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Motherboard
Processor
Hard drive
RAM
Graphics card
Sound card
Disk drive
CD/DVD drive
Cooling fan
Operating system software
Modem
(All appropriate drivers)
Case
Monitor
Printer
Speakers
Keyboard
Mouse
Book explaining how to put it all together.
Does this sound like a complete description of what you'd need to make yourself a pc?
Worth having a go at (finance permitting, or course)?
Anyone done it here? Problems?
Processor
Hard drive
RAM
Graphics card
Sound card
Disk drive
CD/DVD drive
Cooling fan
Operating system software
Modem
(All appropriate drivers)
Case
Monitor
Printer
Speakers
Keyboard
Mouse
Book explaining how to put it all together.
Does this sound like a complete description of what you'd need to make yourself a pc?
Worth having a go at (finance permitting, or course)?
Anyone done it here? Problems?
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I found a fool who was upgrading and bought a nice little ABit k7 raid motherboard and athlon 1.2ghz processor of him for £120. I then boughtt a DVD drive from maplin for £50. Ripped my old CD-r out of my faithfull pentium 2. Nabbed all the spare cables such as IDE and stuff i had around the house. Nabbed my old Voodoo 5 and bunged it in. Went to PC world and bought a 40gig HD which was only £55 as they were stopping selling em. I bought and a new Audigy sound card for £45 (ebay) and a nice optical mouse for £20. Had my own monitor and keyboard and speakers, stole the modem and network card from my P2.
I was most impressed as for about £275 I went up from a lame P2 which ran slowly, to a nice Athlon 1.2 ghz
Spec:
athlon 1.2ghz
40gb hd
Audigy soundcard
Voodoo 5
network card
modem
DVD drive
Cd writer
floppy drive
optical mouse
Maybe not as great as some peoples but it was a damn sight cheaper than shelling out on a new PC. If your budget is somewhat limited I would recommend nabbing Floppy drives, cables, cd drives, crap sound card, and Keyboard from other sources and then replace them gradually if your budget is limited. If not spend freely.
I was most impressed as for about £275 I went up from a lame P2 which ran slowly, to a nice Athlon 1.2 ghz
Spec:
athlon 1.2ghz
40gb hd
Audigy soundcard
Voodoo 5
network card
modem
DVD drive
Cd writer
floppy drive
optical mouse
Maybe not as great as some peoples but it was a damn sight cheaper than shelling out on a new PC. If your budget is somewhat limited I would recommend nabbing Floppy drives, cables, cd drives, crap sound card, and Keyboard from other sources and then replace them gradually if your budget is limited. If not spend freely.
Ahhh... must buy cathode thingy :^)
Would a celeron motherboard and processor be a good invetment?
Would a celeron motherboard and processor be a good invetment?
ok, care to enlighten me on the reason why?
Well that's just blatently wrong.
P4's are better for audio apparently, floaty thingy or something, *shrugs and strokes his AMD*
What the bloody hell do you want a P4 for?? Get an XP
Don't bother with the antistatic wrist band. Just remember to earth yourself (touch the case of a plugged in computer or a radiator) and there'll be no poblems.
A cold cathode is a really bright and small striplight (neon). Go to kustompcs.co.uk and feel the love!
A cold cathode is a really bright and small striplight (neon). Go to kustompcs.co.uk and feel the love!
Fog wrote:
> All good cases have either Macron or 400W PSUs
I have a Macron 400w PSU, but issa bit loud, if you get my meaning.
> i've only got a 300W
> but i'm not going to overclock and it will power 2 fans nicely.
> Dr Ducks on a budget by the looks of things so a 300W fan (standard
> with most budget cases) will be all he'll need, but good point Mr
> Nutter, why arn't you at i12?
Because it finished yesterday :-)
I'll make a full report later.
> All good cases have either Macron or 400W PSUs
I have a Macron 400w PSU, but issa bit loud, if you get my meaning.
> i've only got a 300W
> but i'm not going to overclock and it will power 2 fans nicely.
> Dr Ducks on a budget by the looks of things so a 300W fan (standard
> with most budget cases) will be all he'll need, but good point Mr
> Nutter, why arn't you at i12?
Because it finished yesterday :-)
I'll make a full report later.
Hmm.. i have no idea what the cold cathode is about. And if the heat sink doesn't come with the processor, i'm not sure where i'd get hold of one.
And yep, i am on a budget :^)
So at first, i'll use the monitor, speakers and keyboard (mouse needs replacing anyway) from my old computer. Just the case and stuff to go inside it for now.
But after leafing through the sr catalogue (just to get an idea of prices and stuff), this is what i've come up with as an example price list:
Guidance book - £20ish
Cheap tower (with 250W PSU) - £50
(One with 300W PSU - £80)
Anti-static wrist thing - £10
Optical mouse - £15
Motherboard with 478 socket (looks like it'll be most future-compatable) - £130
Pentium 4 processor (1600MHz) - £110
RAM, 128 MB until my finances have recovered enough to add some more - £50
60 Gig HDD - £90
Big fan - £15
Ah, clip on heatsink with active fan - £5
Floppy drive - £15
Cheap sound card - £15
AGP graphics card (low end) - £60
CD drive (don't really need cd-rw or dvd, might just upgrade later if that changes) - £35
No modem, i have an ether card for the uni network here, which i can just move into the new pc. Can get a modem later.
The grand total - £620 (assuming my maths was right)
Maybe add a bit for.. wires.. and stuff.
Hmm, so it'd cost the same as a cheap new pc, but hopefully be a bit better.
Would need to research a little more, particularly about the motherboard/processor situation (i'd like them each to be individually upgradable to new stuff for the forseeable future).
But it doesn't really look like anthing i could afford any time soon.
Heck, that total isn't even accounting for the cold cathode :^)
And yep, i am on a budget :^)
So at first, i'll use the monitor, speakers and keyboard (mouse needs replacing anyway) from my old computer. Just the case and stuff to go inside it for now.
But after leafing through the sr catalogue (just to get an idea of prices and stuff), this is what i've come up with as an example price list:
Guidance book - £20ish
Cheap tower (with 250W PSU) - £50
(One with 300W PSU - £80)
Anti-static wrist thing - £10
Optical mouse - £15
Motherboard with 478 socket (looks like it'll be most future-compatable) - £130
Pentium 4 processor (1600MHz) - £110
RAM, 128 MB until my finances have recovered enough to add some more - £50
60 Gig HDD - £90
Big fan - £15
Ah, clip on heatsink with active fan - £5
Floppy drive - £15
Cheap sound card - £15
AGP graphics card (low end) - £60
CD drive (don't really need cd-rw or dvd, might just upgrade later if that changes) - £35
No modem, i have an ether card for the uni network here, which i can just move into the new pc. Can get a modem later.
The grand total - £620 (assuming my maths was right)
Maybe add a bit for.. wires.. and stuff.
Hmm, so it'd cost the same as a cheap new pc, but hopefully be a bit better.
Would need to research a little more, particularly about the motherboard/processor situation (i'd like them each to be individually upgradable to new stuff for the forseeable future).
But it doesn't really look like anthing i could afford any time soon.
Heck, that total isn't even accounting for the cold cathode :^)
All good cases have either Macron or 400W PSUs, i've only got a 300W but i'm not going to overclock and it will power 2 fans nicely.
Dr Ducks on a budget by the looks of things so a 300W fan (standard with most budget cases) will be all he'll need, but good point Mr Nutter, why arn't you at i12?
Dr Ducks on a budget by the looks of things so a 300W fan (standard with most budget cases) will be all he'll need, but good point Mr Nutter, why arn't you at i12?
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