPU and 1 GB Memory. I use >> photoshop and Adobe premier occasionally. Now I want to upgrade to >> something better, but using my Hard Drives, TV Card, Lan Card and >> Matrox Grafic Card from my old mobo. I like to stick to ATA though as >> I can not afford two hard drives right now. >> >> I do not want top of the range Mobo and CPU, which I can not afford. >> Something cheaper but very stable combination. >> >> Thanks for your suggestions. > > Limiting yourself to using an AGP card will greatly effect your upgrade. > If you stick with an AMD processor, I think the farthest you will be > able to upgrade will be to socket 939, and even then you will be quite > limited on your board selection. Socket 939 boards are already being > phased out for socket AM2. > No, they make several AM2 boards that have AGP slots still. this looks like a decent one. http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=AM2NF3-VSTA&s=AM2 > Also, your memory will be limited to DDR which has gone up in price over > DDR2. I would seriously rethink keeping the video card. Many of the > newest motherboards still support ATA, or you can use an add on card. > > I don't know what model video card you have, but there is more than > likely an inexpensive PCIe card that will out perform it. Probably the > best to wait until you can afford the PCIe video card. > > Chris I've got a couple of Geforce 6100 AM2 boards that I watch HDTV on using the onboard video. Works fine. Almost everyone makes 6100 MB's in all sizes. -- Want the ultimate in free OTA SD/HDTV Recorder? http://mythtv.org http://mysettopbox.tv/knoppmyth.html Usenet alt.video.ptv.mythtv My server http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/cpu.php HD Tivo S3 compared http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/mythtivo.htm
From: c on 27 Aug 2007 18:53 Wes Newell wrote: > On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:29:18 -0500, c wrote: > >> bigdaddy wrote: >>> Hi all >>> >>> I am running Abit Kr7a with AMD 1700 CPU and 1 GB Memory. I use >>> photoshop and Adobe premier occasionally. Now I want to upgrade to >>> something better, but using my Hard Drives, TV Card, Lan Card and >>> Matrox Grafic Card from my old mobo. I like to stick to ATA though as >>> I can not afford two hard drives right now. >>> >>> I do not want top of the range Mobo and CPU, which I can not afford. >>> Something cheaper but very stable combination. >>> >>> Thanks for your suggestions. >> Limiting yourself to using an AGP card will greatly effect your upgrade. >> If you stick with an AMD processor, I think the farthest you will be >> able to upgrade will be to socket 939, and even then you will be quite >> limited on your board selection. Socket 939 boards are already being >> phased out for socket AM2. >> > No, they make several AM2 boards that have AGP slots still. this looks > like a decent one. > > http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=AM2NF3-VSTA&s=AM2 > >> Also, your memory will be limited to DDR which has gone up in price over >> DDR2. I would seriously rethink keeping the video card. Many of the >> newest motherboards still support ATA, or you can use an add on card. >> >> I don't know what model video card you have, but there is more than >> likely an inexpensive PCIe card that will out perform it. Probably the >> best to wait until you can afford the PCIe video card. >> >> Chris > > I've got a couple of Geforce 6100 AM2 boards that I watch HDTV on using > the onboard video. Works fine. Almost everyone makes 6100 MB's in all > sizes. > My bad. I just glanced at Abit's site and did not see an AGP AM2 board. I think I would still go your route with the onboard and save my money for a PCIe card. The ability to upgrade in the future will be much better, but that depends on the OP's desire to keep his original card. Chris
From: bigdaddy on 28 Aug 2007 02:52 On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 17:53:40 -0500, c <c(a)me.org> wrote: >Wes Newell wrote: >> On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:29:18 -0500, c wrote: >> >>> bigdaddy wrote: >>>> Hi all >>>> >>>> I am running Abit Kr7a with AMD 1700 CPU and 1 GB Memory. I use >>>> photoshop and Adobe premier occasionally. Now I want to upgrade to >>>> something better, but using my Hard Drives, TV Card, Lan Card and >>>> Matrox Grafic Card from my old mobo. I like to stick to ATA though as >>>> I can not afford two hard drives right now. >>>> >>>> I do not want top of the range Mobo and CPU, which I can not afford. >>>> Something cheaper but very stable combination. >>>> >>>> Thanks for your suggestions. >>> Limiting yourself to using an AGP card will greatly effect your upgrade. >>> If you stick with an AMD processor, I think the farthest you will be >>> able to upgrade will be to socket 939, and even then you will be quite >>> limited on your board selection. Socket 939 boards are already being >>> phased out for socket AM2. >>> >> No, they make several AM2 boards that have AGP slots still. this looks >> like a decent one. >> >> http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=AM2NF3-VSTA&s=AM2 >> >>> Also, your memory will be limited to DDR which has gone up in price over >>> DDR2. I would seriously rethink keeping the video card. Many of the >>> newest motherboards still support ATA, or you can use an add on card. >>> >>> I don't know what model video card you have, but there is more than >>> likely an inexpensive PCIe card that will out perform it. Probably the >>> best to wait until you can afford the PCIe video card. >>> >>> Chris >> >> I've got a couple of Geforce 6100 AM2 boards that I watch HDTV on using >> the onboard video. Works fine. Almost everyone makes 6100 MB's in all >> sizes. >> > > >My bad. I just glanced at Abit's site and did not see an AGP AM2 board. >I think I would still go your route with the onboard and save my money >for a PCIe card. The ability to upgrade in the future will be much >better, but that depends on the OP's desire to keep his original card. > >Chris Thanks all for your suggestions. The idea of using Matrox card etc. was to minimize the expenses. But as some good folks suggested, it is better to find a m/board with onboard Video. But I do not know which is a better proposition, on board Video or separate Video Card. But I still wants to retain my ATA Hard Disks because of the huge DATA I have on them.
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