MerePeer
03-07-2004, 10:32 PM
I've been thinking about gutting a box that has a pentium mmx 200 and making it more crunch-worthy. I'd keep the case/pSupply250/floppy/cd52x and 4g ide drive. I was looking at mobo cpu combos on tigerdirect - amd only. I'm wondering if my 4g ide drive will be compatible with these new mobos? or must I get a new drive too. For instance this XFX MACH 4 KT400ANB w/2000+ ($98) says "ATA-133 FastDrive is the fastest IDE standard currently available on the market, and allows each IDE controller to burst up to 133MB/s" . Are these "ata ultra" controllers going to be compat. w/this pokey old drive?
Second question -- if you had a choice between (under $100) mobo combos, where one has an amd 1800 or 2000+ but a better-sounding mobo, and the other has a 2400+ but maybe not as good a mobo, which way do you lean, or should I not sacrifice either?
Third question -- since many of these boards don't have integrated video but do have an agp slot, and since I dont have an agp board but I do have a pci-based radeon7500 all-in-wonder, will that work or must I have agp for the video? {Trying to keep cost down since I also must buy ddr mem + cpufan}
Fourth question -- do these mobos come with those plastic thingees to attach them to the case? Anything else I'll need?
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=669623&Sku=MBM-AK32VN-2400&CatId=188
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=669609&Sku=MBM-KT400B-2000&CatId=188
TIA
Second question -- if you had a choice between (under $100) mobo combos, where one has an amd 1800 or 2000+ but a better-sounding mobo, and the other has a 2400+ but maybe not as good a mobo, which way do you lean, or should I not sacrifice either?
Third question -- since many of these boards don't have integrated video but do have an agp slot, and since I dont have an agp board but I do have a pci-based radeon7500 all-in-wonder, will that work or must I have agp for the video? {Trying to keep cost down since I also must buy ddr mem + cpufan}
Fourth question -- do these mobos come with those plastic thingees to attach them to the case? Anything else I'll need?
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=669623&Sku=MBM-AK32VN-2400&CatId=188
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=669609&Sku=MBM-KT400B-2000&CatId=188
TIA