COMPUTER UPGRADES HELP AND PLEASE DONT SKIP THIS POST!!

[Maksim]

I have an HP a747c

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/gene...=c00249433&lc=en&jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN

I would like to upgrade it a bit.

This is whant I would like to do.

My buddie is giving me a nice big case http://www.xoxide.com/thxaiiiv1.html
and a 37 GB raptor hard drive. The case has a 450 W power supply.

What I am planing on doing is getting a new mother bord, and a set of nice ram. So i can over clock my Pentium 4 2.8 HT.

I never over clocked before, but I think I can do it, because i am not totally new to computers.

I need a few guides and tips.

What is the best mother bord, and RAM that I would need to get the best performance out of this proccecor.

Dont worrie about the video card, im just going to get a 7800 GT PCI E, for $270 at newegg.com
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130256

I need suggestions on mobo, RAM.
And tips on overclocking, and also a good heatsink for my cpu, that would support over clocking...

Dont worrie about price, but make it a good deal because the next pc i am going to build is going to be from scratch, and most likely an AMD based. Basicly i am trying to squezz the best performance out of the current CPU.

 

[TheRyuu]

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Edit: I'm too lazy right now, I'll come back to this tommorow when I'm awake (since it's like 2 in the morn. here).

 

[hurtstotalktoyou]

Hmm. You might want to see if someone's hacked the BIOS for that board. If so, you can just overclock without any hardware upgrades. If you *do* choose to get a new board, you might as well go AMD right now. You can probably fetch $300 on Ebay for the CPU/RAM/mobo/case/PSU. That'll get you a nice Epox EP-9NPAJ, Opteron 144 and 1 to 2 GB PC3200, depending on your Ebay profits.

If you insist on keeping your CPU, keep your RAM and heatsink/fan as well. Both should be sufficient to get most everything you can out of a 520. You might, however, want to pick up some thermal paste. It's good to have when you re-seat CPUs.

 

[alimoalem]

Originally posted by: wizboy11
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Edit: I'm too lazy right now, I'll come back to this tommorow when I'm awake (since it's like 2 in the morn. here).

i agree but you can also try this and this for guides on OCing