upgrades.....

[imported_ewok]

I have an old a s s hp sitting in my basement and i would like to upgrade it, i am only looking to spend about $200, so using the parts from hp mostly i have to get new mobo, memory, and cpu, i've been thinking of getting a sempron 3100(btw can be overclocked from 1.8ghz->2.52ghz!!!!!!) a Gigabyte GA-K8NS Socket 754 NVIDIA nForce3 and some memory maybe like 512mb. my two questiosn are is
-is this good stuff for the money?
-and will the old a s s psu in the hp(its atx i checked) will it be able to power the new s h i t because its only like 175watts from wat im reading on the back? ( maybe this is wrong ill check again but for sure its prolly low cus its powering a 600mhz celeron, a socket 370 board, cd-rom, and radeon 9250)

thnx everyone

 

[imported_ewok]

btw the sempron is socket 754 in case anyoen is wondering which is alot btr than socket a/462 or w/e the other one is called.
I wil be using this machine for regular computer use and soem counter-strike and possibly some newr games but i dont mind playingf at lower resolutions liek 640x480 and 800x600 so hl2 and doom 3 is possible. whis thing should run doom3 and hl2 comparable to a64 3400 when oced to 2.52ghz.

 

[theMan]

wait, you are just going to keep the HP case or something? why not just get an entirely new computer?

 

[JDCentral]

175 W will probably NOT be enough to power your 'new' system.

350 W is usually the least you use in even a Socket A/462 System... so I'd recommend you replace that first (as I am a strong advocate that the PSU is the most important part in your computer).

EDIT: Yeah.. like 'theman' said, you're basically buying an entirely new computer except for drives and stuff. I'm pricing a 'new' Socket A computer, in which I'm doing the same thing, and it comes to be about $200 for new mobo, processor, RAM, heatsink, and PSU (no video card). Just fyi.

 

[imported_ewok]

ty i wil then look for a 350w psu, and the other guy yes i am keepign the hp case becasue i am only upgrading this computer, i am getting an entirly new one later thsi year.

 

[imported_ewok]

thnx for the replies i cnat wait to maybe get also a new air cooler other thna the stock and overclok the semprin to 2.6ghz. At xbitlabs.com they overclocked it to 2.52 on stock air cooling.

 

[imported_ewok]

wow i jus read they overcloked the 130nm one to 2.52 and the 90nm one which i am getting to 2.7ghz then they benchmarked it and in soem cases it even beat the a64 3800+!!!@!!!!!!!!!!!!!