Motherboard upgrade help

[bruiser87]

hello im looking to do a mobo upgrade but i would like to use the ram i have in my pc atm ddr2 (6gb of the shit 2x 2gb 2x 1gb) im currently running a P5L-VM 1394 is their any over boards for cheap that will let me do gaming it will be going in a full atx case also need a pci express slot cheers

[(FIH) The Don]

1. where do you live?

2. a budget?

3. what memory do you have?

[bruiser87]

i live in adelaide, prolly a couple of hundred ($200-250) i have ddr2 ram 6gb of it running i have 2 1.5tb hdd ready to go on it im looking for a graphic card atm i want a good one prolly a couple of hundred for that 2

[(FIH) The Don]

uuuuuhm adelaide? Australia or what?

if so then i have 0 idea from where you should by the things,

what cpu do you have?

[bruiser87]

yea aus, none yet looking at the i7

[bruiser87]

i want a pritty powerful dual core or even a quad core i realy not sure im new to this type of stuff

[(FIH) The Don]

you cant use DDR2 with an i7, for that you need either dual channel low voltage (1.65v or lower) ddr3 memory or tripplechannel low voltage (1.65v) ddr3 memory
you wanna build a new rig or just doing a upgrade?

do you have any hardware atm?

[bruiser87]

im running a P5L-VM 1394 mobo atm i wanted to use the parts from that not including psu or cpu or mobo just the ram hdds and dvd burners

[(FIH) The Don]

yeah well you can not use your old memory with the i7 that youre looking at

if you wanna go i7 then this is good

MB http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...20ga-p55a-ud4p
CPU http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-214-_-Product
or this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-215-_-Product
memory http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231278
but as i said before then i dont know any aussie hw stores, so someone from aus has to find one.
but that gives you an idea of how much it would cost you,

[theonedub]

If you want to reuse the RAM he can always go the AMD route, probably cheaper as well.

[(FIH) The Don]

yes he could

it was only because he mentioned the i7 i explained what he could get and how much it would cost him

[bruiser87]

i had a look and i dont think i would need the i7 all i want to do is run windows vista home and play games the mobo i have now plays all the games i want now im thinking just to swap th matx in to a standerd atx case and mod the hell out of it with a new psu new cpu (any ideas what i can chuck in it) new graphic card (looking at 5770) maybe afew 120mm fans and the aero touch 2000 the new case im getting u can see here http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI....=STRK:MEWNX:IT

[_JP_]

Humpf, I give up...

Besides...Vista Home?? Geez, with a upgrade path like that your are just going to kill performance with Vista...Does windows 7 ring a bell?

[Frick]

Originally Posted by _JP_

Besides...Vista Home?? Geez, with a upgrade path like that your are just going to kill performance with Vista...Does windows 7 ring a bell?

Wait what? W7 has better performance than Vista? Since when, and why? Makes no sense.

EDIT: Have looked at it, and it's not true. If there are differences, the are not exactly noticable, and sometimes Vista is faster than 7.

[bruiser87]

i thought abaut the windows 7 path but i dont like the interface and i have vista home running on it now it says it has 6gb of ram also belarc adviser said i had 6gb as well with windows rating of 4.4 not to sure what that means lol the cpu set at 3.6 which runs hot as a bitch and dont no how to reset the overclocking

Operating System System Model
Windows Vista Home Basic Service Pack 1 (build 6001)
Install Language: English (United States)
System Locale: English (United States) No details available
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
3.60 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4
16 kilobyte primary memory cache
2048 kilobyte secondary memory cache
64-bit ready
Hyper-threaded (2 total) Board: ASUSTeK Computer INC. P5L-VM 1394 Rev 1.xx
Bus Clock: 200 megahertz
BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 0701 09/26/2007
Drives Memory Modules c,d
480.02 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
307.66 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GSA-H22N ATA Device [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]

Hitachi HTS543232L9A300 [Hard drive] (320.07 GB) -- drive 1, s/n 090306FB2406LEKLN9RH, rev FB4OC40C, SMART Status: Healthy
Sony Storage Media USB Device [Hard drive] (2.00 GB) -- drive 2, s/n ¬
ST3160215A [Hard drive] (160.04 GB) -- drive 0, s/n 9RA1QR63, rev 3.AAD, SMART Status: Healthy
3200 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory

Slot 'DIMM0' has 2048 MB
Slot 'DIMM1' has 1024 MB
Slot 'DIMM2' has 2048 MB
Slot 'DIMM3' has 1024 MB
Local Drive Volumes

c: (NTFS on drive 0) 160.03 GB 75.93 GB free
d: (FAT32 on drive 1) 319.99 GB 231.72 GB free
Display
NVIDIA GeForce 6800 [Display adapter]

Multimedia
High Definition Audio Device

[brandonwh64]

lol your 320GB driver is running FAT32. i would reformat that to NTFS for the reason of you cannot transfer a file thats more than 4gb in size over to that drive.

[bruiser87]

yea i no i havent got around to doing it yet lol

[brandonwh64]

I was just looking at the motherboard you have there and it doesnt support quads (from neweggs site)

if i were you i would just do a full upgrade to a AM3 setup for gaming and be done with it!

[bruiser87]

what would some thing like that cost and would the mobo fit in the case ive just paid for lol

[brandonwh64]

yea it should as long as the case is atleast a mid tower. hold on ill make up a estimate

[JrRacinFan]

Which case?

[bruiser87]

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI....=STRK:MEWNX:IT (this one)

[bruiser87]

yea its a mid tower

[JrRacinFan]

Originally Posted by bruiser87

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI....=STRK:MEWNX:IT (this one)

Your link is broken. Also, I am in the middle of looking for an au online shop as we speak.

[bruiser87]

its a Ikonik A30 TARAN Black Transparent PC Case bought off ebay