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Hi, I am fairly new to pc hardware repair or replacement.
I am running an older system. Its a p4 1.6gz socket 478. The mobo is
an Abit
th711 raid. The main reason that I would like to change the board is
because of the memory, its rdram (Rambus). I only have 256 and to add
more is quite costly as it must be installed in pairs.
The average cost is about $130. per 256mb.
Thats 260. +tx, for about 40.00 more I can get a new board and change
to DDR (average cost 120.00per 1024mb)
the system runs fine and is stable, but with 3 kids that are using the
pc for school and social activities, I am trying to stay ahead of their
demand for a faster computer, while keeping the
costs down. Patience may be a virtue, but try telling that to 3
teenagers! So the question is, if I buy a new board and use all of my
current drives, pci cards,agp
card etc. is it just a matter of moving things over and starting up?
Thanks for any input you may have.
I am running an older system. Its a p4 1.6gz socket 478. The mobo is
an Abit
th711 raid. The main reason that I would like to change the board is
because of the memory, its rdram (Rambus). I only have 256 and to add
more is quite costly as it must be installed in pairs.
The average cost is about $130. per 256mb.
Thats 260. +tx, for about 40.00 more I can get a new board and change
to DDR (average cost 120.00per 1024mb)
the system runs fine and is stable, but with 3 kids that are using the
pc for school and social activities, I am trying to stay ahead of their
demand for a faster computer, while keeping the
costs down. Patience may be a virtue, but try telling that to 3
teenagers! So the question is, if I buy a new board and use all of my
current drives, pci cards,agp
card etc. is it just a matter of moving things over and starting up?
Thanks for any input you may have.