Beginner from Sweden

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@Kawazu

welcome!

1. upgrading an A500 is expensive. You'd better leave it as it (it will be more compatible)

2. A2000 is nice but also has expensive accelerators. At least it allows you to fit a gfx cards/hd controllers easily.

3. An A1200 is probably the best option to update it step by step unless you want to spend 600Euros on a full upgraded A4000.

[Kawazu]

Ok i will try to find a 1200 or a 4000.

Is the 1200 rdy to be built into a tower from scratch or do i have to mod the motherboard to fit in a "normal" atx tower?

[Jope]

Ok i will try to find a 1200 or a 4000.

Is the 1200 rdy to be built into a tower from scratch or do i have to mod the motherboard to fit in a "normal" atx tower?

If you buy a tower that is especially for the A1200, then you just screw it in.

If you want to put it into an ATX case you bought from a PC shop, be prepared for a lot of angle grinder, drill and dremel work on the case to get the motherboard to fit.

[Everblue]

Also be prepared for a lot of swearing

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@Kawazu Where in sweden are you? =)

[Kawazu]

@Kawazu Where in sweden are you? =)

Where in sweden you ask? There is only one "real" town in sweden, and Åmål is its name

[koshman]

F*cking Amal?

[Kawazu]

F*cking Amal?

Yes :crazy:

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AKA 'Show Me Love'

[Linde]

The A1200 is a nice choice since it's so cheap and common, but also because it has built-in IDE interface, PCMCIA port and expansion port. You can upgrade it a lot in terms of software before you have to start buying hardware expansions, too. I've come a long way with just an SD card reader for the PCMCIA port, an 8 MB RAM expansion and a Compact Flash to IDE interface.