doug Posted November 19, 2003 Report Share Posted November 19, 2003 As the fun season approaches I've been dropping hints to family that for Christmas I would appreciate my presents to be money to... i.e. I can put it all together and go for somat or other.Been thinking about upgrading my hardware now XP Pro is up and running and my concern regarding my old scanner is no longer an issue. My basic system is as follows:-Elite K7S5A mobo ver 3.1AMD Duron 800 Mhz256 M SDR RamBeen thinking about an AMD Athlon CPU and 512 M DDR Ram. The mobo supports 266 fsb. If I'm limited to which item to concentrate on should I go for memory first ~£50 or an AMD Athlon XP 2400 ~£63. I can always an another 512 M memory module later. Proposing to hang on to the mobo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artist Posted November 19, 2003 Report Share Posted November 19, 2003 I'd LOVE a laptop - no chance :( - so I won't have to leave the comp at home when we go away. Sigh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Grim Reaper Posted November 19, 2003 Report Share Posted November 19, 2003 memory should be your top priority if your cpu copes with all that you throw at it. if not then go the cpu route...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug Posted November 19, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2003 Have started to do some digging. The mobo manual says version 3.1a but belarc Advisor says the mobo is ECS K7S5A 1.0. Also, The Duron is listed as just Duron 800. Do I just slam in some DDR ram or how can I find what the mobo will take, provided the cpu can stand it ready for an AMD XP cpu later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Grim Reaper Posted November 19, 2003 Report Share Posted November 19, 2003 here is the spec sheet for your mobo. It can take either DDR or SDR memory, a duron or athlon chip. it could take 2 memory modules, so multiply the highest module capacity by two and there is your maximum memory!!i think that you will see more of a system improvement with more memory than a faster cpu at this time...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug Posted November 19, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2003 Thanks LL. Have been getting a bit lost trying to trawl through the specs. Next question - are all DDR266 rams the same. I'm thinking of sticking a 512 M module in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Grim Reaper Posted November 19, 2003 Report Share Posted November 19, 2003 here is the memory page at crucial that details all the sort of memory available for your mobo in sizes and types.your mobo can take all of the types however you will only see a benefit from the pc2100 modules as your mobo only has a mem speed of 266....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug Posted November 19, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2003 Thank you very much. That has saved me a lot of searching and head aches. At £50 I'm already half way there from my Daddy's day pressy. :D I think a resolved chitty is now due. When I consider the cpu I'll start another thread.PS. are we still doing resolved chitties. Haven't noticed them lately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Grim Reaper Posted November 19, 2003 Report Share Posted November 19, 2003 I think a resolved chitty is now due. When I consider the cpu I'll start another thread.PS. are we still doing resolved chitties. Haven't noticed them lately.your wish, my command......re the resolved chitty....not sure but seeing as you asked!! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted November 19, 2003 Report Share Posted November 19, 2003 Just a quick point.You can only install a CPU upto 1400Mhz on that version of the mobo Ver 1.0 i am not sure if a bios update will im prove this.If it is a ver 3.1 mobo then that will take upto 2400XP i think.The ver 3.1 came out in july 2002.One way to check for sure, is to look at the version number stamped on the board at the bottom left corner.Good luckTony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted November 19, 2003 Report Share Posted November 19, 2003 I'm thinking of this beautyYou can share mine....my little artistA BIG think needed though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artist Posted November 20, 2003 Report Share Posted November 20, 2003 I'm thinking of this beautyYou can share mine....my little artistA BIG think needed though.One each would be better! :) Couldn't see the price? :huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted November 20, 2003 Report Share Posted November 20, 2003 I have a 2.4 GHz Pentium 4 and 512 DDR, I am asking for another 512 DDR. It will be very handy for photo editing and general publisher work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Grim Reaper Posted November 20, 2003 Report Share Posted November 20, 2003 I'm thinking of this beautyYou can share mine....my little artistA BIG think needed though.i read a review on this that said it was all looks and no substance...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artist Posted November 20, 2003 Report Share Posted November 20, 2003 Ah, well - I won't bother then! :lol: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted November 20, 2003 Report Share Posted November 20, 2003 Ah, well - I won't bother then! :lol: :lol:WhAt AbOuT mE bAbY? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug Posted December 4, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2003 Resurrecting this thread. Regarding the Ram I'm going for 512 M PC2100. However, I note that there seem to be several versions of it. Any suggestions as to which I should go for? 1zhelp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nellie2 Posted December 4, 2003 Report Share Posted December 4, 2003 Why PC2100?? there is very little difference in the price between PC2100 and PC2700........ you may as well get the PC2700 with more ooomph!! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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