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Suggestion for Replacement Hardware
« on: October 10, 2008, 08:37:56 PM »
I was starting to freak out since another PSU died... another Enermax. I'm not sure why they don't last long enough...

I was looking for a suggestion for replacing it, I don't need that much... running 2 PATA HDs, 2 PATA CDROMS (DVD-ROM and DVDWriter)... ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (AGP), ATI TV Wonder Pro, SB Live Value (Gateway OEM)...

Also, if my video card hasn't gotten fucked by the slow death of the PSU, I need a recommendation there.. it doesn't matter what exactly, as long as it is on par with what I have, if not better (it doesn't matter if it's ATI or NVidia, as long as it is equal or better than what I have). NVidia 6600GT/my current ATI video card are the baseline.
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Re: Suggestion for Replacement Hardware
« Reply #1 on: October 10, 2008, 11:53:36 PM »
Fuck Enermax unless you're using one of their high end models.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371006

Damn good PSU. Has everything you need. More than enough power, and more connectors than you need(6 VS 4). I use a lower wattage version of it myself.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102073 Video card. More powerful than your 9800 Pro.
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Re: Suggestion for Replacement Hardware
« Reply #2 on: October 11, 2008, 01:51:12 AM »
Quote from: I.S.T. on October 10, 2008, 11:53:36 PM
Fuck Enermax unless you're using one of their high end models.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371006

Damn good PSU. Has everything you need. More than enough power, and more connectors than you need(6 VS 4). I use a lower wattage version of it myself.

Mind you, I'm not entirely educated on PSUs. I did buy an Antec PSU before... it seems to run just fine.

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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102073 Video card. More powerful than your 9800 Pro.

I'm not familiar with Sapphire if it's a quality manufacturer. However, I am concerned about the heat (I'm not looking to pay extra for video card cooling)...
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Re: Suggestion for Replacement Hardware
« Reply #3 on: October 11, 2008, 02:20:47 AM »
Sapphire made most of the ATi/AMD branded cards back when you could buy them(You can't anymore. AMD/ATi stopped branding/manufacturing cards of its' own a long time ago). They're among the best in the business, period.

You should educate yourself about PSUs. Too many people buy a crappy PSU and accidentally fuck themselves over because of lack of knowledge. Here's a link: http://www.silentpcreview.com/article28-page1.html

As for the video card's cooling... If you're concerned, here's a model with lower Core clocks but better cooling: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102781
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Re: Suggestion for Replacement Hardware
« Reply #4 on: October 11, 2008, 12:05:16 PM »
Antec EA380/430 should be just fine - the EarthWatts line is indeed a fine batch of PSUs.

As for the video card, I can't help it... moar powah!!!!! http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102762 - both in raw rendering and fluff.

You haven't mentioned what processor and motherboard, though - processor so we don't recommend anything that's going to suffer from a bottleneck (CPU can't keep up), and motherboard to make sure that recommendations are electrically compatible (does your motherboard support 1.5V AGP cards?).
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Re: Suggestion for Replacement Hardware
« Reply #5 on: October 11, 2008, 01:23:59 PM »
Quote from: I.S.T. on October 11, 2008, 02:20:47 AM
You should educate yourself about PSUs. Too many people buy a crappy PSU and accidentally fuck themselves over because of lack of knowledge. Here's a link: http://www.silentpcreview.com/article28-page1.html

Reading it now...

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As for the video card's cooling... If you're concerned, here's a model with lower Core clocks but better cooling: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102781

Sounds good.. I think

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As for the video card, I can't help it... moar powah!!!!! http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102762 - both in raw rendering and fluff.

You haven't mentioned what processor and motherboard, though - processor so we don't recommend anything that's going to suffer from a bottleneck (CPU can't keep up), and motherboard to make sure that recommendations are electrically compatible (does your motherboard support 1.5V AGP cards?).

ASUS K8V-SE Deluxe, Athlon64 3200+ (2GHz, 1MB L2 cache), Win2k, 1GB DDR @ 400MHz

The mobo is for AGP 4x/8x cards, so that's a non-issue.
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Re: Suggestion for Replacement Hardware
« Reply #6 on: October 11, 2008, 07:15:22 PM »
The drivers for HD2000 series and up cards are fucked up if you're an AGP user. You'll have to install the AGP hotfix drivers(Found on AMD's site), and I don't believe they've been updated in a while.
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Re: Suggestion for Replacement Hardware
« Reply #7 on: October 11, 2008, 11:59:59 PM »
ATI AGP support is now actively maintained in the catalyst set.

and dl2, you're right - you won't have any AGP issues on a 754 board.
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Re: Suggestion for Replacement Hardware
« Reply #8 on: October 12, 2008, 12:04:29 AM »
Quote from: I.S.T. on October 11, 2008, 07:15:22 PM
The drivers for HD2000 series and up cards are fucked up if you're an AGP user. You'll have to install the AGP hotfix drivers(Found on AMD's site), and I don't believe they've been updated in a while.

Are you sure that's a fix? I thought it was a simple registry entry...
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Re: Suggestion for Replacement Hardware
« Reply #9 on: October 12, 2008, 12:16:54 AM »
Quote from: odditude on October 11, 2008, 11:59:59 PM
ATI AGP support is now actively maintained in the catalyst set.

and dl2, you're right - you won't have any AGP issues on a 754 board.

It's in the mainstream 8.10 release? I thought it was a separate driver... It used to be, at least.

Edit: Fuck. I checked their site. They don't have drivers for Windows 2000 for 1XX0 and up. Do XP drivers work in 2000?

Edit2: It's up to 8.9, not 8.10. Stupid me.
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