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GoGeTa006:
Actually most parts are amazing for its time (it was like 1k at the time)
it has 2 SATA 300 GB hard drives
DVD ROM
DVD RW
Firewire
It has a 400W PSU. . .I got another skeleton somewhere with a 550W. . .I think that should cover a new one huh?
nstgc:
If it were me, even if I had a 1kW PSU, if it was old, I wouldn't use it. I'd rather spend an extra $100 for a new one.
What will you be using this computer for?
GoGeTa006:
--- Quote from: nstgc on April 25, 2010, 08:59:13 PM ---If it were me, even if I had a 1kW PSU, if it was old, I wouldn't use it. I'd rather spend an extra $100 for a new one.
What will you be using this computer for?
--- End quote ---
Well, Its not for me actually its for my (kinda) boss. . .he's a photographer, this computer (The old one in discussion) was his old computer, he still uses it (mostly because of the hard drives filled with pictures) but he just bought an i7 based computer (pretty sweet).
I use most of his computers (he has quite a lot) and I'd have to say for this one to be this old it still runs (when it worked) quite smoothly on XP.
This computer he plans on using it. . .amm I dont really know I've told him a couple of times to trow it away. . .He said his wife will use it, she designs the albums (she uses photoshop a little bit and some album-creator program)
So Id like to say it will be used for media editing. . .but not that much.
Perplexing:
--- Quote from: GoGeTa006 on April 25, 2010, 08:33:52 PM ---Actually most parts are amazing for its time (it was like 1k at the time)
it has 2 SATA 300 GB hard drives
DVD ROM
DVD RW
Firewire
It has a 400W PSU. . .I got another skeleton somewhere with a 550W. . .I think that should cover a new one huh?
--- End quote ---
Not bad for parts to be used on a new build/rebuild computer. However (agree or disagree) I am cautious of PSU 550w should be plenty for most builds, however I would make sure it was one from a well know PSU maker. I have had some problems with lesser known companies PSU. Also make sure if you go the route of an add-on video card that the 550w is capable of handling it's needs.
Once you figure out all that you are going to put it I highly recommend going here
http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp
This site will take all of your build info and give you a rough estimate of the power needed to run. More than likely the 550w should be enough. My current computer required
462w to run and I went with a Corsair 850w that way I would have ample power and be prepared for a possible upgrade in graphics card or going SLI or 3x SLI in the future.
I highly recommend Corsair, OCZ, and Cooler Master as these three have been very good makers of PSU's for me
kyanwan:
Replacing the chipset fan (is that what's broken?) is about a $10 undertaking.
Replacing the MB & CPU is about a $200 undertaking.
I wouldn't go with Win7 on that machine. XP is required, imo.
For a free system that's better than a $500 netbook, it's not that bad. :P
It's not a bad pc for browsing, work, and some casual stuff. You won't be playing any HD video on it, or playing any new games ... but free is good. Otherwise, it would make a really sweet linux play-box. I've got a 700mhz P3 box that I mess around with - great for playing around with new code, testing, and learning the OS & such. ( Trash computer I patched up. It was a pure piece of shit. )
( it was free, yea? )
See if you can get it running, but I wouldn't spend more than $10-20 on it. But hey, it's 2x better than my testbed PC - so it's not that bad - lmao.
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