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Hardware => Hardware => Topic started by: Doc on December 08, 2006, 09:52:27 PM
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Hi all,
A month or so ago I posted because I fried my motherboard and possibly my CPU. Since then I have been getting parts to build a new machine and I have one question maybe someone can help me with.
What I bought so far:
Pentium Core2 Duo, E6300, 1.86GHz processor
Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-TO5-UW case
Coolmax SLI CXI-500B ATX v2.01 power supply
Gigabyte GV-NX76G256D-RH GeForce 7600GS 256MB PCI-E video card w/ Silent Pipe heatsink
I had a couple different motherboards in mind but I think I'm going to wait for an Nvidia 650i SLI board which should be coming out soon. The 680i's are already out but I really don't need that much firepower at that price. I'm not a big gamer and not an overclocker....yet...lol. One reason to wait for the 650i is that it has 2 IDE connector's as well as the SATA's so I can use my ATA hard drives as well as my CD/DVD drives. Which leads me to this question:
Is it feasible to just install the Maxstor 80GB hard drive I have now (running Windows 2000, SP4) and would there be a lot of pre-install work to do? Or would it be better to get a new SATA drive (looking at a Seagate 7200.10) and reinstall Win2k? I have a lot of CAD stuff and utilities that would be a pain to reinstall. Would a Ghost image work on a new drive or possibly the Disk Wizard that Seagate has which transfers the old drive contents to the new drive?
Anyone see any potential problems with either direction I go? I'd like to go the easiest possible route but not if it's going to screw things up for me. Thanks in advance.
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The 7600 GS is not a good card price/performance wise.
I suppose if u already have the 7600 GS, u could buy another and have them work together in SLi, but its a waste of money, because for the price of 2 of these u could have gotten a much better card, and then bought another after some time has passes - thats the whole point of SLi, buying a single card that costs like 2, and then another identical card after a while.
You can buy an extra PCI, IDE connecter and have as many IDE slots as u want.
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As major components are being replaced thr Ghost image might not run properly on the new rig. I have seen this fixed however with a repair install of Win2k.
If you do a clean install of Win2k on the Sata you should be able to run all your apps that are on the IDE drive.
But i would try ghosting the new drive to see if it works. If not you can format and do your clean install and then add your old drive as a slave.
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Thanks, Track. I guess I should have posted this question earlier but I guess I can always upgrade as I go along ;D
Thanks, Patio. I might try ghosting first and if it protests too much then do a clean install. I'll find out when I try it, I suppose..lol
Any thoughts about the PSU? I had someone tell me today that it might not run this system good enough.
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Thanks, Track. I guess I should have posted this question earlier but I guess I can always upgrade as I go along ;D
Thanks, Patio. I might try ghosting first and if it protests too much then do a clean install. I'll find out when I try it, I suppose..lol
Any thoughts about the PSU? I had someone tell me today that it might not run this system good enough.
Its not bad.. enough for a 7600 GS thats for sure.