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First Time Build: Advice
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15-03-2008 7:15pm#1Firstly, I am thinking about building my own PC from a few components I have here but will need to buy some other things.
My old computer was a Dell Dimension 4700 but it went pop and nobody seemed to be able to fix it. When you started it up, the power light just stayed amber and the fan was on full blast.
Anyways, my parents splashed out on a new PC from Dell but I kept the old one as a kind of project. :rolleyes:
The RAM from the computer is fine (was only new), along with the processor, graphics card and hard drive.
I was wondering what else would be worth salvaging or trying to salvage from the old Dimension 4700??
as for building a new PC..........can anyone recommend the other components I would need for a build. I plan on it having 2GB's RAM (4x512MB PC-2700) with my Pentium4 Processor and old graphics card (all I know its an ATI 128MB card). the computer won't be used for running games, just internet browsing and things like word processing or Dreamweaver.
I'm not sure what the other things are I will need. Any help would be greatly appreciated. As I said, this is going to be a project to help me understand computers and how they're built.
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Same as above.. if thats what you wanna do..
You could buy a cheap computer and get a crossover LAN cable and you could setup a local gaming network. Completely different to your console gaming as well!
Here is a budget rig for €244 from www.hardwareversand.de:
Intel Pentium Dualcore E2160 "Tray", LGA775
ASRock Conroe1333-D667, Sockel 775, mATX
Arctic Freezer 7 Pro Sockel 775
1024MB DDR2 Aeneon PC6400 CL 5, PC6400/800
1024MB DDR2 Aeneon PC6400 CL 5, PC6400/800
Compucase 6K11BS sch/silb. 350W ,temp-geregelt, mATX
Sapphire Radeon HD 2400 Pro,256MB GDDR2, PCI-Express
Samsung HD161HJ S-ATA II 160GB 7200, 8 MB Cache, NCQ
Samsung SH-S203D bulk schwarz
That will play CoD4; CoH; UT2004;Quake 4; Crysis; if you turn down the spec. You can also overclock the beans out of that E2160.
I'm now half thinking of buying one myself
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.SmashingPilot wrote: »the computer won't be used for running games, just internet browsing and things like word processing or Dreamweaver.
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.toco123 wrote:You could buy a cheap computer and get a crossover LAN cable and you could setup a local gaming network. 0 -
Hehe!! Thanks a lot for the suggestions people.
The idea of a little gaming computer is actually interesting. I didn't think I could build one that cheap which was capable of running great games. Afterall I do spend a lot of time gaming on Xbox360.
Although, I might just build a basic computer as I originally said and upgrade my new PC with a decent graphics card maybe.
Thanks again everyone. 0 -
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