Help on upgrade

John mac

I think i have all the components to upgrade my pc ( it's a gateway 450 p2 ) i need to know if i am missing anything ?
do i need cabels for the power supply or do they come attached?
i have a DVD drive, floppie and two hard drives at the moment i will look to get a dvd burner next year sometime.


Corsair XMS3200LL DDR-DIMM 512MB PC3200
- 32Meg x 8, CAS 2-3-2-6-T1, 400MHz 154.96

117322 Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz Boxed PC800
- Socket PGA478, 512kB "Northwood" 322.43

117443 Abit IC7 Mainboard for S478/800mhz
- I875P,SATA,ATX,Dual-DDR,1394 137.94

120323 PowerColor Radeon 9200 256MB DDR
- AGP, ATI 9200, DVI-I, TV-Out, Retail 99.35

117905 Q-Tec Power supply ATX 400W Gold PFC
- Power supply AMD/P4, Dual Fan (UK) 44.02

Total 758.7

Can you advise me
Thanks John:)

Creamy Goodness

i tried to power a very similar system to yours on a Qtec power supply 400w it didn't work

this is what's powering it now http://www.elara.ie/detailst.asp?productcode=CAS00086

i know it's about twice the price but better be safe than sorry a bad psu can fry all your components and then you're left with fried silicon for breakfast

joto

Don't see a cooling fan there....

John mac

The fan comes with the cpu. (i think)

Creamy Goodness

you'll need a case too

joto

Not usually. It's a separate purchase. Get a silent one!

max229

>Don't see a cooling fan there....

>The fan comes with the cpu. (i think)

It does as it's a 'boxed' processor

Creamy Goodness

Originally posted by max229
>Don't see a cooling fan there....

>The fan comes with the cpu. (i think)

It does as it's a 'boxed' processor

he will need case fans aswell

max229

Originally posted by Cr3m0
i tried to power a very similar system to yours on a Qtec power supply 400w it didn't work

this is what's powering it now http://www.elara.ie/detailst.asp?productcode=CAS00086

i know it's about twice the price but better be safe than sorry a bad psu can fry all your components and then you're left with fried silicon for breakfast

good ones are also enermax

unkel

qtec - don't go there

enermax, antec: great

zalman: king

Dempsey

Go for the IC7-G, ya wont regret it, abit boards comes with 2 SATA cables.

PSU, get a quiet Antec or Enermax. 350W absolute minimum.

Make sure the ram is in two sticks to get the advantage of dual mode.

I have a GF MX and that beat a 9200 in 3D Mark 03. Go for a 9600 (Pro if ya can).

This will be more expensive but worth it.

John mac

do i need cabels for the power supply or do they come attached to the unit?

Creamy Goodness

cables always come with the psu so no worries there.