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I am looking to update my system, and have a few questions.

I have an Antec LifeStyle SONATA II w/ a Truepower II 380w power supply.

Will the below system work with this?

BIOSTAR GF8100 M2+ SE AM2+/AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 8100 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813138119

AMD Athlon X2 4050e 2.1GHz Socket AM2 45W Dual-Core Processor Model ADH4050DOBOX - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819103257

G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1000 (PC2 8000) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820231145

Seagate ST3640323AS 640GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822148335

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 32-bit English 1pk for System Builders DSP OEI DVD - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6832116485


Also will the onboard graphics be ok for an office machine? Or should I get a Video Card?

Its been 8 years since I built my last system with only a processor upgrade about 3 years ago.

Trying to do this as cheap as possible, but would like a motherboard that can take a better processor later on if needed.

thanks in advance.

David

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I don't know about the PSU... the EA380W would work, I'm unsure on that one. Probably OK, unless it's really old.... they do wear out.

The graphics will be OK for office apps.

Vista 32 will not be able to access all 4Gb of memory. It will see it, but some addresses will not be available to the system. I suspect you will have access to well over 3Gb in this system however, so keep the RAM. (it's a great price.)

At 640GB WD is usually better:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] d%20Drives


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