upgrade help needed!!

[adityaksharma]

I am thinking of upgrading my computer since i am off to college

my present config is

Intel 850 MV (mobo)
1.6 Ghz (processor)
512 MB DDR 400 Mhz
3 cd drives on IDE channels
80 GB HDD and
pinnacle Tv tuner
Nvidia Geforce 2 Mx


i wanted to upgrade to AMD 64 and since i have had no visits to the market i am quite unaware of the proces and Spec. currently circulating so help !

i wish to uupgrade to AMD 64 3000+ so please tell me a good mobo the price for both these things also i wish to know if these are available only in PCIE architectures ,if yes then gr8 and if no then tell me if PCIE is backward compatible i do know that i have to do away with my AGP which i was planning to do in any case so tell me a good gfx card too and also a really cheap 1 and hw much does an PCI-AGP converter cost since i recently bought a new TFT and i plan to have both my monitors so .........
and also if i will have to upgrade or buy any new converters for my optical drives (1 CDRW 1 DVD and 1 DVDRW) incase the mobo has only SATA connections
and how much will 1 GB of ram which goes into this mobo will cost me thanks a lot and i would really preffer if some 1 from delhi could quote the nehru place prices since i live in noida and if there is a cheaper market in noida lemme know
and also i would need an LAN card so if its onboard no problem if not then suggest a good alternative ( i mean i know brands hardly make a diff in this field at the level i am goin to use it but i'd still like to know )
thanks a Ton!!
and suggest a cabinet too and does AMD still hav those cooling problems coz that was the only reasn cuz of which i bought an intel bt i had overheating probs with it too bt tht was probably because i stuffed too much stuff in a very small cabinet
-aditya

[AlienTech]

PCIE is not backward compatable. Mine is a MSI RS480, it has no over clocking stuff but you can increase the FSB 10% to 220. But I actually run it @ 1000MHZ @ 1.1V using RMClock so it stays cooler and takes 1/2 the power. I have it on 24x7 so it like idles when not in use. The ATI chip set is faster than NF3 and close to NF4 speeds. There are a couple of boards with AGP and PCIE-1X none with PCIE-16x and AGP. Getting good dual channel ram also is imperative. You get another 10-20% extra bandwidth. My RS480/3000+ would be twice as fast as your 1.6 P4. AMD has built in cooling which is what I am using, It runs around 55-60C full speed and drops to 40-45 at idle. Most MB's now has both SATA/PATA interfaces cost 5000-10000 depending if its ATI, NF3, NF4, SLI/DLI etc. Lan would be built in. ATI also has built in graphics running doom at 15fps in the lowest mode you can almost see everything go by and works great with my slow brain and bad eyes.

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