no one said:
Hi, I am new to this, I have a gateway g6 350 that I have used from 98.
I need to upgrade but would like to reuse my 2 20 gig hd's stv sound card,
and sdram (1 256 meg 1 128 meg chip) and cdrw.....
So, what Mother board ? I would like to have both drr and sdram slots.
Thinking intel cpu.
Any bare bone systems out there, trying to keep this under $300 - $400
That's a pretty tall order. First, you need to forget about reusing your
RAM. If you can find a mainboard with both, it will be a mainboard that you
do not want. But new RAM will cost you about forty bucks, up to $60 if you
want 384 or $80 if you want 512. That leaves you ~$300. From a G6 350,
just about anything would be a significant upgrade. But you'll need a new
case and power supply (at least a new power supply, which is most of the
cost of a new case anyway). I don't know what an stv sound card is. It's
possible the onboard sound of a new motherboard would actually be better.
But it shouldn't be a problem to use your old sound card in a new system, as
long as your old sound card is PCI. So basically, you need case, power
supply, mainboard and CPU for about $300. Then spend whatever you can
afford on DDR400 RAM to complete it. Let's see . . .
The following barebone system from mwave includes all that, and 512MB of
DDR400 Ram within your price range.
YB13 -BA14423 -BA20060 -BA19299 -BA08603 - - INTEL PENTIUM 4 - 478
SYSTEMS (BLACK)
Details (ENLIGHT 7250B; MSI 848P NEO-V; PENTIUM 4 2.4CG (800Mhz); KINGSTON
512MB DDR400; NO FDD / CARD READER; NO CDROM, CDRW OR DVD) $345.00 $345.00
Sub Total $345.0
Note the MSI mainboard, 800FSB P4 processor and Kingston brand memory. Not
sure about the power supply, but on a tight budget? You'd probably be happy
with it.
You also need to think about a video card. If you've got an older AGP
card, it might not be compatible with current mainboards. If you've got an
older PCI card, it's time to ditch that puppy. -Dave
