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[ZombieSupaStar]

Minor PC Upgrade question



ok I currently have an


XP 3000
Msi K7n Delta Mobo
and a gig (2x 512) of dual channel ddr 400

and THESE harddrives (2x) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148036


what I want to upgrade to is


CPU:
AMD Athlon 64 3800+ Venice 1GHz FSB
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16819103531

MOBO:
MSI K8N NEO2 PLATINUM Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813130468



However under storage devices is has

Storage Devices
PATA 2 x ATA 133 up to 4 Devices
PATA RAID NV RAID 0/1/0+1 JBOD
SATA 4 x SATA 150
SATA RAID NV RAID 0/1/0+1 JBOD

Im guessing I cant use my current harddrives with this mobo? What kind of hard drives can I buy (note I really dont want to use the raid either, I dont HAVE TO use it on this mobo do I?)

Current Hardrives
Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 ST3200822A-RK 200GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache IDE Ultra ATA100 Hard Drive

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148036

 

[Hooker]

The PATA stand for Parallel ATA, which your drives are. The SATA (Serial ATA) are for specific SATA drives



You can connect up to 4 PATA drives (1 lines, both 1 slave, 1 master) probably the same as the mobo you're using now. I say you can use them.

 

[borghe]

as a side note, I would wait a couple of days at least on the upgrade. AMD just announced their new pricing (that is supposed to be effective today) which is as follows

[CPU] [Original price] [New price (August 1, 2005)] [Change]

Athlon 64x2 4800+ 1,001 902 (9.9%)
Athlon 64x2 4600+ 803 704 (12.3%)
Athlon 64x2 4400+ 581 537 (7.6%)
Athlon 64x2 4200+ 537 482 (10.2%)
Athlon 64x2 3800+ - 354 - (to be released 8/12)
4000+ 482 375 (22.2%)
3800+ 373 329 (11.8%)
3700+ 329 272 (17.3%)
3500+ 272 223 (18%)
3400+ 223 - -
3200+ 194 194 0%
3000+ 149 149 0%
2800+ 122 122 0%

You can either pickup that 3800+ for around $40 cheaper, pick up a 4000+ for a couple dollars more, or pickup an X2 for a couple dollars less (in single threaded apps the X2 3800+ will run a bit slower than the A64 3800+, but in multi-threaded apps or in the OS itself it should run a bit faster).