Narf, all cars can fly, you just need a very high cliff to launch it from.
I just helped my brother build a new computer. The only thing he kept from the old one was the graphics card. The rig was built with these parts..
1- Mid Tower with 300w powersupply
1- ECS KT600 Motherboard
AMD Athlon XP 2800+ CPU (2.08Ghz)
512mb DDR RAM
1- Samsung 120Gig HD
Total cost = $925 (with taxes)
We took his old 80 Gig HD and put it into his external USB drive caddy. (so he lost none of his data) Abandonned in his old computer.. 1 D-Link Network Card, 1 SBLive Value, 1 Dual Port USB card. So, all that is missing to make the old computer 'functional' again is a HD and Graphics card.
Personally, I'll be upgrading over the next year, and will change my parts in this order..
1- New gForce Graphics card. (No, I won't get an ATI, I've always had very very bad luck with that company. They are on my 'dead' list.)
2- New HD, 120Gig should do fine. (my 30Gig still has plenty of room, but it's due to be retired.)
3) New MB and CPU (an AMD Athlon XP 2800+ sounds good) but by the time I'm ready to change the MoBo, I expect there will be better out there for my target price.
This is a fun topic, anyone else with computer/upgrade stories?
Cheers!
