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| Emachine 150DVD - Upgrade Suggestions; Grateful for Some Advice Please | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Dec 30 2004, 11:49 AM (120 Views) | |
| Fred007 | Dec 30 2004, 11:49 AM Post #1 |
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I have an old 150DVD with a socket 370 Intel Celeron 1200 Mhz Chip and a Lomita Motherboard - Intel Chip i810e & an 18 Gig HD. What is the most economical upgrade please. I have thoughts of replacing the chip and motherboard with a top of the range chip/board but being an amateur at this, I would like to do something that is fairly safe rather than drill holes for a new motherboard etc. I would be grateful for any suggestions. Many thanks and Happy New Year ! |
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| TD25x | Dec 30 2004, 12:30 PM Post #2 |
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"Economical" and "top of the range chip/board" don't go together.....plus, you don't have to drill holes to swap mobo's............unless you just really want too... |
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| Fred007 | Dec 30 2004, 02:36 PM Post #3 |
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TD, Thanks - bearing in mind what I have present - what would you suggest within the space envelope of my current motherboard to bring it up to a modern spec with plenty of upgrade potential. Kind regards, Fred |
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| TD25x | Dec 30 2004, 04:19 PM Post #4 |
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Fred, you don't have too many upgrade options with the Lomita mobo. It maxes out at 1.4Ghz and no AGP slot. Not a very feature rich mobo. If you want to take the non-economical approach, THIS MOBO will support just about any socket 478 cpu, has 2 SATA ports, on-board audio, firewire, LAN and video BUT does have an 8x AGP slot. |
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T5224 ‡ Intel DG33TLM ‡ Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 ‡ 2 x 1GB Crucial PC6400 DDR2 ‡ EVGA GeForce 8800GT 512MB ‡ 1- WD 80GB SATA2 10,000RPM Raptor ‡ 1- WD 1.0TB SATA3 7200RPM ‡ Samsung 22x DVD-RW SH-S222L ‡ Corsair AX750W PSU ‡ Win7 Ult x64 ‡ Logitech wireless keyboard & mouse ‡ DELL - UltraSharp 2408WFP 24-inch Flat Panel ‡ Bose Companion 3 speakers | |
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| Fred007 | Jan 1 2005, 05:56 AM Post #5 |
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Many thanks for your help - much appreciated. Happy New Year !! |
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