Re: PC died

Dustie wrote:
you could start by listing every piece of hardware that you have on
the system....mobo...psu...cpu...ram...hd's..etc

ok, here's the spec of the PC - it's 4+ years old and consists of the
following:

Intel 845PE motherboard
Antec 550W power supply
Pentium 4 (2.66) processor
120 gb hard drive
160 gb secondary hard drive
Creative Audigy 2 sound card
Creative Inspire 6.1 speaker system
Plextor CD rewriter
Optorite DVD rewriter

I've decided that, while it's kaput, I might as well upgrade at the
same time as fixing it. However, I'm a complete thickhead when it
comes to building PCs (as I've normally had other people do it for
me) so can someone help me? Basically, I want to get a new
motherboard and graphics card (so it's more up to date for all the
newer games) but I want to keep the hard drives and sound card (and
6.1 speaker system). Now, is that actually possible to do? I've
been recommended this kit as it's pretty cheap (but supposedly
powerful)

http://www.saverstore.com/productinfo/product.aspx?catalog_name=Savastore&product_id=20016493

On that bundle you wont be playing any but older (~3years) games at default
configuration as it uses an on-board "nVidia 6100 graphics chip", uses main
RAM, it's PCI-express x16 slot (for upgrading gfx) only works at x8, it
only has 1 IDE connector (limits you to 2 PATA devices, ie HDs and CD/DVDs,,
not the 4 you have now)
And ECS doesn't necessarily have the world's best reputation....

And the CPU is on the lowest end of now available AMD (AM2 socket) dual-core
processors (they range from 3200+ to 6000+)

In short, I wouldn't consider that as an upgrade from your existing computer

If I was to plug my old C: drive into it (which has XP installed on
it) and all the other bits and pieces, would they go in or would it
be like putting a square peg into a round hole?

?

The feasibility of putting your old HDs into the new computer is another
thing. It is doable by making a "Repair Install"
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315341



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