Re: FN-FORUM: RE: PC accessories & parts retailers?

date posted 1st May 2005 08:59

Richard Monk wrote:

>Julie,
>
>In your experience of building PCs, is it difficult to take an existing old
>PC (I have 2 old Dell 450Mhz) and install a new mobo + processor?
>
>I have a good 120Gb drive in each with 512Mb RAM as well + good video, sound
>and LAN cards for each, but they desperately could do with an upgrade to
>
>
>>2Ghz as we need a cheap method of getting a couple more computers into
>>
>>
>play.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>Best Regards,
>Richard.
>
>
Hi Richard,

There are posible problems you may in-counter...

1... Will the new motherboard fit in your old Tower.
2... Will the graphic card fit on the motherboard, their are 3 types.
3... You need the correct Ram to use with the motherboard.
4... Is the power supply strong enough in watts to cope with todays
power consumption. Personally I use 550watts but anything over 400 watts
is needed in my opinion. Bought PC's tend to have 300 watts and older
ones tended to have 220watts or less.

My suggestion is buy a new tower case with a PSU (many don't have them
fitted) and possible new Ram.

Cost breakdown...

Motherboard & CPU £200 (3.2 Pentium)
Tower & PSU £60
Memory £70 (1GB)

Motherboards come with sound and lan cards built in

Julie