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Dorb

Dorb

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So I've been looking into upgrading a little bit, I only got a $200 to spare though really. Possibly can add some stuff in after a little bit of saving so. But mainly $200 right off the bat. Can't really upgrade mine at all so. It is mostly stock minus graphics card I got.


Anyone got any spare parts they don't need, Just give me a price and I'll see if it is worth getting so I can maybe peice something together. Thanks =D


http://support.gateway.com/emachines/emac/1015551R/1015551Rsp3.shtml



Thats the link.


I got a decent..
320 GB 7200 RPM SATA II
Case
CD Drives
2GB of Ram
8400 GS Graphics Card





Crap Parts


Intel® Pentium® E2180 Dual Core Processor
2.0GHZ
250Watt Power Supply
 
Dorb. When you see me online sometime, move me to another channel if I'm not busy and we'll build you a machine. I'll make you a parts list.
 
250W are you serious lol wtf. I don't think I've seen one that low... unless it's maybe from a few years ago. Even the cheap-ass-shit lie that they have 450W at least nowadays from what I've seen.
 
Thanks Boon, That be awesome, and Yeah.. It's pretty much stock everything. lol
 
Haha, I prob got the most plain computer out their compared to everyone else! haha
 
I've got some 300/350 watt PSUs laying around.
That mobo is really going to limit you.
If you are looking for parts, www.hardforum.com is a great place. Register and checkout the For Sale/Trade.
If you spot something you want let me know I have heat/rep and can order it for you if you would like.
 
Alright thanks,
Adding the website to my favs
 
Get these:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116264 $50
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130234 $45
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171046 $40

That would leave $65 for a graphics card. If you sold your 8400gs and E2180, you could get about $40 more. That would give you $105 for a graphics card. That could get you a used HD4870 or maybe GTX260. If you went new you could get a GTS250 or HD4850.

With that motherboard you could also overclock a fair amount to get even more power. It would be a pretty nice rig and handle games pretty well.

If you did want to sell your 8400GS, I would give you $20 for it. You could easily get $20-25 for the E2180.
 
amazon3d said:
DO NOT get a celeron.
Click to expand...

It is a Celeron in name only. It is essentially a Core 2 Duo E7200 with a reduced amount of cache. I assure you this isn't your grandma's celeron. Clock for clock it will hang with any other socket 775 chip. Paired with a nice GPU it will handle games with EASE.

Back in the day, Celerons were awful, I will totally agree with that. But these days they haul serious ass.
 
I'm working with Dorbykins via vent on picking out computer parts. We're getting him an ASUS board with an earlier AMD quad black edition AM2+ since its compatible with his DDR2 ram and an arctic cooling freezer 7. it's a solid, relatively upgradeable system that will last him another couple years or so and if he needs to get faster he can buy newer, more performance based ram.
 
So just for up to date stuff, Got my stuff in today, Looks all shiny =) Everything put together.. But sadly I need a min. 300W ATX Power supply sooo. Tomorrow I go find one, and then, I should be good to go =) And I believe I gotta buy Windows 7, which I'm not too happy about.. Cause I don't have a vista cd to redownload it and apparently you need to redownload windows when you get that stuff?
 
How much do you want to spend on a PSU? I have a OCZ Gamexstream 600W and a Corsair HX-620 sitting here (should be sold soon but I'm so fucking lazy to list them).
 
I have a 500W PSU sitting around here somewhere, Antec. A little old, but it was the best of the best in the day.
 
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