So I have this ridiculously old pc, 04' I think. And I'm kind of a noob, so I have no idea what to do with em. I know I could add a sound card, but what else? It's an IBM Thinkcentre with an i865g chipset :shocked: (p4 2.4ghz). Installed are 2g of ballistix, one obsurdly small hd (soon to be replaced), one floppy, and an 850xt. My psu is a corsair vx450. any ideas?
if you had three empty pci slots...
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PCI graphics is [usually] a waste of money. PCI USB slots are a waste of a PCI slot since the USB standard allows you to chain 5 USB hubs together (the motherboard itself counts as one), and have a maximum of 127 USB devices per controller. An external USB hub does the same thing as a PCI USB hub, but it doesn't waste a PCI slot.
If your motherboard doesn't support gigabit ethernet, you could get a PCI card for that too and make a good file server. You may need a new router for this, though.
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looked into the couple of suggestions that were submitted and decided that aside from a sound card, all others are too expensive or a waste cuz i'll never use. thanks for posting
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Video capture card would be an excellent choice.
Then you can move all your VHS tapes to HDD
and then to DVD ... same if your camcorder is an
older version without Firewire ... And if by some chance
your computer does not yet have Firewire,then a combo
USB 2 & Firewire card is always a good choice. Most pcs
now come with on board NIC and almost decent on board
sound. And if you want more drives than the onboard controllers
can handle then a SATA or IDE controller as you prefer.
Then you can move all your VHS tapes to HDD
and then to DVD ... same if your camcorder is an
older version without Firewire ... And if by some chance
your computer does not yet have Firewire,then a combo
USB 2 & Firewire card is always a good choice. Most pcs
now come with on board NIC and almost decent on board
sound. And if you want more drives than the onboard controllers
can handle then a SATA or IDE controller as you prefer.
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X-Fi or Audigy2 are both sound cards.
Gigabit NIC is a gigabit speed Network Interface Card.
TI firewire card is a firewire card based on a Texas Instruments controller chip.
Gigabit NIC is a gigabit speed Network Interface Card.
TI firewire card is a firewire card based on a Texas Instruments controller chip.
Hehe, putting something in your PCI slots just for the sake of them not being empty anymore is hilarious 
It's like filling up your fridge with bottled water just so because it isn't empty anymore
All my PCI slots are empty, with onboard network and sound there is no need for me to put anything in them
It's like filling up your fridge with bottled water just so because it isn't empty anymore All my PCI slots are empty, with onboard network and sound there is no need for me to put anything in them
Originally posted by: MarcVenice
Hehe, putting something in your PCI slots just for the sake of them not being empty anymore is hilarious
All my PCI slots are empty, with onboard network and sound there is no need for me to put anything in them
no, lack of grammatical skills is hilarious. "just so because?" hehe.
Lol, pointing out spelling errors is hilarious. Sorry for the obvious mistake, english is my second, third, or fourth language, depending on wether you want to put german or french on the second spot or not Dutch being my first obviously.
To be less sarcastic, if you don't know what to put in your PCI slots, don't put anything in there.
Dutch being my first obviously.To be less sarcastic, if you don't know what to put in your PCI slots, don't put anything in there.
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Originally posted by: MarcVenice
Hehe, putting something in your PCI slots just for the sake of them not being empty anymore is hilarious
Just to pick a nit... If you filled your empty fridge with bottled water, it would make it more efficient due to the mass of water acting as a coldsink :^P I agree with your point otherwise though :^)
Originally posted by: lxskllr
Originally posted by: MarcVenice
Hehe, putting something in your PCI slots just for the sake of them not being empty anymore is hilarious
Just to pick a nit... If you filled your empty fridge with bottled water, it would make it more efficient due to the mass of water acting as a coldsink :^P I agree with your point otherwise though :^)
You sir are the king of the nerds.
Good point anyway though! :laugh:
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I love the forum noobie trolling the mod. It's ok Marc, we love you even if english isn't your first language!
on-topic: only stuff that comes to mind (that hasn't already been repeated ad-nauseum) is cards for legacy devices, like a gameport or parallel port or something. But really, leaving a slot empty doesn't hurt anything. I have 1/7 expansion slots used on my motherboard (graphics card).
on-topic: only stuff that comes to mind (that hasn't already been repeated ad-nauseum) is cards for legacy devices, like a gameport or parallel port or something. But really, leaving a slot empty doesn't hurt anything. I have 1/7 expansion slots used on my motherboard (graphics card).
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