upgrade my P4

[gaolow]

I'm currently using P4 setup and it been with me close to 7years..seem like it time for me to upgrade..
any advice what to upside and what are the parts that I still can keep? I have 3 SATA hdds and two IDE hdds plus one IDE DVD writer. just last year l just replace the PSU.
my budget is not more than 700.
thks

 

[sharkapl]

sad to say your IDE devices you cant reuse even if u use an adaptor (works but bad idea)

btw can you state what PSU are you using

 

[gaolow]

sad to say your IDE devices you cant reuse even if u use an adaptor (works but bad idea)

btw can you state what PSU are you using

guess have to transfer all data to the SATA.
my PSU is cool master extreme 525

 

[coyote]

P4 is obsoleted beyond upgrade.

Just get a new pc. It's probably 1/2 of the price you paid & tripled the performance for your P4 7 years ago.

 

[Chiron]

sad to say your IDE devices you cant reuse even if u use an adaptor (works but bad idea)

btw can you state what PSU are you using

Y using the ide to sata is a bad idea?

 

[Reppps]

Y using the ide to sata is a bad idea?

Compatibility problems, I think?

 

[sharkapl]

i had one
Amazon.com: IDE to SATA or SATA to IDE Adapter: Electronics

similar to that, u need 2 molex to run, and the thing is pretty hot

 

[Override2Zion]

i had one
Amazon.com: IDE to SATA or SATA to IDE Adapter: Electronics

similar to that, u need 2 molex to run, and the thing is pretty hot

Also, with a HDD that old, you're at risk of failure. With heads twitching and disc spinning hard, there's quite a bit of mechanical stuff that can go wrong in there. Unless the information stored there aren't important at all. Do consider

 

[sHrike]

why bother to upgrade such an old PC...

 

[big guy]

$700 get a new PC

I'm currently using P4 setup and it been with me close to 7years..seem like it time for me to upgrade..
any advice what to upside and what are the parts that I still can keep? I have 3 SATA hdds and two IDE hdds plus one IDE DVD writer. just last year l just replace the PSU.
my budget is not more than 700.
thks

Budget <$700 can get new computer

 

[ahwei91]

A IDE card (2 ports, 4 devices) is a better buy if he wants to keep those IDE drives.... But if small capacity ones, just transfer all data to SATA hdd before the upgrade and dump those IDE drives....

 

[trenzterra]

Just get 1 big SATA HDD, then do an image backup of the small HDDs and load it to the new SATA one. I did this before though I forgot what software I used.

If your SATA HDDs are old and small you may want to combine them too. Running 4 HDDs may get a little hot.

What PSU are you using? If it's modern and capable then maybe you can keep it.

But I don't think anything else can keep liao. Even the IDE writer. A new SATA one is damn cheap now anyway.

 

[SolarBurn]

dude, time to let it go.

(from a previous P4 user)