compatibe?

[mzeeshan45]

Motherboard - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813135217
Processor - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16819116180
1GB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200)

Can someone tell me if these are compatible? Also, the dimensions of my case are 7.2 in x 16 in x 14.1 in and its a mid tower. I wanna know if that motherboard will fit. Thanks.

 

[Atheus]

The mobo and processor are compatible, the RAM may not be, don't you need DDR2 for intel?... It doesn't matter anyway coz you should buy the AMD, X2 if possible, it'll blow that machine away for a similar price.

 

[mzeeshan45]

Originally posted by: Atheus
The mobo and processor are compatible, the RAM may not be, don't you need DDR2 for intel?... It doesn't matter anyway coz you should buy the AMD, X2 if possible, it'll blow that machine away for a similar price.

im kinda confused by what you meant here

 

[Atheus]

Originally posted by: mzeeshan45

Originally posted by: Atheus
The mobo and processor are compatible, the RAM may not be, don't you need DDR2 for intel?... It doesn't matter anyway coz you should buy the AMD, X2 if possible, it'll blow that machine away for a similar price.

im kinda confused by what you meant here

Instead of an Intel Pentium4 or Pentium D, you should buy an AMD A64, Opteron, or X2. AMD has had the performance advantage for a while and there's really no reason to buy an Intel these days, until the new 'Yonah' systems appear of course, but they will be expensive at first.

Something like this, this, and this would be good. Sure, it's a little more expensive than the setup you mentioned, but you went for pretty much the cheapest motherboard you could which is a bad idea. You will also need a new power supply like this to run that lot, maybe something even more powerful if you get a ridiculously powerful video card. Which reminds me - you said in your PM you are upgrading for games? What card were you thinking of getting?

 

[Fern]

That's an old slow cpu (FSB 133mhz, advetrtised as 533mhz, "marketing" has them multiplying it by a factor of "4" 133 X 4 = 533).

Looks to me like it uses regualr DDR ram, not DDR2.

Like he said, you'd be better off with an AMD system. We are expecting Intel to have some good new products in about 6 months, but they will be much more expensive than what you are currently budgeting.

Fern