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09-29-2007, 04:10 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: LaSalle
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|  Rebuilding my pc.
well i decided to rebuild my pc. I plan on getting a bigger hard drive mine now is only 20 gig  . I also plan on getting more ram. i'm running 128 mb now. I also have plans for a custom clear case and neons. And a new on/off switch. I have ~$250. to spend.My question is what size/brand hard drive do you guys like/run, And how much ram I should run or what I should shoot for. The case, neons, and switch will be "custom" so all I really would like to buy is a new hard drive and more ram. I will mostly use the pc for the internet. If there is anything else i should think about upgrading while im at it then speak up, I want to build a decent pc but i don't want to spend my "crawler money" on stuff that won't be worth it. Any help or opinions will be awesome. Thanks -Mike Last edited by Mikekx65; 09-29-2007 at 04:13 PM. |
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09-29-2007, 04:18 PM
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09-29-2007, 04:21 PM
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With a 20g HDD, and only 128m of RAM.................how old of a CPU are we talking here?
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09-29-2007, 04:26 PM
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Also if it is a brand name computer good luck getting parts for it! IE: dell, hp, gateway,E machine | |
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09-29-2007, 04:28 PM
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Western Digital Caviar RE WD1600YS 160GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive=$59.95 ram i would say at least 1g and i like gskill case http://cgi.ebay.com/Transparent-Clea...QQcmdZViewItem i know i will get yelled at for this but i hop it helps and as far as a power supply i would say 450 or better and i like ultra |
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09-29-2007, 04:49 PM
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Transparent cases are a no,no, the play some havioc with electricty.
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09-29-2007, 05:03 PM
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Hit the widows key and pause break at the same time and it should tell you the processor.
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09-29-2007, 05:32 PM
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With that old of a machine, you are probably better off to start off from scratch. Your mobo is outdated, your CPU is outdated, EVERYTHING is outdated. It would be like sticking $250 into a Nylint......................oh wait. Personally, I would look at a new barebones kit from tigerdirect or newegg. For $300-400, you won't end up with top of the line, but you will end up with 100x the computer you have now. http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...2-2848%20A Last edited by Robb; 09-29-2007 at 06:30 PM. |
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09-29-2007, 05:58 PM
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09-29-2007, 06:17 PM
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Now who would do that? I get what you're saying now, I planned on spending ~$250 anyways so i guess another $50 wouldn't hurt. Thanks man.
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09-29-2007, 06:19 PM
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For about $300 you can build a failry decent PC on newegg.com... of you can spend ~$400 at Dell for a new PC with monitor and a warranty and not have to deal with building it.
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09-29-2007, 07:27 PM
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Get on aim mike, i wanna talk to you about this. im wanting a computer myself....havnt had the money, but hopefully i can come up with it  |
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09-29-2007, 07:48 PM
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Sorry man, I'm on my dads laptop. Thats why i need to rebuild mine.
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09-29-2007, 08:26 PM
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ohh, ok. just post up what your gunna get and if you like it, i will probly get one too:-P
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09-29-2007, 08:29 PM
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09-29-2007, 08:32 PM
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just go to my computer and right click, then go to properties. ^^
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09-29-2007, 08:33 PM
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I have to X2 on everything Robb said. If the PC is that old, your $250 is going to be best spent towards a new machine. A bigger drive isn't going to improve anything, and with a MoBo and processor that old, more RAM isn't going to make a huge difference with modern programs. Besides, it may only be rated for up to 512.
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09-29-2007, 08:35 PM
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Or the long way, Control Panel, and System. Although Win + P/B worked on my PC.
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09-29-2007, 08:37 PM
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best bet is to buy a new pc and plan on spending 500+
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