Hi all -
My rig is several years old, and it's starting to show its age. (P4 2.66GHz/2GB DDR400/NVIDIA 4200 AGP) It's mainly used for surfing, e-mail, occasional YouTube & slideshow creation/encoding. Now I doubt I'd be able to reuse any of the existing parts, so I've been picking up pieces here and there. Help me finish it off, keeping in mind that I've had my existing machine for years, and that it sees little to no gaming at all - hopefully that would keep the budget down for the remaining parts. Please check out what I have so far, and help me finish my list and start building!
Case: Antec 300
PSU: ThermalTake PurePower 430W
RAM: 2X 2GB Corsair DDR2-800
Optical: LG 22x SATA DVD/CD burner
Storage: Hitachi 1TB SATA, Seagate 320GB
(Also have these parts lying around if any of them are serviceable)
CPU: Athlon 64 3700+
Mobo: Abit AN8-SLI
GPU: BFG GeForce 7800GT OC
I believe I only need a mobo/CPU, so I'd like to keep it around $100, but could stretch to $150 if you can convince me. I'm in the US, I don't have any brand preference, nor do I intend to OC the system. I'm itching to start building now so help me out... thanks!
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Edit:
Thoughts on these combos? (scroll down):
$110 - Asus P5KPL-CM - E5200BOX - http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=MB-P5KPLCM
$109 - MB-G31T-M7 - E6300BOX - http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=MB-G31T-M7
My rig is several years old, and it's starting to show its age. (P4 2.66GHz/2GB DDR400/NVIDIA 4200 AGP) It's mainly used for surfing, e-mail, occasional YouTube & slideshow creation/encoding. Now I doubt I'd be able to reuse any of the existing parts, so I've been picking up pieces here and there. Help me finish it off, keeping in mind that I've had my existing machine for years, and that it sees little to no gaming at all - hopefully that would keep the budget down for the remaining parts. Please check out what I have so far, and help me finish my list and start building!
Case: Antec 300
PSU: ThermalTake PurePower 430W
RAM: 2X 2GB Corsair DDR2-800
Optical: LG 22x SATA DVD/CD burner
Storage: Hitachi 1TB SATA, Seagate 320GB
(Also have these parts lying around if any of them are serviceable)
CPU: Athlon 64 3700+
Mobo: Abit AN8-SLI
GPU: BFG GeForce 7800GT OC
I believe I only need a mobo/CPU, so I'd like to keep it around $100, but could stretch to $150 if you can convince me. I'm in the US, I don't have any brand preference, nor do I intend to OC the system. I'm itching to start building now so help me out... thanks!
***
Edit:
Thoughts on these combos? (scroll down):
$110 - Asus P5KPL-CM - E5200BOX - http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=MB-P5KPLCM
$109 - MB-G31T-M7 - E6300BOX - http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=MB-G31T-M7
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