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question about system build

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tomplatz73

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Would really appreciate y'alls help here. I presently have an AMD 2500+ on NF-S 2.0 with 2gb DDR1 ram and an AGP Radeon 9700AIW card. Want to upgrade without breaking the bank.

Overclocking = not important
Cool and quiet system = much more important
Keeping my existing ram = would be nice
X2 processor = a must

So - if I switch to AM2, I need to buy a new mobo, cpu, memory (giving up 2gb of DDR1) and vid card. That's like $800 or more.

If I go 939, there's no low wattage X2 processors available, are there? But I could keep the ram and potentially the video card too.

Any thoughts? Appreciate the help.
 
Check the Anand Tech For Sale/Trade forum.

You might be able to find what you need there. I saw 939 mobo/X2 CPU yesterday.
If not, I saw some 939 mobos w/ AGP on eBay too.

I recommend this for a case. Newegg

Good hunting.
 
Actually that's the case I have now. 🙂 Am very happy with it.

Just wondering how much hotter the 939's will run in reality compared to the EE AM2's. I hate to give up all that ram I have, but it's also hot enough here in Texas without have a heater/computer under my desk.

Thanks.
 
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