Over the past year, a friend and I built/purchased new towers. Another friend has an old Dell that is ~10 years old with a single core (3.4) and running XP. Its basically an email machine, but he is a gamer.
The first friend and I thought we should compile our best parts and make him an upgraded rig. It still won't play the latest and greatest, but it will be a big step over what he currently has.
Had some trouble at first hooking up the power/speaker/LED wires on the bottom. Couldn't get it to work last night. Color codes don't mean a thing (which I forgot from a previous build). I finally ended up just following the MB instructions (while on the phone with 1st friend) and hit the button. "ITS ALIVE!!!" I said. He said "Awesome! We'll call it "Frankenrig". Hence, "Frankenrig".
In the "new" rig:
Athlon dual core 5600+
Gigabyte MA790X-UD4P MB
4 gigs 800Mhz memory
Coolermaster 550 power supply
Saphire 4850 512MB graphics card
LG DVD optical drive
Hard drive - SATA -(brand/capacity - I don't know)
Antec Performance Plus case (this thing is a TANK!!)
I know he has a sound card he can swap into this and a copy of W7. I'm guessing his old rig still has an IDE HD.
The best thing...he doesn't know he is getting it!
Here is a pic:
The first friend and I thought we should compile our best parts and make him an upgraded rig. It still won't play the latest and greatest, but it will be a big step over what he currently has.
Had some trouble at first hooking up the power/speaker/LED wires on the bottom. Couldn't get it to work last night. Color codes don't mean a thing (which I forgot from a previous build). I finally ended up just following the MB instructions (while on the phone with 1st friend) and hit the button. "ITS ALIVE!!!" I said. He said "Awesome! We'll call it "Frankenrig". Hence, "Frankenrig".
In the "new" rig:
Athlon dual core 5600+
Gigabyte MA790X-UD4P MB
4 gigs 800Mhz memory
Coolermaster 550 power supply
Saphire 4850 512MB graphics card
LG DVD optical drive
Hard drive - SATA -(brand/capacity - I don't know)
Antec Performance Plus case (this thing is a TANK!!)
I know he has a sound card he can swap into this and a copy of W7. I'm guessing his old rig still has an IDE HD.
The best thing...he doesn't know he is getting it!
Here is a pic: