So once upon a time I had a Compaq SR1340UK Desktop PC. It was pretty cool, but time stands for no box of kit and over the years I've fudged it into a new case and added a few pieces to try to keep it up to date. However, the beating heart of the machine is still the Athlon 64 3200+ from the original Compaq. There's a brand new AMD Phenom X4 965 125W processor in the post now though, as well as an MSI GD70 to plug it into. So now I have a few questions:
- What RAM should I get?
- How likely am I to break anything? The other changes I've made haven't been a big problem, but I foresee getting thermal paste everywhere...
- Is a Hyper Z600 any good as a cooler? I'm not overly bothered about overclocking, but I would run it with a fan, maybe two.
Here are the full stats of my machine, if it helps..
>>>>>>>Original>>>>>>>>>>>Now>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Future
Case-------Compaq case>>>>>>>>CM Stacker 831
PSU--------Generic 300W>>>>>>>PC P&C Silencer 750w
Cooler-----Stock>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Hyper Z600?
Mobo-------MSI 7093>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>MSI GD70
CPU--------AMD Athlon 64 3200+>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>AMD PHenom II x4 965
GPU--------ATi X300 SE>>>>>>>>Sapphire ATi HD 3870
RAM--------1GB DDR>>>>>>>>>>2GB DDR>>>>>>>>>>>>>DDR3 ???
Storage----200GB Seagate>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>WD Caviar Black 500GB