System upgrade .....wow!!

DREEMTHEEF · Apr 27, 2003

Thanks for reading….

After a long time of using a PIII @ 866Mhz with 384Mb Ram PC133, running windows 2000 Pro (sp2) I decided it was time for an upgrade, without spending a fortune.

Decided to go for a GA-7VKMLS mobo (so I could continue to use the same memory) and an AMD Athlon XP 2200+

The movie Showtime, this took me just over six and a half hours with my old system, with my new system it took just two hours.

The mobo has onboard 32Mb shared memory graphics but still runs DVD playback without a problem and all of the games I have run just fine.
Also has onboard LAN connector so I’ve freed up one of my PCI slots, as I don’t need to use my PCI LAN 10/100 network card.

All in all, very happy, major speed up without a big outlay of cash $$$$.

….DreeM

woody · Apr 27, 2003

Nice work ..seems like you did your homework!

DREEMTHEEF · Apr 27, 2003

Cheers Woody.....I'm very pleased...no more overnight encoding for me

....DreeM

Geoff · Apr 27, 2003

So what do you do with the time you've gained then Dreemtheef, surely you can't tell us that you use it for sleeping?? lol

Lister · Apr 28, 2003

sleep whats that???

DREEMTHEEF · Apr 28, 2003

....not sure but I know for a fact the wife will dream something up....LOL

....DreeM

Geoff · Apr 28, 2003

My Wife calls it selective deafness if I close my eyes for more than five seconds. It's just not fair, it took me ages to perfect that mode. lol

Mosher · May 4, 2003

Hey Dreemteef!

Just curious how much all up for the mobo and CPU?

and where abouts did you get them from?

Mosher

DREEMTHEEF · May 5, 2003

Not sure if it's the cheapest place but I got the parts from Tigerdirect.com

The mobo was about $53 and the CPU was $90

....DreeM