Power supply?

I plan on upgrading to a nvidia 6800 to play games. I presently have an ati
7500. I upgraded my ram to 512 and plan on adding another 512 stick soon.
I upgraded my power supply to an Antec 430. Now when I installed it the
holes only line up one way, but the second intake fan faces the top of the
case, not towards the center of the case. Is this right? I want to make
sure this is right. I also never had a second fan, so I added one. Now my
cpu is a AMD 2000 xp+, is this plenty to play most of the games out there?
What's the gamers mouse?

TIA,
Pat

"Pat" wrote in message
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I plan on upgrading to a nvidia 6800 to play games. I presently have an
ati
7500. I upgraded my ram to 512 and plan on adding another 512 stick soon.
I upgraded my power supply to an Antec 430. Now when I installed it the
holes only line up one way, but the second intake fan faces the top of
the
case, not towards the center of the case. Is this right? I want to make
sure this is right. I also never had a second fan, so I added one. Now my
cpu is a AMD 2000 xp+, is this plenty to play most of the games out there?
What's the gamers mouse?

TIA,
Pat



On the Antec PSU the fan should point downwards. It pulls air from the case
and blows it out the back via the second fan. You have it upside down. The
XP2000+ will be OK for a while but should be your next project - start
saving your money. The other 512MB of RAM is almost essential for some
newer games such as Far cry. Using a MS Intellimouse optical here but its
user preference. Shaun

Shaun,
What cpu should I upgrade to?

Pat

"Shawk" wrote in message
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"Pat" wrote in message
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I plan on upgrading to a nvidia 6800 to play games. I presently have an
ati
7500. I upgraded my ram to 512 and plan on adding another 512 stick
soon.
I upgraded my power supply to an Antec 430. Now when I installed it the
holes only line up one way, but the second intake fan faces the top of
the
case, not towards the center of the case. Is this right? I want to
make
sure this is right. I also never had a second fan, so I added one. Now
my
cpu is a AMD 2000 xp+, is this plenty to play most of the games out
there?
What's the gamers mouse?

TIA,
Pat



On the Antec PSU the fan should point downwards. It pulls air from the
case
and blows it out the back via the second fan. You have it upside down.
The
XP2000+ will be OK for a while but should be your next project - start
saving your money. The other 512MB of RAM is almost essential for some
newer games such as Far cry. Using a MS Intellimouse optical here but its
user preference. Shaun

Shaun,
What cpu should I upgrade to?

Start looking at something around the 2500 XP level. Go as high above that
as you can afford.

"Mr. Brian Allen" wrote in message
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Shaun,
What cpu should I upgrade to?

Start looking at something around the 2500 XP level. Go as high above
that
as you can afford.



I'm with him... :-)

"Pat" wrote in message
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" I plan on upgrading to a nvidia 6800 to play games. "


It would be a waste of money upgrading to a 6800 now if you haven't got a
system that can make use of it. You've stated that you currently have an
Antec 430W, an Athlon XP 2000+, 512MB RAM and a Radeon 7500. If you advise
on what motherboard you have, and what the RAM specifics are (DDR? SDRAM?
manufacturer? PCxxxx rating?), then it would be easier to advise on an
all-round upgrade for gaming. You would also need to state what your budget
is.

MOBO is a MSI KM2M combo series (VIA KM266 266 chipset) . I can upgrade mem
to 2 gigs DDR 2700.

Thanks,
Pat

"Cuzman" wrote in message
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"Pat" wrote in message
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" I plan on upgrading to a nvidia 6800 to play games. "


It would be a waste of money upgrading to a 6800 now if you haven't got a
system that can make use of it. You've stated that you currently have an
Antec 430W, an Athlon XP 2000+, 512MB RAM and a Radeon 7500. If you
advise
on what motherboard you have, and what the RAM specifics are (DDR? SDRAM?
manufacturer? PCxxxx rating?), then it would be easier to advise on an
all-round upgrade for gaming. You would also need to state what your
budget
is.

On 15/8/04 6:52 AM, Pat wrote:

Now my cpu is a AMD 2000 xp+, is this plenty to play most of the games out there?
What's the gamers mouse?

I'm not aware of any game that would be held back by your CPU. I think
they'd be held back by your video card.

I use a dual-optical Logitech mouse and it works superbly. It has 3
mouse buttons plus the scrollwheel (which is able to be pushed down for
a fourth button as well).

If I want to go cheaper, what would be the next best video card to get
instead of the GEforce 6800

Thanks,
Pat


"Richard Cavell" wrote in message
om.au...
On 15/8/04 6:52 AM, Pat wrote:

Now my cpu is a AMD 2000 xp+, is this plenty to play most of the games
out there?
What's the gamers mouse?

I'm not aware of any game that would be held back by your CPU. I think
they'd be held back by your video card.

I use a dual-optical Logitech mouse and it works superbly. It has 3
mouse buttons plus the scrollwheel (which is able to be pushed down for
a fourth button as well).

I have a GF5950 running on a o/c 2600 with 1gb ram.
I play Doom 3 and Far Cry just fine at 1024x768 on high settings.

Jeff

"Pat" wrote in message
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If I want to go cheaper, what would be the next best video card to get
instead of the GEforce 6800

Thanks,
Pat


"Richard Cavell" wrote in message
om.au...
On 15/8/04 6:52 AM, Pat wrote:

Now my cpu is a AMD 2000 xp+, is this plenty to play most of the games
out there?
What's the gamers mouse?

I'm not aware of any game that would be held back by your CPU. I think
they'd be held back by your video card.

I use a dual-optical Logitech mouse and it works superbly. It has 3
mouse buttons plus the scrollwheel (which is able to be pushed down for
a fourth button as well).