Re: Is this worth building?
- From: Paul <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 05:16:58 -0400
Bodfish wrote:
Hi guys!
I've got a question. I bought these components a couple of years ago, I
think, I just recently wondered if I should scrap them and get something
else. (mobo and CPU).
The mobo is K7n2 Delta 2 Plantinum MSI and the CPU is, I think, 3200 AMD,
and I think it was fast for it's time. Socket A. It is OEM, so can't really
be sure. I matched it up at the time using the reviews off newegg.
I've also got a Cooler Master black tower case, high end PS, 2 sticks of
Corsair Value Select 512 mb, 184 pin DDR. Also a Sata HD, about 60 G's. All
the rest of the stuff, optical drives, floppy, modem. Logictech wireless
mouse and KB, nice cooler, and fans. I also have Geoforce MX4000 AGP8X.
video card.
All this unopened.
So....what are my choices to salvage something here? I'd guess a newer mobo
migh even havae better on board graphics, right?
I don't really game, and use my system now for business, (AMD 1600, on a
Epox DDR 8KHA mobo with some older DDR..) I'm a dinasour, right?? man, I
havent' even built a system in years. I had to get a new USB mem stick
becasue my old one just ate my files. Nothing there at all. So I was reading
the reviews at newegg and here I am..........
What do I want to do? Well upgrade to forstall any crashes, really. This
system has been rock solid for years. XP pro, but I'll need to get a new OS,
probably XP Home. One problem is my UBS ports now are only 1.1 (and in the
back of the box).
Any suggestions will be appreciated!
Mike
(note: I also posted this on alt.computer, but have no idea which group is
active. Sorry)
Computer equipment loses value rather quickly. You could sell it all, but
you'd get a fraction of what you paid for it.
Your current processor is a 1600+, the unused one could be a 3200+. That
meets the "only worthwhile to upgrade if 2x the processor" rule. So you
could use the gear, and see some benefit. If you don't do a lot on the machine,
the most obvious benefit could be when you are web surfing.
If you are in a mood to just spend money, leave that stuff piled in the
corner. Or, use the CD, hard drive, fans, computer case, power supply,
all except the motherboard, CPU, and memory. The new style memory (DDR2)
is cheap right now. Motherboards are anywhere from $40 to $400, depending
on your tastes. Processors also vary all over the place on price, with
the low end at maybe $60, up to the standard $1000 high end.
But if you're going to justify all this upgrading, there should be
a compelling reason. If you had to wait hours for some operation to
finish on your current PC, then spending money to fix that could well
be worth it. If the computer is nothing more than a fancy typewriter,
maybe even 1600+ is overkill.
If you wanted to spend money, consider how you back up your data. Maybe
you need something there. If the current computer ever has a coronary,
you'll want a "portable" data backup solution you can move to the
new computer. An enclosure with a hard drive inside it, is a start in
the right direction.
Paul
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