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| Thread ID: 77012 | 2007-02-23 22:28:00 | What can i take? | rob_on_guitar (4196) | Press F1 |
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| 527514 | 2007-02-23 22:28:00 | Hi Guys, Just got a question after finding something out. At home i have one of those small case HP's. I cant give you the specs at the moment properly as Im at work. A friend and I tried to upgrade some of the hardware in it but found the casing is too small. So basically i am going to move to plan 'b', but a large casing and a new motherboard. The small pc has a 3 in 1 motherboard, intergrated graphics, cd burner and dvd player, floppy etc My question is, what can I take from the old pc to put into the new casing/motherboard once I get it? Im guessing cd/dvd drive, floppy, cpu but afterthat is it worth taking anything else? oh and take the ram sticks (it has 2 x 256 ram sticks init. Cheers |
rob_on_guitar (4196) | ||
| 527515 | 2007-02-23 23:29:00 | Well depends on what kind of ram the HP mobo has and what the new one uses. Obviously if the ram is different, the HP ram wont fit on the new mobo. Same goes for the CPU. That'll be about it, the cd/hdd/floppy. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 527516 | 2007-02-24 03:59:00 | Well depends on what kind of ram the HP mobo has and what the new one uses. Obviously if the ram is different, the HP ram wont fit on the new mobo. Same goes for the CPU. That'll be about it, the cd/hdd/floppy. Oh ok, any recommended price friendly Motherboards? This will be the first time Ive kinda put together one from scratch so I am not too sure on how to go about it. |
rob_on_guitar (4196) | ||
| 527517 | 2007-02-24 05:41:00 | Well first we need to know what the HP has in it (whats the processor in it), if u want to use the CPU as well as the ram. Because if the HP is using like 370 socket or P3, theyre pretty much obselete. Not only will u need another motherboard, you'll need another processor, and ram. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 527518 | 2007-02-24 05:50:00 | s A friend and I tried to upgrade some of the hardware in it but found the casing is too small. My question is, what can I take from the old pc to put into the new casing/motherboard once I get it? Too small for what? What did you want to add? You can get half height PCI cards......... What O/S is it going to use? Unless its just having some more RAM or a new HDD or a PCI card its probably not worth it. By the time you replace MB, CPU and RAM you've replaced most of it. And with old PCs chances are it will be the 3 it needs.... |
pctek (84) | ||
| 527519 | 2007-02-24 15:04:00 | Basically now, im startin from scratch | rob_on_guitar (4196) | ||
| 527520 | 2007-02-24 15:15:00 | unless you are UPGRADING for some particular reason theres most likely nothign preventing you from swapping EVERYTHIGN from the small pc to the larger case...motherboard and etc included.... | drcspy (146) | ||
| 527521 | 2007-02-24 15:45:00 | Re: What can i take? I suggest just taking the fond memories of an old friend (the computer) and going out and getting something better. Do not disassemble Johnny-5! |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 527522 | 2007-02-25 01:51:00 | Re: What can i take? I suggest just taking the fond memories of an old friend (the computer) and going out and getting something better. Do not disassemble Johnny-5! LOL Well I am going to build one from scratch. I decided to give this one to the Mrs for her studies. I thinking building one will be an excellent little project.:thumbs: |
rob_on_guitar (4196) | ||
| 527523 | 2007-02-25 02:12:00 | Well you might as well buy parts for a whole new system . No point in taking the cpu, ram and everything else out if its going to wife lol . It wont go . So, it depends on how much u wanna spend / can afford . And what kind of system you wanna build . |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
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