Col
19-09-2013, 10:54 PM
Hello Geeks :beerchug:
I'm looking to upgrade my trusty old PC which I built way back in 2005 and things have moved on a lot in those eight years.
The old spec is;
Athlon 64 3500+ plus an Asus motherboard plus ram plus an old g-force graphics card. These are junk now as I'm getting cmos checksum errors.
The other part of the system which I intend to keep is / are;
x2 sata hdds configured in a Raid 0 array giving 305gb storage.
Tagen (high spec / quality) PSU chucking out 360w
An quality ATX form midi tower case.
I'm looking at getting a motherboard bundle plus a graphics card and use the old sata hdds in a Raid 0 array running off the 360w psu.
Questions are;
1, have hdds evolved or are sata hdds still relevant? I know the 300gb capacity of the two I've got in a Raid 0 config is nothing these days. The laptop I'm using has more!
2, Is a Raid 0 array still relevant, do current single hdds provide the same performance? I'd rather maintain the old hdds for now.
3, Are current motherboard / cpu / graphics cards more power hungry than the 360w my psu can provide?
4, I love win XP and don't want to splash out on win7/8, will there be driver support for xp on the new hardware?
5, Can you recommend me a motherboard / cpu / ram bundle and a graphics card? My budget is about £250. I know it is low but I'd like some reasonable gaming performace.
6, Is there anything else I've overlooked?
Cheers. :beerchug:
I'm looking to upgrade my trusty old PC which I built way back in 2005 and things have moved on a lot in those eight years.
The old spec is;
Athlon 64 3500+ plus an Asus motherboard plus ram plus an old g-force graphics card. These are junk now as I'm getting cmos checksum errors.
The other part of the system which I intend to keep is / are;
x2 sata hdds configured in a Raid 0 array giving 305gb storage.
Tagen (high spec / quality) PSU chucking out 360w
An quality ATX form midi tower case.
I'm looking at getting a motherboard bundle plus a graphics card and use the old sata hdds in a Raid 0 array running off the 360w psu.
Questions are;
1, have hdds evolved or are sata hdds still relevant? I know the 300gb capacity of the two I've got in a Raid 0 config is nothing these days. The laptop I'm using has more!
2, Is a Raid 0 array still relevant, do current single hdds provide the same performance? I'd rather maintain the old hdds for now.
3, Are current motherboard / cpu / graphics cards more power hungry than the 360w my psu can provide?
4, I love win XP and don't want to splash out on win7/8, will there be driver support for xp on the new hardware?
5, Can you recommend me a motherboard / cpu / ram bundle and a graphics card? My budget is about £250. I know it is low but I'd like some reasonable gaming performace.
6, Is there anything else I've overlooked?
Cheers. :beerchug: