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Help in assembling GA-MA78GM-S2H

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amd4800 Original post #1
Apr 17, 2008 at 12:04 PM
Hello ,

I am trying to assemble a PC for my son and new to this stuff. I need help.

I would start with the AMD4800+ and Gigabytye GA_MA78GM-S2H and add a 250Gb harddisk and 1 or 2 Gb of memory and DVD Writer.

I already have an old Pentium II ATX cabinet, Intel Motherboard with 200Watts power supply and a 6 Gb harddisk using windows 98.

1. Can the new motherboard be installed in the old cabinet.
If not ,what is a good Cabinet and SMPS for this PC.

2.Does this require a separate CPU cooler FAN other than the one which comes with AMD. Also does it require a system fan.

3.can the windows 98 harddisk be used with this PC.

Thanks for any help.
ray|raven
Apr 17, 2008 at 12:12 PM
You could use the old cabinet, but u'll definitely need a new a new smps, 400 watts should do i guess.

As far as you dont do any overclocking, the stock cooler should suffice.

The old harddisk might become a bottle neck i guess.
kumarmohit
Apr 17, 2008 at 2:35 PM
You should use the old disk as the second hard drive.
ajnaskhan
Jun 29, 2008 at 4:24 PM
good choice dude

me 2 going for that config

Athlon 64X2 4800+ - 3200/-
Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H - 4500/-
2GB DDR2 RAM - 1800/-
Cabinet - Zebronics or iball with powersupply (go for another Power supply if u r using more hardware) - 1000/-
Western Digital/Seagate 250GB - 2000/-
DVD Writer (SONY/LITE-ON) - 1200/-
CORDLESS LOGITECH KEYBOARD+MOUSE COMBO
- 1300
vijayb
vijayb #5
Jul 5, 2008 at 11:04 PM
good choice dude

me 2 going for that config

Athlon 64X2 4800+ - 3200/-
Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H - 4500/-
2GB DDR2 RAM - 1800/-
Cabinet - Zebronics or iball with powersupply (go for another Power supply if u r using more hardware) - 1000/-
Western Digital/Seagate 250GB - 2000/-
DVD Writer (SONY/LITE-ON) - 1200/-
CORDLESS LOGITECH KEYBOARD+MOUSE COMBO
- 1300

Good I think betta to use SATA DVD writer