myresolution_72

So.. I'm at my grandmas house and she has

X2 3800+ S939
2GB 4-Dimms
250GB IDE
X1600XT

and I'm going to rebuild her system. She has an old HP system right now.

JetWay 785G MB
Cooler Master 460W PSU $30 Shipped
Saitek Eclipse II *She requested after seeing the Pink Color*
Logitech Z313 *Upgrade from her old HP LCD Integrated Speakers*
IMC Card Reader *For her Camera*
II X2 240 *She doesn't like to wait for apps to load*
Windows 7 OEM + DDR3 Bundle
Western Digital 500GB

Reused parts from her computer :
IDE DVD-Burner

Parts that I have at home :
Centrion mATX Case

The reason I'm buying that PSU is because I don't need anything fancy and that provides more then enough power for the system while keep the price down. I'm surprised at the price of that Corsair Memory but it's the cheapest memory that's 4GB Dual Channel with free shipping that they had.

Any suggestions? Remember. Trying to keep price down. So far it's $516 w/Shipping.

savagebunny

Some of your links don't work

And you don't need This because the mobo already has a IDE slot on there for older hardware

Just when you want to use the CD-ROM and HDD, have a Master and Slave IDE cable to use them both on the IDE

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myresolution_72

Her DVD Burner and HDD is IDE. So I just need a Master and Slave IDE Cable to use them both on the one IDE connection on the Motherboard is what your saying?

sleeper300

just so you know, the main cause of slow oppening apps is the hard drive. not the cpu. get a good drive if thats your concern

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savagebunny

Yes, I twist my words around a lot and get confused

Just like this and your good

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myresolution_72

The current one she has now is 7.2K RPM and it's IDE and from what I read .. Regular 7.2K RPM drive don't have improvements over IDE or SATA, just different connectors, so buying another 250GB HDD just for it to be SATA would be a waste of money and she doesn't need Raptors..

sleeper300

there are differences and its more then just interface and disk speed. platters cache and many other things. get something like a wd caviar black or something. trust me there is a performance boost. the caviar blacks compete with the old raptors and are much larger

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Phaedrus2129

Hehe, granny with VelociRaptors in RAID10. XD

Yeah, you really don't need the IDE controller unless you're going to be using three or four IDE devices, the three-connector IDE cables will support two HDD/ODDs.

savagebunny

Also too add on with expensive ram prices...

I would look in the F/S section on OCN, there is a bunch of good quality 4gb(2x2gb) sets for cheap

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myresolution_72

But the thing is the motherboard connector looks different then that slave part. So how am I going to connect that if it has two of the same connectors?