satanic-yobbo
December 1st, 2010, 06:01 AM
ok .. i currently have a throw together system that is working reasonably well but i want to do some hardware upgrades, namely MOBO and processor . my system is currently :
2.60 gigahertz AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core
256 kilobyte primary memory cache
1024 kilobyte secondary memory cache
64-bit ready
Multi-core (2 total)
Not hyper-threaded
Board: MICRO-STAR INTERANTONAL CO.,LTD MS-7302 1.0
Bus Clock: 200 megahertz
BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. V1.2 04/30/2008
4096 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory
Slot 'DIMM0' has 2048 MB
Slot 'DIMM1' has 2048 MB
NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 [Display adapter]
BenQ BenQT221W [Monitor] (21.7"vis, s/n L3803172026, March 2008)
DELL E228WFP [Monitor] (22.0"vis, s/n G430H89T067S, October 2008)
1440.29 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
1000.89 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space
TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S203D ATA Device [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]
SAMSUNG HD321KJ ATA Device [Hard drive] (320.07 GB) -- drive 2, s/n S0MQJDWQ202883, SMART Status: Healthy
ST3120022A ATA Device [Hard drive] (120.03 GB) -- drive 1, s/n 3JT3TWC3, SMART Status: Healthy
WDC WD10EAVS-00D7B1 [Hard drive] (1000.20 GB) -- drive 0, s/n WD-WCAU45781866, rev 01.01A01, SMART Status: Healthy
i dual boot 7 and ubuntu. any suggestions on upgrades that wont cost the earth .. video card is newly purchased so not really wanting to change that out .. but everything else is fair game .. decent mobo and processor is the main thing though
2.60 gigahertz AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core
256 kilobyte primary memory cache
1024 kilobyte secondary memory cache
64-bit ready
Multi-core (2 total)
Not hyper-threaded
Board: MICRO-STAR INTERANTONAL CO.,LTD MS-7302 1.0
Bus Clock: 200 megahertz
BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. V1.2 04/30/2008
4096 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory
Slot 'DIMM0' has 2048 MB
Slot 'DIMM1' has 2048 MB
NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 [Display adapter]
BenQ BenQT221W [Monitor] (21.7"vis, s/n L3803172026, March 2008)
DELL E228WFP [Monitor] (22.0"vis, s/n G430H89T067S, October 2008)
1440.29 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
1000.89 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space
TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S203D ATA Device [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]
SAMSUNG HD321KJ ATA Device [Hard drive] (320.07 GB) -- drive 2, s/n S0MQJDWQ202883, SMART Status: Healthy
ST3120022A ATA Device [Hard drive] (120.03 GB) -- drive 1, s/n 3JT3TWC3, SMART Status: Healthy
WDC WD10EAVS-00D7B1 [Hard drive] (1000.20 GB) -- drive 0, s/n WD-WCAU45781866, rev 01.01A01, SMART Status: Healthy
i dual boot 7 and ubuntu. any suggestions on upgrades that wont cost the earth .. video card is newly purchased so not really wanting to change that out .. but everything else is fair game .. decent mobo and processor is the main thing though