Topic: mga mods....can i put a good spec video card on my sons old computer?

[raven]

Procie AMD Athlon 64x2 dual core 3600 + 2.0Ghz
eto specs ng MB nya.... your help is very much appriciated... thanks in advance

MS-7327 Mainboard
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Mainboard Specifications
Processor Support
- AMD® Athlon64 / Athlon64 X2 AM2 processors in SKT940 package
- Supports 4 pin CPU Fan Pin-Header with Fan Speed Control
- Supports up to 5000+ and higter CPU
(For the latest information about CPU, please visit http://www.msi.
com.tw/program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_cpu_support.php)
Supported FSB
- 1000 MHz
Chipset
- North Bridge: AMD®
690G/ 690V chipset
- South Bridge: SB600 chipset
Memory Support
- DDRII 800/667/533/400 DRAM (4GB Max)
- 2 DDRII DIMMs (240pin / 1.8V)
(For more information on compatible components, please visit http:/
/www.msi.com.tw/program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_trp_list.
php)
LAN (Optional)
- Supports 10/100 Fast Ethernet by 8101E
- Supports 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by 8111B
  1394 (Optional)
- Supports 2 IEEE1394 ports, transfer rate is up to 400Mbps
- Controlled by VIA VT6308 (optional)
Audio
- Chip integrated by Realtek
®
 ALC888
- Flexible 8-channel audio with jack sensing
- Compliant with Azalia 1.0 spec
IDE
- 1 IDE port by SB600
- Supports Ultra DMA 66/100/133 mode
- Supports PIO, Bus Master operation mode
SATA
- Supports four SATA II devices by AMD® SB600
- Supports storage and data transfers at up to 300MB/s
RAID
- Supports RAID 0, 1 and 0+1 mode by AMD® SB600
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Getting Started
Floppy
- 1 floppy port
- Supports 1 FDD with 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88Mbytes
Connectors
Back panel
- 1 PS/2 mouse port
- 1 PS/2 keyboard port
- 1 HDMI port (optional)
- 1 VGA port
- 1 parallel port supporting SPP/EPP/ECP mode
- 4 USB 2.0 Ports
- 1 LAN jack
- 6 flexible audio jacks
- 1 1394 port (optional)
On-Board Pinheaders
- 3 USB 2.0 pinheaders
- 1 1394 pinheader (optional)
- 1 TV-out pinheader (optional)
- 1 Audio pinheader
- 1 CD-in connector
- 1 SPDIF out connector (optional)
- 1 SPDIF in connector (optional)
- 4 Serial ATA ports
Slots
- 1 PCI Express x16 slot
- 2 PCI slots
- 1 PCI Express x 1 slot
Form Factor
- Micro-ATX (24.4cm X 21.5 cm)
Mounting
- 6 mounting hole

[bodieph]

anong video card ba ilalagay mo? it can run the latest video cards since kaya naman ng board, kaso of course there are some considerations to take. one is power supply, higher cards need higher power so baka hindi na kaya dun sa old computer lalo na pag generic ang power supply na gamit

second, its possible na hindi rin niya mautilize ang full potential ng video card kasi luma na rin yung processor so kahit kaya ng video card, baka mabitin naman kasi hindi kaya habulin ng processor

so it really depends on what video card you put

[raven]

sir bodieph, ano ba kya nya video card na eksakto sa kanya? ung mataas na pix shader. About the power supply, i guess ill be replacing it too. any recomendation? thanks

[Idiot]

processor nyo ser 3-4 years old na or maybe higher kahit na ang pinaka matibay sa lahat ng pyesa ng desktop pc ay processor bibigay paden yung ibang pyesa ser at mahirap ng humanap ng spare parts except second hand

bili na lang ho kayo ng bago

kung ayaw nyo sayang ang pera

wala na ho yung kasabay nyan model kase lahat ng video cards ngayon ay pang HD at 3D mabilis ang phase out sa computer parts po ngayon parang nokia

may mabibili kayo second hand

tama po si ser bodieph bibili kayo ng bago di nya mauutilized yung full potential ng video card at papalitan nyo power supply nyo another 6-8k brand new desktop PC na kase yung computer case at AVR at HDD at optical media drive di na kayo bibili kung compatible naman sa brand new MOBO at processor

bali papalitan nyo na lang
MOBO
processor
Power supply
vidoe card
memory baka di supported ang DDR2 pero mura na lang DDR3 ser

pero kung may sentimental value yung pC at sayang sundin nyo na lang po yung sinabi ni ser bodieph

[bodieph]

kung bibili ka naman ng bagong say processor, motherboard, RAM, power supply, it will set you back around 10k, parang high end video card na rin. BUT the new processors now (especially yung AMD APU) will allow you to play the latest games at low and around medium settings.

sample prices (davao price to ha and mga last month na presyo pa)
AMD A8-3850 P4600 (the lower version is only around 2-3K and it can still run most of the latest games at low setting) ang GPU nito is equivalent to HD6550 (ang HD6570 is around mga 2,6k ang presyo). marami ka pagpilian actually na APU. ang nilagay ko lang is yung highest na nakita ko sa listahan ng isang store

gigabyte A75M P2600 (some other brands are probably cheaper kaso eto lang nakuha kong presyo off the bat)

8GB DDR3 P2200

HEC 500W P2000 (kahit mga high end you typically will not need higher than 500W BUT some people go for higher wattage para mas matagal sila magreplace kasi over time, the wattage produced by PSU drops)

total P11400

sa presyong P11400, halos katumbas na yan sa isang high end na video card (pero hindi pa yung pinakamataas which will cost more than 20k)

pero kung may video card ka na on hand, then yun na gamitin mo. bibili ka pa lang ba ng video card?

[raven]

salamat sa mga reply... ill guess ill settle for a new CPU ill try to squeeze mi budget and check out what sir bodieph recomended.... sir idiot yes the CPU is 3 to 4yrs old but still working, i think it needs to hibernate na hehehe. Thanks Agian